Our Experts in the News: April 2024
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What is the federal funds rate? How the Fed controls interest rates, explained
April 30, 2024
"It's a different means of accomplishing the same goal," says Eric Sims, economics professor at the University of Notre Dame. "They want to change interest rates that are relevant to you and me, but they're doing it in a different way now."
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The Vatican’s Secret Role in the Science of IVF
April 29, 2024
“Their individuality was subsumed in the congregation,” says Kathleen Sprows Cummings, a professor at the University of Notre Dame who oversees the History of Women Religious, an academic organization devoted to the study of Catholic sisters. Even so-called “particular attachments” between nuns were discouraged.
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OSV News
High court appears skeptical of Trump’s absolute immunity claim
April 26, 2024
“In this complicated case, the Supreme Court will be faced with deciding whether personal actions can be separate from presidential ones,” Robert Schmuhl, professor emeritus of American studies at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, who critically observes the modern American presidency, told OSV News.
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Chicago Tribune
New techniques being used to analyze finds at Collier Lodge
April 25, 2024
New archaeological techniques are being used to analyze artifacts uncovered during digs at the Collier Lodge site along the Kankakee River. Mark Schurr, an anthropology professor at the University of Notre Dame, has led excavations at the site for 20 years.
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There’s no ‘one size fits all’ when it comes to addressing men’s health issues globally
April 24, 2024
In most contexts in the United States and Europe, men tend to experience physical health changes when they get married and start having a family. These changes include an increase in waist circumference and body mass index — a phenomenon known as the “dad bod,” explained Lee Gettler, associate professor of anthropology and chair of Notre Dame’s Department of Anthropology.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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Daily Mail
Los Angeles uses AI to fight homelessness crisis
April 15, 2024
Last year, the University of Notre Dame published a study that found that at-risk people in California's Santa Clara County were 81% less likely to become homeless within six months of enrolment in a financial assistance program.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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CBS News
Contributions of Black baseball players celebrated
April 13, 2024
The team's rich history was recovered at the University of Notre Dame. Using a single black and white photo and catalogs of uniforms from the time, design professor Clint Carlson and students like Kiaya Jones began to reimagine what the Giants' uniforms looked like.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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PBS
A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE: Supporting Students with NVLD
April 06, 2024
Next, our experts explore the scope of nonverbal learning disability and provide interventional strategies that support children's success. Dr. Joshua Diehl is an associate teaching professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Notre Dame. His areas of expertise include neurodevelopmental disorders, intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, child psychopathology, and neurodiversity. His primary focus is on neurodevelopmental disorders with an emphasis on individuals with autism spectrum disorder and their families.
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The Washington Post
Opinion | How Trump fills a void in an increasingly secular America
April 05, 2024
The scholar David Campbell of the University of Notre Dame told the Associated Press, “Increasingly, Americans associate religion with the Republican Party — and if they are not Republicans themselves, they turn away from religion.”
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Newsweek
Pope Francis' Culture Wars Divide Catholic Church
April 01, 2024
"There's no question that [Francis] is deeply concerned, perhaps even more concerned in some ways, with what's happening in the German ecclesial," David Lantigua, a moral theology professor at the University of Notre Dame, told Newsweek.