ND in the News: January 2026
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OSV News
January 21, 2026
Michael Desch directs the Notre Dame International Security Center and teaches in Notre Dame’s political science department. Desch spoke with OSV News about Greenland and other U.S. foreign policy concerns in light of Pope Leo XIV’s recent address to members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See.
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Chicago Tribune
January 18, 2026
The Indiana Department of Education, in partnership with the University of Notre Dame, has received a $10 million federal Innovation and Research grant to improve student literacy.
Earth.com
January 17, 2026
The study, led by University of Notre Dame biologist Jason Rohr, ties real-world patterns in wild fish populations to controlled lab experiments designed to pin down cause and effect.
Politico
January 15, 2026
Federal judges — including Republican appointees — have been retiring at an unusually slow pace since Trump’s second inauguration, according to federal data and research by Derek Muller, a University of Notre Dame law professor who has tracked vacancies by recent presidential administrations.
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Reuters
January 15, 2026
“This is an effort to separate even more formally from the brand of the ABA, which is quite obviously in the crosshairs of the current administration and which faces significant opposition in some states,” said University of Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller. Those changes may still not be enough to assuage concerns over ABA accreditation from states such as Texas and Florida, Muller said.
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The Guardian
January 15, 2026
Even low levels of common agricultural pesticides can stunt the long-term lifespan of fish, according to research led by Jason Rohr, a biologist at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.
Science
January 15, 2026
Study co-author Jason Rohr, an environmental health scientist at the University of Notre Dame, says it’s too soon for regulators to make changes based on the team’s findings, but he hopes they will stimulate more research on chronic effects of chlorpyrifos and other pollutants.
National Catholic Register
January 15, 2026
Daniel Philpott, a professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame who specializes in the intersection of religion and global politics, told the Register that Trump hadn’t provided a “just cause” to justify the operation.
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Political Science
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OSV News
January 13, 2026
So who is discussing guardrails and fail-safes to keep humans in control? Who is having the conversations concerning how AI will impact people, and just what an should look like for humanity? One answer: The University of Notre Dame, which recently received from the Lilly Endowment a $50.8 million grant — the largest given by a private foundation in the school’s history — to support the DELTA Network, a faith-based approach to AI ethics launched in September 2025.
Meghan Sullivan, founding director of Notre Dame’s Institute for Ethics and the Common Good and DELTA, said that the grant comes at a key time in the development of AI.
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