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National Catholic Register
September 08, 2026
Tim O’Malley, a professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame and academic director of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy, told the Register that in the U.S. bishops thought handshaking would be most consistent with our local customs.
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The Independent
September 08, 2026
Richard Marcantonio is an Assistant Professor of Environment, Peace, and Global Affairs at the Kroc Institute for International Peace 91视频 in the Keough 91视频 of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame.
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Vatican News
September 07, 2026
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem launches “Within Your Gates,” an interdisciplinary initiative bringing together scholars and practitioners from different faith traditions and disciplines to reflect on the Holy City’s universal mission. The initiative has been developed in partnership with the University of Notre Dame’s academic centre in Jerusalem and will bring together scholars and practitioners from different faith traditions and academic disciplines. The forum will be led by Dr Daniel Schwake and builds on more than three years of cooperation with the University of Notre Dame’s academic centre in Jerusalem and other colleagues from the university.
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International Business Times
September 06, 2026
Eugene Gholz, an associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame and an expert on conflict in the strait, said the current standoff reflects a rough balance of power between the two sides, neither of which has been able to fully impose its will on the waterway.
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Political Science
The New York Times
September 06, 2026
“The strait is neither fully closed nor fully opened,” said Eugene Gholz, an associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame and an expert on conflict in the waterway. “Iran can’t close it completely, and the U.S. can’t open it completely.”
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Chicago Sun-Times
September 05, 2026
Gary and the University of Notre Dame’s Housing and Community Regeneration Initiative then came up with a vision in 2025 to use the church’s bell tower for a proposed City Renaissance Park — part of a larger strategic plan to revive Downtown Gary.
Forbes
September 05, 2026
Beginning in the current 2026–27 academic year, Notre Dame is covering the full cost of tuition for families with annual incomes below $150,000 and half the cost of tuition for families with annual incomes below $200,000, with typical assets.
Christianity Today
September 04, 2026
Meghan Sullivan, a Catholic philosopher at the University of Notre Dame who often meets with AI leaders and developers, said many workers in the industry “talk very flippantly” about job displacement and AI being able to do work faster and cheaper.
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MarketWatch
September 03, 2026
While the acquisition "could be a real game changer" for the open-source ecosystem by improving competition with closed models such as those from OpenAI and Anthropic, Ahmed Abbasi, a professor of IT, analytics and operations at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business, said he sees potential tension with monetization efforts. "It remains to be seen whether Nvidia's shareholder-value pressures will cause it to follow in the footsteps of other Big Tech firms that were once ardent champions of the open-ecosystem movement, but no more," he said in emailed comments.
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IT, Analytics and Operations
Vox
September 03, 2026
“The Court has repeatedly said we’re worried about intruding on how states run their elections,” said Derek Muller, a professor at Notre Dame Law 91视频.
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Reuters
September 03, 2026
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