ND in the News: February 2024
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Forbes
Caribbean Food Systems Are Among The Most Climate Vulnerable Globally
February 29, 2024
According to the latest update from the University of Notre Dame's Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN) Country Index, Caribbean food systems are among the most climate vulnerable in the world.
National Catholic Reporter
Vatican synod chief reflects on how to be a 'synodal bishop' in Notre Dame talk
February 29, 2024
Synodality is an issue that everyone in the church needs to understand and embrace, Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops, told an audience at the University of Notre Dame.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Opinion | The Case for Slow-Walking Our Use of Generative AI
February 29, 2024
James M. Lang is a professor of practice at the University of Notre Dame’s Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence. His most recent book is Distracted: Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It, published by Basic Books.
The Washington Post
PFAS chemicals to be phased out of food packaging. Here’s how to avoid them.
February 29, 2024
The FDA’s announcement “is a huge win for the public,” said Graham Peaslee, a physics professor at the University of Notre Dame who frequently tests for PFAS in everyday products.
ND Experts
Experimental Nuclear Physics
The New York Times
The World May Be Entering a Much Bloodier Era
February 29, 2024
The Institute for Economics and Peace has identified the Sahel as one of its ecological threat hot spots, and according to Notre Dame’s Global Adaptation Initiative’s index, all six countries in the region rank among the least prepared places in the world.
Reader's Digest
How your morning schedule can improve your day
February 28, 2024
According to a 2016 University of Notre Dame study, children who get lots of affectionate touch grow up to be less anxious adults—and earlier studies showed that adults who get lots of hugs are better able to fight off colds and have lower blood pressure.
ND Experts
Psychology
Inside Indiana Business
Q&A with Jim Sullivan of Notre Dame’s Lab for Economic Opportunity
February 28, 2024
A lab at the University of Notre Dame wants the conversation on how to solve poverty to hinge on research—and it’s effort is about to broaden. Jim Sullivan, Ph.D., co-founded and directs the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities, a research hub with a focus on answering questions with data that ultimately leads to tangible impact.
ND Experts
Economics; Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)
Scientific American
Weird Lab-Made Atoms Hint at Heavy Metals’ Cosmic Origins
February 28, 2024
“Not only have they made new isotopes in this very heavy region but they’ve been able to identify them conclusively,” says Rebecca Surman, an astrophysicist at the University of Notre Dame, who was not involved in the research.
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Inside Indiana Business
New clinic aims to boost mental health care access in South Bend
Video
February 28, 2024
A major revamp for mental health is underway at the University of Notre Dame, powered by a recent gift from the children of two South Bend entrepreneurs. The gift to establish the Wilma and Peter Veldman Family Psychology Clinic, named after the couple who founded online distributor Tire Rack, is designed to address a growing need for more mental health care in the community. Sarah Mustillo, dean of the College of Arts & Science at Notre Dame, says the new clinic aims to increase access to care.
Politico
What a self-immolation says about Biden’s Gaza problem
February 27, 2024
“You’re trying to shock the consciousness” with self-immolation, said DAVID CORTRIGHT, a longtime expert in nonviolent social change who was an active duty soldier when he protested the Vietnam War, told NatSec Daily. “The desire to inspire is absolutely there.”
ND Experts
Keough School of Global Affairs
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Forbes
Russia Splatters The Environment, Leaving Its Own Country A Mess
February 26, 2024
“Russia can’t afford to take a forward-looking perspective right now,” says Susanne Wengle, professor of political science at Notre Dame, in a conversation. Fossil fuel income will one day dry up, explained Debra Javeline, the study’s lead author and a professor of political science at Notre Dame.
ND Experts
Department of Political Science
Department of Political Science
phys.org
Does Russia stand to benefit from climate change?
February 22, 2024
The PONARS scholars, including Debra Javeline and Susanne Wengle, both associate professors of political science at the University of Notre Dame, studied the effects of climate change on Russia and Russia's role in global efforts to combat climate change or obstruct climate action.
ND Experts
Department of Political Science
Department of Political Science