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ND in the News: December 2025

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  1. Marya Lieberman, the study’s co-author and a professor of cancer research from University of Notre Dame, US joined colleagues from Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, and Cameroon to conduct covert and overt sampling of seven frontline chemotherapies in their countries.

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    Marya Lieberman

    Marya Lieberman

    Chemistry and Biochemistry

  2. Economist Melissa Kearney's book The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind got a lot of attention from proponents of marriage when it was released two years ago. It argued that two married people together bring in more income and have more time to devote to their children. "These resource advantages then set children up with more opportunities to get ahead in life," Kearney wrote in her book.

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    Melissa Kearney

    Department of Economics

  3. Economist Daniel Hungerman said he questions whether the new deduction would spur a substantial number of donations or mainly reward taxpayers who would have given anyway. Trump’s tax bill also permanently raises the standard deduction, which significantly dampens charitable giving, Hungerman said. His study estimated that the higher deduction led to a permanent annual drop of $16 billion after the 2017 reforms.

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    Daniel Hungerman

    Economics