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  1. Roblox Recent Controversy Part of Video Game History

    October 06, 2022

    Matthew Payne, associate professor of media studies the University of Notre Dame, said the majority of the Roblox player-community are children, a vulnerable user group; and, “any controversy where children might be harmed, would be terrible for the Roblox Corporation's bottom-line.”

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  2. Why Outcry Against Netflix's 'Blonde,' 'Dahmer' May Be Missing the Point

    October 05, 2022

    "It's an interesting moment in media right now because viewers seem to have an insatiable appetite for true crime, and movies and series that can claim to be 'based on a true story' at the same time that some are uncomfortable about the exploitation of violence and trauma on a platform such as Netflix," Professor Jason Ruiz of the University of Notre Dame told Newsweek.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  3. Chemical giant BASF is under threat after Russians turn off the gas

    October 04, 2022

    Rudi Bachmann, professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame in the United States, said it’s unfair to single out BASF for criticism.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  4. Opinion | How much cruelty is a pork chop worth?

    October 04, 2022

    In addition to Scully, the brief is co-written by two other prominent conservative thinkers — Notre Dame law professor O. Carter Snead, who is also director of the university’s de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture, and journalist Mary Eberstadt, a senior research fellow at the Faith & Reason Institute.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  5. Notre Dame film expert, South Bend residents weigh in on 'The Little Mermaid' controversy

    September 29, 2022

    "Everybody deserves to see themselves reflected in the media," said Mary Kearney, associate professor of film, television and theater at the University of Notre Dame. Kearney's research primarily focuses on gender, youth and media culture, especially girls' media.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  6. Trust in elections: Mexico shows how fast it can be lost – and regained

    September 22, 2022

    Mexico’s democracy isn’t often held up as an example to follow, especially “given that it’s become one of the most violent democracies in the world,” says Guillermo Trejo, professor of comparative politics at the University of Notre Dame. “But, on the electoral dimension, there are lessons for other countries.”

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  7. Biden’s UN balancing act: Condemning war while advocating broad agenda

    September 21, 2022

    With his vision of the democracy-autocracy struggle and specifically, the war in Ukraine, “Biden is speaking and acting with a high degree of moral certainty that we are on the side of the angels,” says Michael Desch, a professor of international relations at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and founding director of the university’s International Security Center.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  8. Pakistan Lost $30 Billion in Floods. Should Rich Polluting Countries Pay Up?

    September 16, 2022

    “The global north doesn’t even fulfil its promised annual $100 billion adaptation finance goal. And much of the adaptation finance comes as loans not even grants. So it’s important to have a sense of all this resistance to understand why ‘loss and damage’ demands are not moving ahead faster,” Maira Hayat, an anthropology professor at University of Notre Dame whose research focuses on global climate change politics, told VICE World News. 

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  9. An Epic Struggle for the Soul of Catholicism

    September 12, 2022

    Now comes John T. McGreevy, a professor of history at Notre Dame and author of three books on Catholicism, with an attempt at making narrative sense of one of the most tumultuous periods in the history of the oldest institution in the Western world.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  10. Ukrainian farms feed Europe and China. Russia wants to end that.

    September 01, 2022

    Susanne Wengle is the N.R. Dreux Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, and author of “Black Earth, White Bread: A Technopolitical History of Russian Agriculture and Food.”

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  11. The Black mothers finding freedom in mushrooms: ‘They give us our power back’

    August 28, 2022

    “Drugs have been racialized in the US since the early 20th century. Cocaine was an over-the-counter medicine for 50 or 60 years – then it became racialized when Black people started using it,” said Dr. Jason Ruiz, an American studies associate professor and department chair at the University of Notre Dame. 

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  12. The Fed Chair’s Challenge: Be Clear, but Not Too Certain

    August 26, 2022

    “Like Odysseus bound to the mast of his ship, a monetary policymaker must forswear the siren call of the moment and stick to plans laid in the past,” as Jeffrey Campbell, an economics professor at Notre Dame, explained the term while working at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago in 2013.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  13. A Catholic University Hired a Dean With Ties to the Vatican. The Problem? He Faked His Credentials.

    August 24, 2022

    Laura Banella, an assistant professor of Italian at Notre Dame University who was born and raised in Italy, does not think the discrepancy was a simple misunderstanding.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  14. How We Mourn Covid’s Victims

    August 09, 2022

    “People died alone in hospitals, or their loved ones could not even see them or hold their hands, so maybe some of these memorials have to do with a better send-off,” said Erika Doss, a University of Notre Dame professor who studies how Americans use memorials.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  15. Ungrading Light: 4 Simple Ways to Ease the Spotlight Off Points

    August 02, 2022

    A recent collection on the subject, edited by Susan D. Blum, a professor of anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, features lively essays by teachers who’ve all put their particular stamp on the practice of de-emphasizing or abolishing grades.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  16. Opening the Word: A response of faith

    August 01, 2022

    Catherine Cavadini, Ph.D., is the assistant chair of the Department of Theology and director of the M.A. in theology degree program at the University of Notre Dame.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  17. If Trump were to lose again, would he succeed in overturning 2024 election?

    July 30, 2022

    Robert Schmuhl is professor emeritus of American studies at the University of Notre Dame and adjunct professor at Dublin City University.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  18. Pope's recent appointment of women is too little, too late

    July 29, 2022

    Kathleen Sprows Cummings, professor of American Studies and the director of the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame, called the pope's move "far too little" and "far too late."

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  19. Natural gas strategy tests Europe’s unity against Russia

    July 22, 2022

    “Undoubtedly, there will be intra-European fights and struggles, and that could potentially be severe,” said Rudi Bachmann, a professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  20. Can Deutschland AG cope with the Russian gas shock?

    July 14, 2022

    In typical corporatist fashion, Germany’s big parties, industry bigwigs and trade unions collectively decided that cheap Russian gas was great industrial policy, too, notes Rüdiger Bachmann of the University of Notre Dame.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.