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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The Conversation
January 13, 2026
The Conversation asked Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor of international law at the University of Notre Dame, to explain what about recent actions by the U.S. violate international law and why that matters.
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OSV News
January 13, 2026
"In those 12 months when they were receiving cash from the program, people were less likely to be food insecure," Patrick Turner, an assistant professor of economics at Notre Dame, and a LEO researcher, told OSV News.
The Boston Globe
January 12, 2026
Roy Scranton is an essayist, novelist, literary critic, climate philosopher, and author, most recently, of “Impasse: Climate Change and the Limits of Progress.” He teaches at the University of Notre Dame, where he directs the Environmental Humanities Initiative.
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The Conversation
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January 08, 2026
Mary Ellen O'Connell, professor of law and international peace studies, University of Notre Dame
The New York Times
January 07, 2026
The outreach effort may also be a way for the authorities to monitor residents in case they begin organizing opposition to the government and its handling of the fire, said Victoria Hui, an associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame who studies Hong Kong. “It seems that they are trying to kill two birds with one stone,” Ms. Hui said.
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The New York Times
January 07, 2026
But William N. Evans, an economist at Notre Dame, notes an offsetting rise in the number of disabled veterans, who face the highest risk of homelessness. Analyzing the effects of HUD-VASH on hundreds of localities, he and three co-authors found that “veterans’ homelessness would have risen substantially” without the expanded aid.
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EWTN
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January 07, 2026
Mary Ellen O'Connell, international law professor, University of Notre Dame
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Bloomberg
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January 06, 2026
Former federal prosecutor Jimmy Gurule, a professor at Notre Dame Law 91视频, and Jessica Peake, Director of the International & Comparative Law Program at UCLA Law 91视频, discuss the federal charges against ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
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USA Today
January 06, 2026
Maduro’s lawyers are expected to challenge the court’s jurisdiction over his case by arguing the military attack on Venezuela violated international law, according to Jimmy Gurule虂, a former prosecutor who is now a law professor at Notre Dame.
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Financial Times
January 05, 2026
Mary Ellen O'Connell, law professor at the University of Notre-Dame, who noted formal extradition requests are required to remove criminal...
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NBC News
January 05, 2026
“If you detain someone unlawfully, if you take someone into your custody, and you do not have the legal right to do that, then what else would you call it?” said Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor at Notre Dame Law 91视频. “The United Nations Charter makes it very clear that there are very few times when a country has the right to carry out military force on the territory of another country," she added. "And it never has the right to do that in order to bring an individual out to stand trial before their courts."
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NBC News
January 05, 2026
The use of military force to remove Venezuela’s president is effectively a “kidnapping” and violates core principles of the United Nations Charter, said Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor at Notre Dame Law 91视频. “If you detain someone unlawfully, if you take someone into your custody and you do not have the legal right to do that, then what else would you call it?” she told NBC News.
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CNBC
January 05, 2026
Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor at Notre Dame Law 91视频 who specializes in international law and conflict resolution, likened the operation to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. “President Trump is right to take action against illicit drugs, but his actions in Venezuela are not the ones proven to succeed,” she said. “Successful economies require strong, independent courts, fair systems of criminal justice, and respect for law,” O’Connell said. “Trump’s actions defy these basic components.
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Reuters
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January 05, 2026
A leading U.S. legal scholar has raised serious concerns over the legality of Washington’s operation against Venezuela, warning that the arrest of President Nicolas Maduro and the use of military force undermine core principles of international law. Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell of the University of Notre Dame said international law does not support indicting, arresting, and prosecuting a sitting head of state through foreign military action.
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