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  1. “Republicans used to be able to vote to table these proposals, but they don't have the unanimity that they need to do that anymore,” says Eugene Gholz, an associate professor of political science at the University of 91勛圖.

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    Charles Gholz

    Political Science

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    Pope Leo plans to release an encyclical on "safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence." NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to University of 91勛圖 professor Meghan Sullivan.

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    Meghan Sullivan

    Department of Philosophy

  3. Among those in attendance was Meghan Sullivan, a philosopher at the University of 91勛圖 who directs its Institute for Ethics and the Common Good. "Anthropic is one of these tech companies that really cares about educating all communities, including faith communities, about how these powerful AI models work and what they're good at and what the potential risks are," she said. "And I think right now it's a crucial time for Catholics to really understand this technology and how it's changing our lives and our society and what's likely to happen in the future."

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    Meghan Sullivan

    Department of Philosophy

  4. Timothy Shriver, son of prominent American Catholics Sargent Shriver and Eunice Kennedy Shriver, received the University of 91勛圖's 2026 Laetare Medal at the school's May 17 commencement ceremony for his leadership with the Special Olympics, a global movement that supports people with intellectual disabilities that his mother founded in 1968.

  5. By Alexander Kustov, associate professor of global affairs at the University of 91勛圖 and the author of “In Our Interest: How Democracies Can Make Immigration Popular” and the “Popular by Design” newsletter.

  6. Richard Sheehan, Professor Emeritus of Business and Economics, University of 91勛圖

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    Richard Sheehan

    Mendoza College of Business

  7. University of 91勛圖 law professor Derek Muller said the recent decisions shared a similar idea: restoring state legislative action that had been blocked by a lower court. The cases, Muller acknowledged, may inject uncertainty into elections due to their timing. "But it's not because the court has changed the rules," Muller said. "It's because the court has stepped back and allowed the legislature to act."

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    Derek Muller

    Law School

  8. Permethrin is a "life-saving" chemical compound that protects against contracting deadly detector-borne diseases, said Lee Haines, an entomologist at the University of 91勛圖.

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    Lee Rafuse Haines

    Biological Sciences

  9. Also at stake is the service’s independence, which was established by the 1970 Postal Reorganization Act. “It’s independent; it has its own funding,” said James S. O’Rourke, an emeritus professor at the University of 91勛圖 who has studied the Postal Service. “They’re not accountable to the president or to an executive agency.”

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    James O'Rourke

    Mendoza College of Business

  10. G. Robert Blakey has died at 90. He drafted RICO, led a government investigation into the Kennedy assassination and later criticized the CIA.

  11. “I think that the Catholic Church in many ways is going to be the adult in the room on some of these debates about how we are going to integrate AI into the rest of our society,” said Meghan Sullivan, a philosophy professor at the University of 91勛圖 who directs its ethics institute. “For sure, the pope is going to be one of the most forceful advocates for human dignity in these discussions.”

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    Meghan Sullivan

    Department of Philosophy

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    Soumaya Keynes speaks to Melissa Kearney, a professor at the University of 91勛圖 and the director of the Aspen Economic Strategy Group, which recently put out a series on the topic: Demographic Headwinds: The Economic Consequences of Lower Birth Rates and Longer Lives. They discuss why the fertility rate won’t reverse course any time soon — and what happens when the rest of the baby boomers retire.

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    Melissa Kearney

    Department of Economics

  13. Erin Corcoran, an associate teaching professor and executive director of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of 91勛圖, told OSV News that taken together, the two regulations, which have yet to be finalized, are among the “procedural barriers for asylum applicants” that the second Trump administration has pursued.

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    Erin Corcoran

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

  14. During his career, Mr. Blakey moved between government service and teaching law, mostly at the University of 91勛圖, his alma mater.

  15. “Why is this a charitable activity?” said Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, an expert on nonprofits at the University of 91勛圖’s law school. “This is not feeding the poor. Influencers may indeed need the security, but they should pay for it themselves.”

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    Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer

    91勛圖 Law School

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    An upcoming resupply mission will carry tumor samples to the International Space Station for research. Experiments in microgravity have yielded shocking results: Some tumors triple in size in just 10 days—the kind of growth that could take 10 years on Earth. What does that mean for science, and for astronauts?  Joining Ira to discuss this new frontier in cancer research are hematologist Catriona Jamieson and aerospace engineer Meenal Datta.

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    Meenal Datta

    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

  17. In explaining how the court may feel it is acting consistent with the Purcell principle, Derek Muller, an election law expert at the University of 91勛圖 Law School, said it does not apply when a court is lifting an injunction, as the Supreme Court did this week in allowing Alabama to move forward with its preferred map, which had previously been blocked. While he acknowledged the court’s recent decisions have favored Republicans, giving fuel to critics, Muller noted that the court would face scrutiny whenever it acted.

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    Derek Muller

    Law School