Our Experts in the News: March 2023
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NBC News
Vietnam soldier’s family reunited with dog tag after journey around the globe
March 29, 2023
Fifty years ago today, the last American combat troops left Vietnam. Harry Smith shares the remarkable lengths former Senator Jim Webb and a group of Notre Dame students went to return a dog tag from the battlefield to the family of a Vietnam veteran.
Originally published at ndisc.nd.edu.
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National Catholic Reporter
Catholic colleges cut humanities programs, citing student interest in other fields
March 24, 2023
At the University of Notre Dame, Sarah Mustillo, dean of the College of Arts and Letters, questioned the federal data on humanities graduates for the school.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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CNBC
This is the personality test you should take, says psychologist—it’s a ‘better predictor of behavior’
March 23, 2023
“They don’t get into the dirty underbelly of personality,” said David Watson, a professor of personality psychology at the University of Notre Dame.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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Economists believe the Fed will keep raising rates despite the banking turmoil
March 22, 2023
“The Fed is really caught between a rock and a hard place,” said Christiane Baumeister, a professor at the University of Notre Dame.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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BBC News
The numbers that are too big to imagine
March 20, 2023
To get my head around just how big this is, I spoke with the mathematician Joel David Hamkins of the University of Notre Dame in the US, who writes a newsletter about enormous numbers and infinity called Infinitely More.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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Remembering former Rep. Pat Schroeder
March 14, 2023
Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with Notre Dame political scientist Christina Wolbrecht about the legacy of Rep. Pat Schroeder, who died at the age of 82.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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Tucker Carlson’s Jan. 6 narrative engages in post-truth journalism, Catholic scholars warn
March 09, 2023
Robert Schmuhl, professor emeritus of American studies at the University of Notre Dame who studies journalism and the modern American presidency, told OSV News that Carlson “is using the video that Speaker McCarthy gave him exclusively to try to create an alternate narrative to what happened on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol.”
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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"The mafias enjoy the monopoly of transport and opt for the longest and most dangerous routes"
March 05, 2023
(in Spanish only) Given this latest tragedy, we asked migration expert Maurizio Albahari about whether this shipwreck could have been avoided. Albahari, who is a professor at the School of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, explains why the routes to Italy are so risky and recalls that "smugglers enjoy a monopoly on transportation and opt for longer routes and dangerous."
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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National Catholic Reporter
Cardinal McElroy says church must 'redesign' just-war theory, favor nonviolent action
March 03, 2023
Drawing on six decades of papal teaching on peace, the cardinal told an audience at the University of Notre Dame on March 1 that Catholics are facing a "new moment" in history, one that requires finding nonviolent alternatives to prevent war.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.