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Notre Dame professor finds PFAS in period underwear

Caroline Collins | Monday, February 6, 2023

The period underwear brand Thinx recently settled a class action lawsuit claiming its products contain harmful chemicals. Graham Peaslee, Notre Dame professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy, tested in Thinx underwear for these chemicals and Sierra magazine collaborated with Peaslee to published an investigation on the matter in 2020. Period underwear is washable and

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Being appalled is not enough: Notre Dame must do more to atone for its connection to the Buffalo Shooting

Letter to the Editor and Nelisha Silva | Thursday, June 2, 2022

Before killing 10 Black people in a mass-shooting spree at a Buffalo grocery store on May 14, the gunman prepared a 180-page manifesto justifying his actions. Among other things, he stated that “Black men are over a hundred times more likely to rape a white woman than vice versa.” Although the statistic is totally false,

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15 years of teaching at Notre Dame, five reflections

John Sitter | Friday, November 16, 2018

With thanks to The Observer for its editorial hospitality this term to a faculty columnist, here are five farewell reflections. 1. Yes, professors procrastinate, too. Just as students procrastinate by looking at next semester’s course descriptions instead of completing work for this term, so do professors put off grading said work by thinking about next