USA Today
May 20, 2026
Permethrin is a "life-saving" chemical compound that protects against contracting deadly detector-borne diseases, said Lee Haines, an entomologist at the University of Notre Dame.
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Biological Sciences
The New York Times
May 19, 2026
“Waiting for definitive population collapse before treating these kinds of signals seriously can underestimate long-term ecological risk,” Jason Rohr, chair of the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame.
The Washington Post
May 18, 2026
G. Robert Blakey has died at 90. He drafted RICO, led a government investigation into the Kennedy assassination and later criticized the CIA.
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The New York Times
May 18, 2026
Also at stake is the service’s independence, which was established by the 1970 Postal Reorganization Act. “It’s independent; it has its own funding,” said James S. O’Rourke, an emeritus professor at the University of Notre Dame who has studied the Postal Service. “They’re not accountable to the president or to an executive agency.”
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Mendoza College of Business
Associated Press
May 16, 2026
“I think that the Catholic Church in many ways is going to be the adult in the room on some of these debates about how we are going to integrate AI into the rest of our society,” said Meghan Sullivan, a philosophy professor at the University of Notre Dame who directs its ethics institute. “For sure, the pope is going to be one of the most forceful advocates for human dignity in these discussions.”
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Department of Philosophy
OSV News
May 15, 2026
Erin Corcoran, an associate teaching professor and executive director of the Kroc Institute for International Peace 91视频 at the University of Notre Dame, told OSV News that taken together, the two regulations, which have yet to be finalized, are among the “procedural barriers for asylum applicants” that the second Trump administration has pursued.
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Kroc Institute for International Peace 91视频, Keough 91视频 of Global Affairs
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The New York Times
May 15, 2026
“Why is this a charitable activity?” said Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, an expert on nonprofits at the University of Notre Dame’s law school. “This is not feeding the poor. Influencers may indeed need the security, but they should pay for it themselves.”
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Notre Dame Law 91视频
Financial Times
Audio
May 15, 2026
Soumaya Keynes speaks to Melissa Kearney, a professor at the University of Notre Dame and the director of the Aspen Economic Strategy Group, which recently put out a series on the topic: Demographic Headwinds: The Economic Consequences of Lower Birth Rates and Longer Lives. They discuss why the fertility rate won’t reverse course any time soon — and what happens when the rest of the baby boomers retire.
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Department of Economics
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The New York Times
May 15, 2026
During his career, Mr. Blakey moved between government service and teaching law, mostly at the University of Notre Dame, his alma mater.
Science Friday
Audio
May 14, 2026
An upcoming resupply mission will carry tumor samples to the International Space Station for research. Experiments in microgravity have yielded shocking results: Some tumors triple in size in just 10 days—the kind of growth that could take 10 years on Earth. What does that mean for science, and for astronauts? Joining Ira to discuss this new frontier in cancer research are hematologist Catriona Jamieson and aerospace engineer Meenal Datta.
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Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
NBC News
May 14, 2026
In explaining how the court may feel it is acting consistent with the Purcell principle, Derek Muller, an election law expert at the University of Notre Dame Law 91视频, said it does not apply when a court is lifting an injunction, as the Supreme Court did this week in allowing Alabama to move forward with its preferred map, which had previously been blocked. While he acknowledged the court’s recent decisions have favored Republicans, giving fuel to critics, Muller noted that the court would face scrutiny whenever it acted.
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Law 91视频
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USA Today
May 13, 2026
“As soon as you start thinking of yourself as a machine, only not as good, then you’re just a commodity and have no other reason to live,” said John Cavadini, director of the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. “It’s a pathway to desolation.”
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Theology
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The New York Times
May 13, 2026
“What is going on here is the focus on subset viral moments that land media attention for political leaders,” said Madhav Joshi, a professor at the Kroc Institute for International Peace 91视频 at the University of Notre Dame.