As Notre Dame political science professor David Campbell, who was raised Mormon, told me, “There’s an allergic reaction among many Americans — particularly those who lean to the left politically — when religion and politics mix. We see it among Catholics. We see it among evangelicals. And we’re seeing it among Mormons.”
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America
Trump’s Jan. 6 indictment puts the U.S. in ‘uncharted territory,’ Catholic scholars say
August 02, 2023
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 that “as indictments and court cases against former President Trump increase, he becomes stronger with his supporters.”
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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The Economist
What if Germany stopped making cars? Imagine Volkswagen goes the way of Nokia
July 31, 2023
Rüdiger Bachmann of the University of Notre Dame and others calculated that because the company was found fiddling with emissions readings, sales of other German brands in America fell by 166,000 cars, costing them $7.7bn in forgone revenues, or nearly a quarter of their total in 2014.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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What Gave Rise to the Breadwinner? | What's Next?
July 17, 2023
Episodes 2&5: Associate Professor Lee T. Gettler, University of Notre Dame, is the Director of the Hormones, Health and Human Behavior Laboratory at Notre Dame and a faculty affiliate of the Eck Institute for Global Health.
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South China Morning Post
US expected to get around China’s export controls on gallium, an essential component for American military radar tech
July 17, 2023
Eugene Gholz, an associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana in the US, said Beijing was in part aiming to disrupt the defence supply chain by countering the semiconductor export control, considering Washington’s “fear of vulnerability” as an opportunity to increase its leverage against the US.
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Yahoo
Kakhovka Dam breach in Ukraine caused economic, agricultural and ecological devastation that will last for years
July 07, 2023
Susanne Wengle, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame, and Vitalii Dankevych, Doctor of Economics, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Public Administration and National Security, Polissia National University, Zhytomyr National Agroecological University.
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Yahoo
Wife Calls Her Husband The 'Biggest Disappointment' In Her Life After He Can't Put Their Kids To Bed
July 03, 2023
According to James McKenna, Ph.D., an anthropologist specializing in infancy and development and director of the mother/baby behavioral sleep laboratory at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, the location in which you sleep is less important when it comes to a baby's development.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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The Washington Post
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phys.org
Black families growing up on either side of the tracks have same economic outcomes, says study
June 27, 2023
Expanding on the relatively short-term and single-generation body of research, University of Notre Dame assistant professor of sociology Steven Alvarado used 35 years' worth of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth from 1979 to 2014 to study what happened when multiple generations of Black, white and Latino families lived on one side of the tracks versus the other.
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The Boston Globe
Social Studies: Stops by Democratic and Republican cops; the power of not marrying a cousin; the mindset of water scarcity
June 12, 2023
Economists at the University of Notre Dame worked with a homelessness prevention program in Santa Clara County, Calif. (which includes much of Silicon Valley, where rent levels can make those in Boston look reasonable), to conduct a randomized controlled trial of short-term financial assistance.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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The Christian Science Monitor
One is the loneliest number: What will help people connect again?
June 09, 2023
“I’ve been sort of saying this is a problem for quite a long time,” says Darcia Narvaez, professor emerita of psychology at the University of Notre Dame. “So the report wasn’t a surprise to me. It was great to see that the government is paying attention to it."
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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Our Sunday Visitor
Catholic experts weigh in on Donald Trump’s latest indictment and potential impact on 2024 campaign
June 09, 2023
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 the latest Trump indictment “doesn’t come as much of a surprise.”
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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Vox
Can the West keep supplying Ukraine with enough artillery?
June 06, 2023
“Nobody has as much as they want, whenever they want it,” said Eugene Gholz, associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, and former Pentagon adviser for manufacturing and industrial base policy. “And yet, somehow, they manage to fight.”
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OSV News
Leaders discuss what’s at stake in debt limit resolution
May 30, 2023
The church doesn’t have “an official magisterial position on something as specific as the debt ceiling,” said Joseph Kaboski, professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame and president of the Catholic Research Economists Discussion Organization (CREDO).
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Can forgetting your child in the car happen to just about anyone? – study
May 26, 2023
“When you talk about the forgotten baby scenarios, people often make assumptions about who forgets their babies, who the caregivers are,” co-author Nathan Rose said. “And there’s no evidence to support the idea that men are more likely to commit this kind of error than women, or vice versa.”
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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Under surveillance, government pressure, China needs prayers, observers say
May 23, 2023
Since he took office 10 years ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping has worked to centralize power around himself, said Karrie J. Koesel, associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. Xi has worked for "greater control over civil society," which includes religion, Koesel told OSV News.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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The Hill
Does God exist? Only half of Americans say a definite yes
May 22, 2023
But the rise in nonreligious Americans is too steep to be fully explained “in terms of generational replacement; that is, religious old people dying and secular young people taking their place,” said David Campbell, the Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy at the University of Notre Dame. Campbell and other scholars suspect many Americans are simply becoming more open about rejecting religion, an admission once clouded in stigma.
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WSBT TV
Experts weigh AI concerns amid regulation discussions
May 22, 2023
“We definitely need regulation, we needed it yesterday, if not five years ago, because this is all getting away from us too quickly, and the real problem here is that there’s nobody in governments, who’s really tasked with understanding the powerful ability to use AI as a weapon,” said Dr. Lisa Schirch, Professor of the Practice at the Keough School of Global Affairs. Fellow Notre Dame Professor Dr. John Behrens also has concerns – especially when it comes to people using this technology inappropriately. "Now, it’s something that anybody can just download, or get access to, and start using, and that’s really going to cause some problems and that’s an area for concern for sure, and it might be an area for regulation,” said Dr. John Behrens, Notre Dame Director of College Technology Initiatives.
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OSV News
Survey reveals majority of Americans 'seldom' or 'never' attend religious services
May 19, 2023
"One of the meta trends in the American religious landscape over the last 20 — even 30 — years has been the precipitous decline in religious affiliation and a decline in other indications of religiosity," said David Campbell, the Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.
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Market Adjustment and Foreign Policy Failure
May 16, 2023
Notre Dame associate professor Eugene Gholz discusses U.S. strategy, the low costs of neutrality in war, global oil markets and why the U.S. does too much militarily in the Middle East. He also advises a “defensive defense” strategy in East Asia, the ineffectiveness and overuse of economic sanctions, and decoupling from China.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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CNBC
‘I got a check the other day for $8’: TV and film writers share why they’re on strike
May 13, 2023
Hollywood is a Wild West of work contracts. “It’s basically a freelance industry,” says Christine Becker, professor at the University of Notre Dame’s department of film, television and theatre. “You go from job to job,” and each contract can look different from writer to writer depending on their experience, for instance.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.