ND in the News: 2024

2023 2024 2025

  1. The Conversation

    How to battle boredom at work

    Casher Belinda,  Assistant Professor of Management and Organization, University of Notre Dame

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    Casher Belinda

    Management & Organization

  2. The Ladders

    Dull happens: Here’s how to stop boredom from impeding productivity

    “Like whack-a-mole, downplaying boredom on one task results in attention and productivity deficits that bubble up during subsequent tasks,” says lead author Casher Belinda, assistant professor of management at Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, in a university release.

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    Casher Belinda

    Management & Organization

  3. GOP leaders pursue new lawsuits over 2024 election rules – including attacking methods of voting they want supporters to use

    The willingness to bring more marginal legal cases reflects how the amount of money being put toward election litigation has increased significantly, said Derek Muller, an election law professor at the University of Notre Dame who noted that the trend also applies to Democrats and outside groups across the ideological spectrum.

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  4. Election Fights Have Begun & Trump's Social Media Suits

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    Elections law expert Derek Muller, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses the many lawsuits over voting rules that have already been filed. 

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  5. The Boston Globe - subscription

    New presidential ballot battles in Ohio and Alabama trigger fears election laws are being weaponized

    Derek Muller, a professor at the University of Notre Dame's law school who focuses on election law.

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    Derek Muller

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  6. The Japan Times

    Opposition projected to retain majority in South Korean parliament

    "Voters over 60 represent a formidable and staunchly conservative base for Yoon," said Sharon Yoon, a Korean studies professor at the University of Notre Dame.

  7. Donald Trump attacks pro-life critics after video arguing abortion must be left to the states

    However, O. Carter Snead, director of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame, told OSV News, “Nothing in the Dobbs decision — which President Trump celebrated — precludes the federal political branches from regulating abortion.”

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    Carter Snead

    Notre Dame Law School

  8. Top UN court will hold hearings in a case accusing Germany of facilitating Israel's Gaza conflict

    “The case next week in The Hague will likely further galvanize opposition to any support for Israel,” said Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor of law and international peace studies at the University of Notre Dame.

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    Mary Ellen O'Connell

    Notre Dame Law School

  9. A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE: Supporting Students with NVLD

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    Next, our experts explore the scope of nonverbal learning disability and provide interventional strategies that support children's success. Dr. Joshua Diehl is an associate teaching professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Notre Dame. His areas of expertise include neurodevelopmental disorders, intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, child psychopathology, and neurodiversity. His primary focus is on neurodevelopmental disorders with an emphasis on individuals with autism spectrum disorder and their families.

  10. Opinion | How Trump fills a void in an increasingly secular America

    The scholar David Campbell of the University of Notre Dame told the Associated Press, “Increasingly, Americans associate religion with the Republican Party — and if they are not Republicans themselves, they turn away from religion.” 

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    David Campbell

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  11. The 2024 US Election Is Already Being Fought in the Courts

    Political parties’ legal expenses have skyrocketed to $154 million in 2022 from around $5 million in 2003, according to data compiled by Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame. 

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  12. How Air Conditioning Costs Could Be Cut Significantly

    "The angle between the sunshine and your window is always changing," study author Tengfei Luo, a professor of energy studies at the University of Notre Dame, said in a statement. 

  13. ‘I wouldn’t put my damn daughter in these’: Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ lurk in feminine products

    She reached out to Graham Peaslee, a professor at the University of Notre Dame who was already well-known for discovering the presence of PFAS in fast food packaging. 

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    Graham Peaslee

    Experimental Nuclear Physics