ND in the News: October 2025
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NPR
Audio
October 31, 2025
Director Guillermo del Toro’s new movie adapts Mary Shelley’s horror classic, Frankenstein. It comes as the world is grappling with a new unpredictable creation: artificial intelligence. Includes guest Eileen Hunt, professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame and author of the 2020 book “Artificial Life After Frankenstein.”
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Political Science
PBS
Video
October 30, 2025
Join us as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by exploring the remarkable life of Juana Azurduy, a revolutionary leader who defied norms in 19th century South America. With insights from Professor Vanesa Miseres and Dr. Cheryl Jimenez-Frei, we delve into Azurduy's legacy, her battles for independence, and her enduring impact on history.
Business Insider
October 29, 2025
Melissa Kearney, an economics professor at the University of Notre Dame, told NPR that "it's not that people don't like kids as much as they used to," but there are more options people can consider.
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Department of Economics
BBC News
October 29, 2025
Mary Ellen O'Connell, an international law expert at Notre Dame University and former military educator with the defence department, said the "criminal suspects are entitled to due process. It is a greater crime to summarily execute people suspected of drug trafficking than drug trafficking is," she added.
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The Wall Street Journal
October 29, 2025
Marriage among the children of high earners and those who become high earners serves to consolidate wealth, and further widens the income gap, said Melissa Kearney, a family economist at the University of Notre Dame.
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Department of Economics
The Conversation
October 28, 2025
Jason Reed, Associate Teaching Professor of Finance, University of Notre Dame
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Mendoza College of Business
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NPR
Audio
October 27, 2025
"This demographic issue is poised to potentially remake so much of our society," said Melissa Kearney, an economist at the University of Notre Dame.
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Department of Economics
Fox News
Video
October 27, 2025
Notre Dame professor Richard Sheehan speculates about the possibilities of what led to Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier, and Damon Jones to allegedly participate in illegal gambling schemes.
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Mendoza College of Business
ABC News
October 24, 2025
"鈥嬧�婼hutdowns involve extremely little money because most federal spending is on autopilot," Jeffrey Campbell, an economics professor at the University of Notre Dame and a former senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, told ABC News.
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Economics
The New York Times
October 24, 2025
Whereas LSU was a clear No. 1 in our staff list, the highest proportion of readers — who were asked to submit up to 10 favorites, in any order — chose Notre Dame Stadium, which just barely edged the Big House at Michigan and Death Valley at LSU.
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BBC News
Video
October 24, 2025
Richard Sheehan, professor emeritus, University of Notre Dame
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Mendoza College of Business
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The Conversation
October 23, 2025
By Marya Lieberman, the Nancy Dee Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame.
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Chemistry and Biochemistry
Newsweek
October 23, 2025
Richard Sheehan, professor emeritus of finance at the University of Notre Dame and author of Keeping Score: The Economics of Big-Time Sports, says the recent NBA betting scandal may not significantly damage public trust in regulated sports markets. Sheehan argues that while leagues have long histories of cracking down on misconduct—citing Pete Rose as a prime example—sportsbooks are newer and less visible, making reputational recovery more complex.
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Mendoza College of Business
NBC News
Video
October 21, 2025
Michael Chapple, University of Notre Dame I.T., Analytics & Operations Professor
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Mendoza
USA Today
October 21, 2025
Mike Chapple, an IT professor at the University of Notre Dame, said in a statement to USA TODAY that the incident is a reminder of the world's dependency on a handful of cloud service providers, including AWS. "When a major cloud provider sneezes, the Internet catches a cold," Chapple said.
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Mendoza
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BBC News
October 21, 2025
A new series of "cascading failures" may have arisen after the initial outage, according to Mike Chapple, an information technology professor at Notre Dame University. "It's like when you have a large-scale power outage. Crews start working to try to bring it back on line," Mr Chapple said. "The power might flicker a few times," he explained, but it's possible Amazon had initially "only addressed the symptoms" and not the cause.
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