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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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NYT investigator Malachy Browne speaks on recreating crime scenes

Christopher Parker | Monday, February 15, 2021

What do journalists do when the details of an event aren’t quite adding up? At The New York Times, they often turn to Malachy Browne. Browne spoke to Notre Dame professor James O’Rourke over Zoom as part of the Ten Years Hence lecture series on Friday. He works with a team of investigators and computer

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Students storm field following Notre Dame’s historic victory over Clemson, eliciting mixed reactions

Maria Leontaras | Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Electric. Magical. Terrifying. These are a few words students used to describe the storming of the field after Notre Dame football’s double-overtime victory over Clemson Saturday. There was a tangible shift in the Stadium’s energy as the Irish settled for a game-tying play. Fans rushed to the first 15 or so rows of each designated student

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Conspiracy theories ring true in ‘Dark Waters’

Sara Schlecht | Monday, November 25, 2019

“Dark Waters,” the latest from Todd Haynes, is in some sense a typical, albeit slow, legal thriller that takes place less in the courtroom and more on a farm. Where it differs is its unnerving basis in fact. Based on a New York Times Magazine article, the film tells the story of Robert Bilott, played

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Notre Dame sophomore to have crossword published in The New York Times

Kelli Smith | Friday, September 27, 2019

Jack Mowat loves crossword puzzles. A Notre Dame sophomore from Omaha, Nebraska, Mowat grew up bent over puzzle after puzzle with his grandmother. They started with word searches, but once Mowat was old enough to advance to crosswords, the duo discovered a new passion. So when Mowat received an email this June informing him his

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Student government to provide online access to New York Times, discontinue paper copies

Observer Staff Report | Monday, August 12, 2019

Notre Dame student government has arranged for a student body-wide digital subscription to The New York Times effective Aug. 26, the organization announced in a Saturday press release. Previously, student government provided 120 paper copies of the Times in each dining hall, as well as 120 digital passes students would claim with a different login

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Philosophy professor emeritus dies at 76

Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Gary Gutting, the John A. O’Brien professor of philosophy, died Friday at 76, the University announced in a news release Tuesday. Gutting was a scholar of contemporary French philosophy, philosophy of religion and philosophy of science. “As an author, Gary functioned as both innovator and instructor, as someone who saw philosophical interest and power where

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Columnists discuss Trump’s election

Tom Naatz | Friday, March 24, 2017

In a discussion entitled “What does Trump’s election mean?” held Thursday night at the Hesburgh Center for International Relations, New York Times columnist Ross Douthat and Wall Street Journal columnist William Galston discussed the reasons behind Donald Trump’s election, as well as its implications. “The beauty of it is that you can reasonably link it to

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New York Times writer discusses concussion research in the NFL

Arthur Zhao | Thursday, March 23, 2017

In 2007, former New York Times investigative reporter Alan Schwarz started writing a series of stories reporting on the staggering rate of concussions amongst NFL players, leading to new regulations and a congressional hearing. In his talk at Jordan Auditorium on Wednesday, Schwarz discussed his research process and how his interests in sports and math informed

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New York Times journalist addresses the role of economics in the presidential election

Lucas Masin-Moyer | Thursday, October 13, 2016

In national discussions surrounding the 2016 election, Washington correspondent Binyamin Appelbaum said, one issue is conspicuously missing: economics. “There are a lot of very smart people who want to downplay the role that economics is playing in this election,” Appelbaum, who writes for the New York Times, said Wednesday night in DeBartolo Hall. “They want

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