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Our Experts in the News: May 2024

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  1. ‘God’s influencer’: Miracles of the first millennial saint

    May 28, 2024

    Interview with Kathleen Sprows Cummings, a professor of history at the University of Notre Dame and the author of “A Saint of Our Own: How the Quest for a Holy Hero Helped Catholics Become American.”

  2. First millennial saint could be canonized as early as end of 2025

    May 26, 2024

    Religious scholars say a Saint Carlo could be a game changer for the Church struggling to recruit the next generation. “Could it be possible that Saint Carlo would be the new patron saint of the internet? Absolutely,”  said NBC contributor Kathleen Sprows Cummings, author of the book “A Saint of Our Own.” 

  3. The Justice Department wants to 'break up Live Nation.' Taylor Swift fans are ready for it.

    May 24, 2024

    Swift fans are “very good at bonding together, using their own time and resources to solve problems,” said Jeff Harden, a political science professor at the University of Notre Dame.

  4. Notre Dame Launches New Poverty Initiative

    May 22, 2024

    The University of Notre Dame announced earlier this year that it will be launching a new academic initiative focused on studying and combating poverty. The new Poverty Initiative is supported by a $100 million gift from an alumni couple, the largest donation to an academic priority in Notre Dame’s history. Spotlight spoke recently with Jim Sullivan, a professor of economics who heads the university’s Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities and will lead the new Initiative.

  5. Notre Dame president’s commencement address inspires hope: Leland Vittert

    May 22, 2024

    We found hope at another commencement address that received no coverage - that's the president of Notre Dame. 

  6. Podcast: Style All the Way Down

    May 21, 2024

    Notre Dame professor of English Joyelle McSweeney on sound, style icons, and the Ovidian landscape of her ear canal.

  7. Concerns about state of democracy in U.S. expressed at Notre Dame forum

    May 21, 2024

    This week, [Notre Dame] is hosting its inaugural Global Democracy Conference. Serious concerns were expressed at a panel discussion on the state of democracy in the U.S. “I fear that we are going to rip apart as a country because so many of the things that used to unify Americans, no longer do,” said Notre Dame’s David Campbell. “Democrats usually have more elaborate systems about this, but the Trump campaign has also been mobilizing 100,000 election observers,” explained Notre Dame’s Christina Wolbrecht.

  8. Two new murals completed at Foundry Field in South Bend

    May 21, 2024

    Notre Dame Center for Social Concerns Assistant Director Mike Hebbeler said, "We have such a rich history here in South Bend. Some of our stories get told prominently, others not so much. So these murals of Uncle Bill's Softball team and Seabe Gavin take stories that are, perhaps on the periphery, and really put them as central stories to our town's history and we celebrate their contributions."

     

  9. College course examines depiction of drinking in film and its social consequences

    May 17, 2024

    As college students wrap up the year, many reflect on what they learned in the classroom and what it means for their lives. At the University of Notre Dame, two professors — psychology professor Anre Venter and Film, Television, and Theatre professor Ted Mandell — offer a popular course that showcases how media exposure has very real-life implications.

  10. God, Country, and Notre Dame: Clash with the Klan Pt. 2

    May 17, 2024

    “It was a time when, when Notre Dame was growing in its reputation — in part because of football, but also because of its academic reputation,” explained Kathleen Sprows Cummings, a professor of American studies and history at Notre Dame. 

  11. How tariffs compare in the Biden and Trump eras

    May 14, 2024

    “Tariffs at a basic level are a disincentive to import. And where do you get stuff if you’re not importing? You buy domestically,” said Robert Johnson, an economics professor at the University of Notre Dame.

  12. Unemployment Rate Rose to 3.9% in April with 175,000 Jobs Added

    May 03, 2024

    According to the US Labor Department, 175,000 jobs were added in April, roughly 60,000 less than expected. The unemployment rate rose to 3.9%, up slightly from March numbers. Economic Professor from the University of Notre Dame, Jeffrey Campbell, joins to share what this says about the state of our economy.