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ND in the News: April 2021

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  1. Meanwhile, poverty rose to 11.7 percent in March, the highest level of the pandemic, according to research from the University of Chicago and University of Notre Dame, as Americans awaited the next round of stimulus relief. 

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    James Sullivan

    Jim Sullivan

    Economics; Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)

  2. Rutgers, Cornell and Notre Dame, among other universities, will make students get a COVID-19 vaccination to return to campus next fall.

  3. Gabbatt quotes David Campbell, chair of the department of political science at the University of Notre Dame: "Many Americans — especially young people — see religion as bound up with political conservatism, and the Republican party specifically," Campbell said.

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    David Campbell

    Political Science

  4. Timothy P. O’Malley is director of online education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life and academic director of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy.

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    Timothy O'Malley

    McGrath Institute for Church Life

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    James O'Rourke is a professor at Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business. He says the Postal Service settled for service cutbacks.

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    James O’Rourke

    James O'Rourke

    Mendoza College of Business

  6. Despite a predominantly unified front among most conference speakers in their approach to Biden, University of Notre Dame historian John McGreevy offered a markedly different message.

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    John McGreevy

    History

  7. “As legislators work on passing laws that attempt to police and punish trans kids, such as the recent spate of scrutiny around trans kids’ participation in sports, it’s crucial that trans kids themselves have a platform,” said Jason Ruiz, an associate professor of American studies at the University of Notre Dame.

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    Jason Ruiz

    Jason Ruiz

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  8. “I like to phrase it as ‘the central work of faculty is facilitating learning,’” says Susan D. Blum, a professor of anthropology at the University of Notre Dame and editor of Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead).

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    Susan Blum

    Susan Blum

    Anthropology

  9. “What this feud demonstrates more than anything is that Facebook and Apple have tremendous gatekeeping powers over the market,” said Elizabeth Renieris, founding director of the Technology Ethics Lab at the University of Notre Dame.

  10. "The non profits are asking the Supreme Court to make it harder for the government to require the disclosure of donor information," said Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, an expert on campaign finance at Notre Dame Law 91Ƶ. 

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    Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer

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  11. Research from University of Chicago and the University of Notre Dame also shows that the poverty rate reached its highest rate so far during the pandemic in March, from 10.3% in March 2020 to 11.7% in March 2021.

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    James Sullivan

    Jim Sullivan

    Economics; Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)

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    On this episode of our weekly podcast, Talking Tax, Bloomberg Law’s Jeff Leon talks with University of Notre Dame professor Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer about the case, Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Becerra.

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    Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer

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  13. Tom Hare is a senior associate in the Pulte Institute for Global Development at the University of Notre Dame.

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    Thomas Hare

    Pulte Institute for Global Development