ND in the News: August 2025
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Newsweek
August 07, 2025
Matthew Hall, a professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, told Newsweek that state legislatures have "almost unfettered power to engage in openly partisan gerrymandering," and that Indiana Republicans may be able to produce a strong result for themselves if they choose to redraw.
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Political Science
OSV News
August 06, 2025
“I think a lot of people do wonder — seeing rising homelessness around them — what are things we can do that are positive; that are going to make a difference?” said David Phillips, director of research at the University of Notre Dame’s Lab for Economic Opportunities. “Is this executive order likely to shift toward or away from those things?”
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Economics; Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)
BBC News
Audio
August 06, 2025
"In places that already have existing polarization and conflicts, social media came along and just amplified those divisions and made it more difficult to find common ground, to find a way forward," said Lisa Schirch, a professor of the practice of technology and peace building at the University of Notre Dame with a deep interest in conflict resolution.
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Kroc Institute for International Peace 91视频, Keough 91视频 of Global Affairs
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OSV News
August 06, 2025
Dan Graff, director of the Higgins Labor Program at the University of Notre Dame, suggested that Pope Leo XIV’s election will heighten interest in many of the topics the pontiff seeks to address. “Pope Leo’s call for attention to labor questions, technology and migration — which he’s long been concerned about, and which is so inherently wrapped up in the labor question — that’s going to spur a lot more academic and social interest in the church on these questions,” he said.
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Institute for Social Concerns
The Conversation
August 05, 2025
This delayed allergic reaction is called alpha-gal syndrome. While it’s commonly called the “red meat allergy,” that nickname is misleading, because alpha-gal syndrome can cause strong reactions to many products, beyond just red meat. By Lee Rafuse Haines, Associate Research Professor of Molecular Parasitology and Medical Entomology, University of Notre Dame.
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Biological Sciences
USA Today
August 04, 2025
Most of the religious cases Richard Garnett teaches in his classes at the University of Notre Dame Law 91视频 involve smaller religious communities, including Jehovah’s Witnesses and Seventh-day Adventists. “The story of religious freedom in America has developed through cases involving members of minority religions,” Garnett said.
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Notre Dame Law 91视频
The Washington Post
August 04, 2025
Abbott could not remove lawmakers on his own and would need the courts to go along with his plan, according to University of Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller. While Abbott and other Republicans could argue that the Democrats had abandoned their duties, those lawmakers would have a chance to make the case that they were representing their constituents by denying the majority the quorum it needs to operate, he added.
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Law 91视频
The New York Times
August 02, 2025
Brett Robinson, a professor who studies the digital world from the University of Notre Dame, also attended. He said outreach online was “a very effective route to evangelization.” But he and others also discussed the dangers of using a medium that focuses on personalities who often turn into brands.
Religion News Service
August 01, 2025
“Ten years ago, Pope Francis made a bold call to care for our common home,” said the Rev. Emmanuel Katongole, a Catholic priest and Notre Dame professor of theology and peace studies who co-founded the institute, in his opening remarks.
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Department of Theology; Keough 91视频 of Global Affairs
Financial Times
August 01, 2025
“There is … a distinct political element here as lawmakers — especially but not exclusively in Republican-dominated states — try to score points for looking tough on national security and standing up to the Chinese Communist Party,” says Kyle Jaros, an associate professor at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough 91视频 of Global Affairs, who studies state-level restrictions on land FDI.
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Keough 91视频 of Global Affairs and Department of Political Science