ND in the News: April 2024
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Clarín (Argentina)
Against the war in Gaza, US universities face the largest protests since the Vietnam War
April 30, 2024
“Students have always been at the forefront of great social movements. The current one against Israel's war in Gaza is similar to that of the Vietnam war, although that one was bigger for now. But we are still in the early stages of this movement,” David Cortright, professor emeritus of Policy Studies at the University of Notre Dame and a Vietnam War veteran, told Clarín .
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Keough School of Global Affairs
Forbes
Exclusive: Employers Are Souring On Ivy League Grads, While These 20 “New Ivies” Ascend
April 29, 2024
THE NEW PRIVATE IVIES: These 10 private schools, located in nine states and Washington D.C., are attracting the smartest students and plaudits from employers (includes the University of Notre Dame).
ABC 7 News
University protests are 'biggest student movement of 21st Century,' professor says
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April 29, 2024
David Cortright who is professor emeritus at Notre Dame and visiting scholar at Cornell believes these student protests are growing, but the number of students protesting still doesn't compare to what we saw during the Vietnam antiwar protests of the 60's.
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Keough School of Global Affairs
Reuters
China set to launch high-stakes mission to moon's 'hidden' side
April 28, 2024
"International cooperation is key (to lunar exploration)," Clive Neal, professor of planetary geology at the University of Notre Dame, told Reuters. "It's just that China and the U.S. aren't cooperating right now. I hope that will happen."
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Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
inews
Tasers, tear gas, and ‘snipers’ at US Gaza protests as camps spread to UK, France and Germany
April 27, 2024
Professor David Cortright, a historian of social movements at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, US, said the Palestine camps have echoes of some of the largest protest movements in US history.
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Keough School of Global Affairs
OSV News
High court appears skeptical of Trump’s absolute immunity claim
April 26, 2024
“In this complicated case, the Supreme Court will be faced with deciding whether personal actions can be separate from presidential ones,” Robert Schmuhl, professor emeritus of American studies at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, who critically observes the modern American presidency, told OSV News.
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American Studies
The Washington Post
Secret meetings, social chatter: How the Columbia protest sparked a student revolt
April 26, 2024
Historians like David Cortright, a professor emeritus at the University of Notre Dame, say the demonstrations already compare to several other large protest movements over the last 60 years, including the campaign to end apartheid in South Africa and the 2011 Occupy Wall Street demonstrations over corporate greed.
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Keough School of Global Affairs
WSBT TV
Senator Todd Young on impact of innovation legislation and research funding
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April 25, 2024
Senator Todd Young, along with a director of the U.S. National Science Foundation, were at the University of Notre Dame Thursday, highlighting a piece of legislation focused on innovation and research and how it affects us here at home.
Chicago Tribune
New techniques being used to analyze finds at Collier Lodge
April 25, 2024
New archaeological techniques are being used to analyze artifacts uncovered during digs at the Collier Lodge site along the Kankakee River. Mark Schurr, an anthropology professor at the University of Notre Dame, has led excavations at the site for 20 years.
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Anthropology
USA Today
Image of Trump, Epstein and Diddy is combination of AI and editing | Fact check
April 25, 2024
Walter Scheirer, a professor of engineering at the University of Notre Dame, told USA TODAY the hands and unnaturally-rendered fingers of those in the image are clear indications the picture was most likely AI-generated.
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Computer Science and Engineering
The New York Times
E.P.A. Severely Limits Pollution From Coal Burning Power Plants
April 25, 2024
Emily Grubert, an associate professor of sustainable energy policy at the University of Notre Dame, said it was possible but unlikely that coal plants would be able to continue operating under the new regulations.
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Keough School of Global Affairs, College of Engineering
Newsweek
Jewish Professor Says Columbia Barred Him From Campus
April 23, 2024
"What we see broadly is a weaponization of accusations of antisemitism that are grounded on false assumptions that equate Israel with Jews and confuse and conflate the politics of a nation-state with Jewish people," Atalia Omer, a professor of religion, conflict, and peace studies at the University of Notre Dame, told Newsweek.
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Keough School of Global Affairs
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Opinion | 7 Ideas to Perk Up Your Last Day of Class: How to end the semester with a flourish instead of a fizzle.
April 22, 2024
Kristi Rudenga is the director of the Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of Notre Dame, where she also teaches courses on both neuroscience and college pedagogy.
ABC News
State law takes US a step closer to popular vote deciding presidential elections
April 22, 2024
"There's a lot of deep legal contestation over what happens next. I mean, in my judgment, I think it needs congressional consent," Derek Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame Law School, told ABC News.
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Law School