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  1. Clarín (Argentina)

    Against the war in Gaza, US universities face the largest protests since the Vietnam War

    “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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    David Cortright

    Keough School of Global Affairs

  2. ABC 7 News

    University protests are 'biggest student movement of 21st Century,' professor says

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    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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    David Cortright

    Keough School of Global Affairs

  3. Exclusive: Employers Are Souring On Ivy League Grads, While These 20 “New Ivies” Ascend

    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).

  4. China set to launch high-stakes mission to moon's 'hidden' side

    "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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    Clive Neal

    Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences

  5. inews

    Tasers, tear gas, and ‘snipers’ at US Gaza protests as camps spread to UK, France and Germany

    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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    David Cortright

    Keough School of Global Affairs

  6. High court appears skeptical of Trump’s absolute immunity claim

    “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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    Robert Schmuhl

    American Studies

  7. Secret meetings, social chatter: How the Columbia protest sparked a student revolt

    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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    David Cortright

    Keough School of Global Affairs

  8. Image of Trump, Epstein and Diddy is combination of AI and editing | Fact check

    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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    Walter Scheirer

    Computer Science and Engineering

  9. New techniques being used to analyze finds at Collier Lodge

    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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    Mark Schurr

    Mark Schurr

    Anthropology

  10. E.P.A. Severely Limits Pollution From Coal Burning Power Plants

    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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    Emily Grubert

    Keough School of Global Affairs, College of Engineering

  11. Senator Todd Young on impact of innovation legislation and research funding

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    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.

  12. Jewish Professor Says Columbia Barred Him From Campus

    "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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    Atalia Omer

    Keough School of Global Affairs

  13. Opinion | 7 Ideas to Perk Up Your Last Day of Class: How to end the semester with a flourish instead of a fizzle.

    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.

  14. State law takes US a step closer to popular vote deciding presidential elections

    "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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    Derek Muller

    Law School

  15. How to Find a Strong Human Rights Law Program

    Prospective students should research whether the program offers courses “on the full spectrum of international human rights law,” says Diane A. Desierto, professor of law and global affairs at the University of Notre Dame Law School in Indiana, where she also is faculty director of the LL.M. in International Human Rights Law and founding director of the Global Human Rights Clinic.

  16. Notre Dame rebrands international program

    The University of Notre Dame this week rebranded its network of international locations as Notre Dame Global in what it says is an effort to further raise its stature as a leading Catholic research university worldwide.

  17. Experts: U.S. officials must aim to prevent ‘tit-for-tat’ escalation between Israel, Iran

    Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor at Notre Dame Law School who specializes in international law and conflict resolution, told OSV News that “the clear success in countering Iran’s missile and drone strikes on Israel is a dramatic demonstration of the true legal and moral meaning of ‘self-defense.'”

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    Mary Ellen O'Connell

    Notre Dame Law School

  18. LA County constantly fights homelessness. How AI helps prevent it.

    Last year, the University of Notre Dame published a study that found that at-risk people in California’s Santa Clara County were 81% less likely to become homeless within six months of enrollment in a financial assistance program.

  19. Los Angeles uses AI to fight homelessness crisis

    Last year, the University of Notre Dame published a study that found that at-risk people in California's Santa Clara County were 81% less likely to become homeless within six months of enrolment in a financial assistance program.

  20. Harvard Business Review

    Research: How to Close the Gender Gap in Startup Financing

    By Malin Malmström, Barbara Burkhard, Charlotta Sirén, Dean Shepherd and Joakim Wincent.

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    Dean Shepherd

    Management & Organization

  21. Contributions of Black baseball players celebrated

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    The team's rich history was recovered at the University of Notre Dame. Using a single black and white photo and catalogs of uniforms from the time, design professor Clint Carlson and students like Kiaya Jones began to reimagine what the Giants' uniforms looked like.

  22. The cost of Irish unity: Non-partisan research and debate

    Such work is being published and disseminated by Arins (Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South), a joint project of the Royal Irish Academy and the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Arins was established in the aftermath of Brexit.

  23. War by algorithm raises new moral dangers

    Mary Ellen O’Connell, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame who supports a ban on LAWS, says that realists tend to favour the projection of power over the protection of the rule of law.

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    Mary Ellen O'Connell

    Notre Dame Law School

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 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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    Derek Muller

    Law School

  27. 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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    Derek Muller

    Law School

  28. 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

    Law School

  29. 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

  30. 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.

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