ND in the News: February 2024
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National Catholic Reporter
How to vault Catholic social teaching from 'best kept secret' category
February 21, 2024
University of Notre Dame theologian John Cavadini has explored the doctrinal influences of both Sts. Augustine and Francis.
Inside Indiana Business
Notre Dame unifies, strengthens poverty fight with new initiative
February 21, 2024
A new anti-poverty initiative launched at the University of Notre Dame with a $100 million gift from an alumni couple will look for new ways of thinking and talking about the issue. “Notre Dame’s Poverty Initiative is driven by a moral imperative to prioritize the needs of the poor and vulnerable, rooted in Catholic social teaching” said Notre Dame economist Jim Sullivan, co-founder and director of the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities. Tracy Kijewski-Correa, director of the university’s Pulte Institute for Global Development, said the initiative is looking for new ways to manage the issue and express its impacts. “Poverty is not just material deprivation,” she said. “It affects everything and every part of a person.”
ND Experts
Economics; Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)
Pulte Institute for Global Development; Engineering; Keough School of Global Affairs
KCBS Radio
The balancing act of relations between China and The US
Audio
February 19, 2024
Tension between the U.S. and China seem to have have eased in recent months, but the upcoming U.S. presidential election results could potentially impact relations between the two countries. China's growing interest in the Global South, including its economic and geopolitical strategies to expand its engagement with that region, add to the list of concerns. For more, KCBS anchor Liz Saint John spoke with Dr. Joshua Eisenman, Associate Professor of Politics at the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame.
ND Experts
Keough School of Global Affairs
phys.org
'I'm watching you' behavior produces racial disparities in school discipline, study suggests
February 14, 2024
Research from Calvin Zimmermann, the O'Shaughnessy Assistant Professor of Education in the Department of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame, indicates that even early childhood teachers often apply discipline disproportionately in their classrooms based on a student's race.
ND Experts
Department of Sociology
CNN
Why a Supreme Court easy out in Trump ballot battle could lead to post-election chaos
February 13, 2024
If Trump wins in November, it’s possible some Democrats would try to reject votes cast for Trump, said Derek Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame who has followed the case closely.
ND Experts
Law School
EWTN
The Fallout from Former President Donald Trump's Appeal
Video
February 13, 2024
Law Professor at the University of Notre Dame and nationally recognized scholar in the area of election law, Derek Muller, joins to share more on the fallout from former President Donald Trump's appeal and what it means for the January 6th federal case.
ND Experts
Law School
Time
America’s Becoming Less Religious. Is Politics to Blame?
February 12, 2024
In their award-winning book Secular Surge, Notre Dame political scientist David E. Campbell and his co-authors used experiments to show that when young Americans who leaned toward the Democratic party were shown examples of politicians making Christian nationalist statements or pastors endorsing conservative political candidates, those young people were more likely to disaffiliate from religion.
ND Experts
Political Science
Voice of America
Stalled Legislation, Mixed Messages Spotlight Immigration as Key Election Issue
Video Audio
February 12, 2024
Professor Erin Corcoran of the University of Notre Dame maintains that the current immigration legistalation before Congress is being delayed for policical purposes.
ND Experts
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs