Our Experts in the News: December 2023
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The New York Times
The Rise and Fall of Prime-Rib Nation
December 24, 2023
We see on holidays and special occasions the times when the kind of longer traditions and deeper histories of how we relate to food come out in ritual,” said Joshua Specht, the author of “Red Meat Republic” and an associate professor of history at the University of Notre Dame.
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The New York Times
You Deserve a Great Nap
December 21, 2023
If you’re lucky enough to have an office or access to a nap room, consider keeping a pillow, eye mask and earplugs at work, said Jessica Payne, a professor of psychology at the University of Notre Dame.
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The Washington Post
It’s not your imagination. Novels are getting weirder.
December 16, 2023
Kate Marshall, an English professor at the University of Notre Dame, explains why literature has taken a turn for the strange in her new book 'Novels by Aliens.’
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USA Today
Cheating in sports: Michigan football the latest scandal. Why is playing by rules so hard?
December 12, 2023
“Cheating in the chariot races was written about in the Iliad,” said Clark Power, a professor of psychology and education at the University of Notre Dame who also directs a non-profit organization that promotes equity and character development in youth sports.
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WSBT TV
Price of diesel fuel continues to fall
December 11, 2023
WSBT also spoke with Notre Dame Economics Professor Thomas Gresik who agrees diesel prices impact inflation due to high transportation demands. But, he says it’s not a major component.
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Newsweek
War Destroying Ukraine's Cultural Heritage at Scale 'Not Seen Since WWII'
December 01, 2023
"As a group of international and Ukrainian archaeologists, we realized there was an urgent needed to visit these locations systematically and visit representative sites," Ian Kuijt, professor of anthropology with the University of Notre Dame who participated in the survey, told Newsweek.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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Science
‘Wherever we’ve looked, we see destruction.’ The Ukraine war’s impact on buried archaeological sites
December 01, 2023
Science spoke with co-authors Pavlo Shydlovskyi, an archaeologist at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, and University of Notre Dame archaeologist Ian Kuijt about their efforts to track the damage—and prevent more.