ND in the News: 2024

2023 2024 2025

  1. States work to ban period products containing toxic PFAS after 2023 report

    Despite a growing awareness of the dangers and ubiquity of PFAS, federal regulators have been slow to respond to the bombshell 2023 report from the University of Notre Dame, in which researchers found forever chemicals in various menstrual products including those mentioned above and more.

  2. Pope Francis' Culture Wars Divide Catholic Church

    "There's no question that [Francis] is deeply concerned, perhaps even more concerned in some ways, with what's happening in the German ecclesial," David Lantigua, a moral theology professor at the University of Notre Dame, told Newsweek

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    David Lantigua

    Theology

  3. Tens of Thousands Protest the Netanyahu Government in Israel

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    Tens of thousands of Israelis came out to protest the Netanyahu government. It’s the largest protest since the start of the October 7th war in Gaza. Netanyahu turned over the reins of the Israeli government temporarily Sunday to have surgery. We talk with Atalia Omer, PhD Professor of Religion, Conflict, and Peace Studies Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies/Sociology at the University of Notre Dame.

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    Atalia Omer

    Keough School of Global Affairs

  4. Catholics react to Trump’s Bible sale with concern and humor

    Robert Schmuhl, professor emeritus of American studies at the University of Notre Dame, who critically observes the modern American presidency, told OSV News that “there’s a certain incongruity and a strange marriage of ‘church and state’ in this blatant merchandising of the Bible.”

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    Robert Schmuhl

    Robert Schmuhl

    American Studies

  5. Dave Calhoun was supposed to turn Boeing around, but after 4 years on the job, he's out. Here's where things went wrong.

    In an email to BI, Timothy Hubbard, assistant professor of management at the University of Notre Dame, said: "His departure is a long time coming. The embattled leader has struggled to rebuild confidence in Boeing's products following years of design and manufacturing issues."

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    Timothy David Hubbard

    Timothy Hubbard

    Mendoza College of Business

  6. In Pricey Silicon Valley, a Plan to Preempt Homelessness

    Researchers at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, who studied HPS found that 81% of those who enrolled were less likely to experience homelessness within six months. And more than 90% of US cities have assistance programs aimed at preventing homelessness, according to economics professor David Phillips, one of the Notre Dame researchers who studied Santa Clara County’s system. 

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    David Phillips

    Economics; Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)

  7. Migrant Who Encouraged Squatting Broke ICE Rules

    Gilberto Cárdenas, a sociology professor at the University of Notre Dame and the founding director of the Institute for Latino Studies, said the border problem began more than a century ago and has remained consistent in recent years.

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    Gilberto Cárdenas

    Gilberto Cardenas

    Sociology

  8. Opinion: Boeing needs a completely different kind of boss

    Tim Hubbard is an assistant professor of Management and Organization in the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame.

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    Timothy David Hubbard

    Timothy Hubbard

    Mendoza College of Business

  9. How jury selection could work in Trump's "hush money" trial

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    Notre Dame Law School professor Derek Muller and CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett join with analysis.

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    Derek Muller

    Law School

  10. Boeing boss Dave Calhoun to step down; EU to investigate Alphabet, Apple and Meta – business live

    Timothy Hubbard, assistant professor of management at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, said Calhoun’s departure was “a long time coming."

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    Timothy David Hubbard

    Timothy Hubbard

    Mendoza College of Business

  11. Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun leaving the company seen as good news for the stock

    "Boeing is in deep need of a change in culture around safety and quality," said Timothy Hubbard, assistant professor of management at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business. "These changes take time, but can be accelerated by new leadership."

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    Timothy David Hubbard

    Timothy Hubbard

    Mendoza College of Business

  12. Nearly half of the tap water in the US is contaminated with ‘forever chemicals,’ government study finds

    If PFAS is in 45% of US water systems, the country will have a lot of work to do, said Dr. Graham Peaslee, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and concurrent professor of chemistry and biochemistry who does PFAS research at the University of Notre Dame.

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    Graham Peaslee

    Experimental Nuclear Physics

  13. Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will step down at end of 2024

    “This delay may reflect poor succession planning or a desire by Calhoun to keep power a little longer,” said Timothy Hubbard, assistant professor of management at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business.

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    Timothy David Hubbard

    Timothy Hubbard

    Mendoza College of Business

  14. Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to step down by end of year

    "Boeing is in deep need of a change in culture around safety and quality," said Timothy Hubbard, assistant professor of management at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business, in an email. 

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    Timothy David Hubbard

    Timothy Hubbard

    Mendoza College of Business