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ND professor aids policymakers by tracking poverty during pandemic

Gabrielle Penna | Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Poverty rose to 11.7% in March, marking a record high for poverty rates in the U.S. since the start of the pandemic, according to research conducted by the University of Chicago and Notre Dame. As the pandemic continues to reshape the workforce, individuals face financial strain like never before. Currently, there are nearly 10 million

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Undergraduates gain recognition from NASA in student competition

Gabrielle Penna | Thursday, April 15, 2021

In Aug. 2020, NASA launched the Student Payload Opportunity with Citizen Science (SPOCS). The competition was open to college, university, and graduate students interested in researching topics related to bacteria resistance and sustainability, both of which are critical to further deep space exploration.  Last summer, Katy Ryan, a senior majoring in biological sciences with a

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ThinkND’s new podcast series aims to answer life’s biggest questions

Gabrielle Penna | Wednesday, April 7, 2021

ThinkND will launch a new podcast called “The Heart’s Desire and Social Change” April 15. This series, hosted by vice president and associate provost Fr. Daniel Groody, aims to guide students seeking to answer life’s biggest questions.  Groody graduated from Notre Dame in 1986, majoring in the Program of Liberal Studies. He credited the major

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The Recap Episode 6: Notre Dame professors share stories of success during Women’s History Month

Gabrielle Penna and The Recap | Friday, March 19, 2021

In this episode of The Recap, host Gabrielle Penna shares stories covering President Biden’s new relief package in response to the growing issues brought by COVID-19. Celebrating Women’s History Month, women affiliates of Notre Dame are also featured; sharing their success stories, they offer inspiration to the future generations of women leaders. The Recap is

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ACLU board member discusses voting, immigration rights

Gabrielle Penna | Monday, March 8, 2021

Grace Chan McKibben, executive director at the Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community, spoke at a Zoom lecture Friday, discussing the work of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) regarding voting and immigration rights in America.  ACLU of Notre Dame co-sponsored the event, along with the Black Law Students Association and American Constitution Society.

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Notre Dame engineering professor, lab develop optical imager

Gabrielle Penna | Friday, March 5, 2021

Thomas O’Sullivan, assistant professor of electrical engineering at Notre Dame, is the leader of a research group focused on biomedical engineering. Over the past year, his team has worked with light in order to study tissue and measure the effects, progression and early signs of disease. This project stemmed from an idea proposed by Roy

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Notre Dame economics professor featured in ‘New York Times’ for reflections on expanding child tax credit

Gabrielle Penna | Friday, February 19, 2021

Part of President Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Recovery Plan to address increased economic inequality during the pandemic includes proposed changes to the child tax credit policy by temporarily providing additional funds to parents. Earlier this month, Sen. Mitt Romney proposed an alternative bill that would give parents more money than allocated in the America Recovery

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‘Black history is American history’: Community discusses importance of Black History Month

Gabrielle Penna | Wednesday, February 17, 2021

In celebration of Black History Month, Notre Dame professors have pledged themselves to educate students of all studies on issues related to art, monuments and material culture, segregation and integration, civil rights, race and politics, race and ethnicity and race and human behavior. One of these professors, Dory Mitros Durham, associate director of the Klau

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Lecturer explores fake news in business

Gabrielle Penna | Monday, February 8, 2021

Matthew F. Ferraro spoke at the Ten Years Hence Speaker Series 2021 on Friday, lecturing on the impact of fake news on businesses. Ferraro is currently a council member in the Washington D.C. office of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr L.L.P., where he practices at the intersection of national security, cybersecurity and crisis management.

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Student seminar creates ‘Notre Dame Sustainability Pledge’

Gabrielle Penna | Tuesday, November 3, 2020

The University of Notre Dame’s Center for Social Concerns (CSC) aims to enact Catholic social teaching through community-engaged research, teaching and learning. This fall, the Energy, Climate and Social Change seminar course challenged students to educate the Notre Dame community on issues of sustainability.  Students Connor Delaney, Nathaniel Hiott, Chiara Smorada, Keenan O’Brien, Matt Sahd,

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