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ND in the News: 2026

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    The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara to consider whether President Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship was constitutional. Princeton University Center for Migration & Development Research Fellow Phillip Connor and University of Notre Dame Keough 91视频 of Global Affairs Professor Francesc Ortega join Joe Mathieu and Christina Ruffini on Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss the economic impact the move could have on the country. 

  2. But anecdotes don’t make a national trend. And experts have urged caution: “These stories are a very small drop in a very large ocean, whose currents have for decades been taking people away from religion,” said David Campbell, a political scientist at Notre Dame who researches secularization.

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  3. Lloyd Mayer, a professor at the University of Notre Dame Law 91视频, said the settlement may spur the IRS to continue making exceptions for churches to support or oppose candidates from the lectern. The recent ruling should sustain the Johnson Amendment’s “chilling effect” on pastors, even though IRS enforcement has been rare under the Trump, Biden, and Obama administrations.

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  4. Whoever holds the job in the long term will almost certainly be expected to carry out Trump’s retribution campaign with more success, said Jimmy Gurule, a former Justice Department official and law professor at Notre Dame. “If she was fired because Trump did not think that she was moving quickly enough in bringing criminal cases against his political enemies, then you would expect that the person that would replace her would probably agree to escalate those efforts,” Gurule said.

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  5. The evening earlier, on March 19, Alito attended a separate dinner in Washington, DC, celebrating Notre Dame law professor Sherif Girgis, who had received the Edwin Meese Originalism Award from the Meese Institute for the Rule of Law within the Mike Pence-founded organization of Advancing American Freedom. Girgis, also a former Alito clerk, appeared the next day at the March 20 symposium.

  6. Brad Badertscher, Professor of Accountancy, University of Notre Dame

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  7. By Alexander Kustov, an associate professor of global affairs at the University of Notre Dame and the author of  and the newsletter.  

  8. Amid the scenic papal gardens outside Rome in early March, the Vatican and the University of Notre Dame launched a new global sustainability initiative to apply Catholic principles to addressing climate change and other ecological threats facing the planet. Holy Cross Fr. Robert Dowd, president of the Catholic university in Indiana, said in a statement that the alliance left its inaugural meeting "with a renewed sense of purpose and hope" and that its efforts reflect "the deep connections between environmental sustainability and human dignity and flourishing." A central figure was Holy Cross Fr. Daniel Groody, vice president and associate provost for undergraduate education at the University of Notre Dame. They were later joined by Arun Agrawal, a renowned scholar of environmental politics and sustainability who in January 2025 became the founding director of Notre Dame's Just Transformations to Sustainability Initiative, which leads the university's efforts around food, energy, water and infrastructure.

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    Daniel Groody

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  9. Robert Schmuhl, professor emeritus of American studies at the University of Notre Dame, who critically observes the modern American presidency, noted Trump’s recent sharp criticism of the justices who ruled against his preferred outcome in the tariff decision. The president might be attempting to “make the point that he should have the ultimate say on cases he considers most important to his presidency,” Schmuhl told OSV News.

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  10. But some scholars have been poking holes in this widely accepted theory. Two of the most prominent critics of the “man the hunter” theory today are Sarah Lacy, an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Delaware, and Cara Ocobock, an associate professor of human biology at the University of Notre Dame, who’ve published papers together on the issue.

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    Cara Ocobock

    Anthropology

  11. Among the 11 new members are Holy Cross Fr. Daniel Groody, vice president and an associate provost for undergraduate education at the University of Notre Dame ... For Groody, the appointment signals continuity with longstanding efforts to link theology and global concerns. A professor at the University of Notre Dame, Groody has written extensively on migration and refugee issues and has worked with policymakers and international bodies.

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    Daniel Groody

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  12. Chengcheng Zhai, Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame. Alfonso J. Pedraza Martinez, Professor of IT, Analytics, and Operations, University of Notre Dame

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    Chengcheng Zhai

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  13. Thoreau got his name from his grandfather Jean Thoreau, a French Huguenot who was shipwrecked off the coast of New England just before the American Revolution and decided to stay put, settling in Boston and then Concord, Mass. Jean’s surname was duly New England-ified by his neighbors, said Laura Dassow Walls, a professor emerita at the University of Notre Dame and the author of “Henry David Thoreau: A Life.”

  14. The University of Notre Dame announced March 18 the expansion of financial aid for middle-class families. Beginning in the 2026-27 academic year, undergraduate tuition will be fully covered for students from households earning less than $150,000.