ND in the News: August 2025
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Freakonomics Podcast
Audio
August 29, 2025
Patrick Deneen, a political philosopher at Notre Dame, says yes. He was a Democrat for years, and has now come to be seen as an “ideological guru” of the Trump administration. But that only tells half the story…
Scientific American
August 29, 2025
“Around the world, we’ve seen attacks on election integrity, and it’s become clear that defending democracy requires debunking or effectively countering that misinformation,” says study co-author Brian Fogarty, a political scientist at the University of Notre Dame.
OSV News
August 28, 2025
Dan Graff, director of the Higgins Labor Program at the University of Notre Dame — who was invited to the “Synodal Meeting Fratelli Tutti” but unable to attend — nonetheless had some thoughts to share. “What’s important is that the church is invested in that kind of stakeholder process. Catholic social teaching is really adamant that participation matters, for all members of society,” Graff stressed. “And if you use the dignity of each individual human person as the basis for that participation, then that requires workers in unions and other solidarity groups to have a role in helping shape the economy.”
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Institute for Social Concerns
Bloomberg
August 28, 2025
Navigating the tension between religious expression and the protection of other rights is “tricky,” said Richard Garnett, a law professor who leads the University of Notre Dame’s Church, State & Society program.
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Chicago Tribune
August 27, 2025
By Joel Day, managing director of the University of Notre Dame Democracy Initiative, and Ernesto Verdeja, associate professor of peace studies and global politics at the University of Notre Dame.
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Keough 91视频 of Global Affairs
Reuters
August 26, 2025
Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller, who has opposed the plan in public comments to the ABA and on his blog Excess of Democracy, welcomed its pause. “Anything that delays this costly proposal is a positive development,” Muller said.ND Experts
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The Conversation
August 25, 2025
By Asher Kaufman, Professor of History and Peace 91视频, University of Notre Dame.
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Kroc Institute for International Peace 91视频
Today Show
Video
August 25, 2025
From bouncing bubbles to homemade party poppers, Kate Biberdorf, known as Kate the Chemist, joins TODAY to share science experiments that will get the kids excited about learning as they head back to school.
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Chemistry and Biochemistry
RTE Radio 1
Audio
August 24, 2025
Seven months out from a US midterm election which will determine whether President Donald Trump maintains control over the US House of Representatives, a key piece of legislation was passed in Texas to redraw the political map. Bob Schmuhl, Professor of American 91视频 at the University of Notre Dame, gives his analysis.
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American 91视频
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The Conversation
August 22, 2025
By Roy Scranton, Associate Professor of English, University of Notre Dame.
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Department of English
CNN
August 22, 2025
From paper to steel to compostable plastic -- we asked kids to test the most common type of straws and spoke to environmental engineering professor Dr. Kyle Doudrick to find out what option is the least harmful for the environment.
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Civil & Envr Engr & Earth Sciences
The New York Times
August 21, 2025
When Freeman took the head coaching job, one of his early meetings was a fireside chat with Mendoza College dean Martijn Cremers. But Cremers didn’t come to the football facility to talk in front of the team. Freeman went to the business school to talk in front of the student body.
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Mendoza College of Business
Associated Press
August 20, 2025
Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame, said the idea of seizing voting machines in 2020 was a sign of how few levers the president has to influence an election, not of his power. Under the U.S. Constitution, elections are run by states and only Congress can “alter” the procedures — and, even then, for federal races alone. “It’s a deeply decentralized system,” Muller said.
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Law 91视频
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The Conversation
August 19, 2025
By Perin Gürel, Associate professor of American 91视频, University of Notre Dame.
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American 91视频