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ND in the News: 2023

2022 2023 2024

  1. “It’s a stunning holding for a court to conclude that a former president engaged in insurrection against the United States,” said Derek Muller, a 91³Ô¹Ï law professor who has followed the case closely. 

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  2. Derek Muller, an election law expert at 91³Ô¹Ï Law School, said Wallace’s conclusions about Trump’s role in the insurrection were “remarkable.”

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    Derek Muller

    Law School

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    A local artist is creating beautiful sculptures all across the country, including at the University of 91³Ô¹Ï. But his artwork isn’t the only tie that binds him to South Bend. His late father was a long-time professor at 91³Ô¹Ï. One of his pieces is actually on display on campus.

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    University of 91³Ô¹Ï military history professor Ian Ona Johnson discussed the contest for control of Atlantic sea routes during World War II.

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    Ian Ona Johnson

    Department of History

  5. Cara Ocobock, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of 91³Ô¹Ï.

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    Cara Ocobock

    Anthropology

  6. Daniel Graff, director of the Higgins Labor Program at the University of 91³Ô¹Ï”s Center for Social Concerns, remarked, “Starbucks has become the poster child for the service sector employer — the labor-intensive sectors — that say, ‘We cannot have a unionized workforce; we cannot imagine any kind of reallocation of power that’s going to result in some reallocation of the surplus; some reallocation of the income to our workforce.'”

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    Daniel Graff

    Institute for Social Concerns

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    Lisa Schirch, a professor of peace studies at the University of 91³Ô¹Ï in Indiana, sees potential for a political solution to the decades-long conflict.

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    Lisa Schirch

    Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs

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    But this year’s net loss was predictable, argues James O’Rourke, a professor of management at 91³Ô¹Ï.

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    James O'Rourke

    Mendoza College of Business

  9. “There’s this very public fight, in all these colloquial terms, about whether it’s an insurrection, but it really comes down to brass tacks defining what this constitutional term means,” Derek Muller, a 91³Ô¹Ï law professor who’s followed the litigation closely, told the Associated Press.

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    Law School

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    Israeli airstrikes have hit apartment buildings in a refugee camp near Gaza City for a second day in a row, causing many deaths and injuries, while accusations of war crimes from the international community grow. We’re joined by Ernesto Verdeja, Associate Professor of Peace Studies and Global Politics at the University of 91³Ô¹Ï.

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    Ernesto Verdeja

    Keough School of Global Affairs

  11. But for many years on college campuses “there has been great confusion on what is antisemitism and what is legitimate criticism of Israeli policies and the state of Israel,” says Atalia Omer, a professor of religion, conflict, and peace studies at the University of 91³Ô¹Ï.

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    Atalia Omer

    Keough School of Global Affairs

  12. Atalia Omer is a professor of Religion, Conflict and Peace Studies at the University of 91³Ô¹Ï.

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    Atalia Omer

    Keough School of Global Affairs

  13. Hamas’ massive, brutal attacks and kidnappings perpetrated against Israelis on October 7 violated humanity’s most fundamental international legal principles,” wrote Mary Ellen O’Connell, an international law expert at the University of 91³Ô¹Ï.

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    Mary Ellen O'Connell

    91³Ô¹Ï Law School

  14. “One has to prove that the perpetrator not only committed the actions, but they committed the actions with a very specific intention of destroying the group,” says Ernesto Verdeja, a professor at the University of 91³Ô¹Ï who specializes in genocide. 

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    Ernesto Verdeja

    Keough School of Global Affairs

  15. Rory McVeigh, sociology professor and director of the Center for the Study of Social Movements at the University of 91³Ô¹Ï, said politicians use protests to gauge public opinion and that media attention helps.

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    Rory McVeigh

    Department of Sociology

  16. The computer scientist Walter J. Scheirer has worked in media forensics for years. He understands more than most how these new technologies could set off a society-wide epistemic meltdown, yet he sees no signs that they are doing so. Doctored videos online delight, taunt, jolt, menace, arouse, and amuse, but they rarely deceive. As Scheirer argues in his new book, “A History of Fake Things on the Internet” (Stanford), the situation just isn’t as bad as it looks.

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    Walter Scheirer

    Computer Science and Engineering