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September 25, 2022

NDIAS Teaching Lab Fellow Karrie Koesel to testify before Congressional-Executive Commission on China

The associate professor will discuss the People’s Republic of China’s strategies for asserting party control over religion, especially through sinicization, which...

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September 01, 2022

Research shows government transparency benefits special interest groups, not citizenry

Using measures of the agreement between what state governments do and what citizens want, Jeff Harden and Justin Kirkland found that...

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May 19, 2022

Paolo Carozza named to Meta Oversight Board

Paolo G. Carozza, professor of law and concurrent professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, has been...

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March 31, 2022

Political motivation often comes down to personal assessment of other races’ deservingness

While maybe not racially prejudiced, a broad swath of American citizens nonetheless do and say things that racists do, according...

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March 10, 2022

With no political home, ‘seamless garment Catholics’ still hold ‘paramount importance’

New research from the University of Notre Dame looks at so-called seamless garment Catholics (SGCs), or those Catholics who embrace...

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September 28, 2021

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to speak at Notre Dame

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito will give a talk titled “The Emergency Docket” at 12:30 p.m. Thursday (Sept....

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July 30, 2021

Federal government commitment necessary to protect voting rights for historically marginalized people, Fraga testifies

On July 27, Luis Fraga, the Rev. Donald P. McNeill, C.S.C., Professor of Transformative Latino Leadership at the University of...

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July 26, 2021

Fraga to testify before House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

The hearing on “The Need to Enhance the Voting Rights Act: Practice-Based Coverage" will take place at 2:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday (July...

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July 07, 2021

Hui testifies at Congressional-Executive Commission on China roundtable about Hong Kong

On June 29, the first anniversary of the passage of the National Security Law (NSL) in Hong Kong, Victoria Tin-bor...

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June 09, 2021

Political science professors sign statement warning of threats to US democracy

Five Notre Dame professors who specialize in different areas of democracy studies recently signed a strong statement of concern issued by...

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April 13, 2021

Inaugural Women Inspired to Serve event empowers female students, young professionals seeking defense and security careers

Partnering with the advocacy associations Women in Defense, Women in International Security and Girl Security, WISE hosted its inaugural event,...

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January 26, 2021

A new secular left is emerging and could present challenges for Biden administration

The challenge for President Joe Biden’s administration is finding ways to emphasize the common values of religious and secular voters,...

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October 26, 2020

Experts say most damaging scenario to US democracy is Trump rejecting election results, potential Supreme Court ruling against him

To get expert opinions on the fate of the nearly 245-year-old democracy, a group of students from the Keough School of Global...

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July 22, 2020

Most comprehensive study yet of Latinx U.S. immigration agents shows economic self-interest drives decisions to join ICE

Research by David Cortez, assistant professor of political science, found that Latinxs — regardless of their preferred national/ethnic identity, their identification with...

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April 08, 2020

Islamic law and international law share many similarities, Notre Dame Professor says

Notre Dame’s Emilia Justyna Powell, an expert in both international law and the Islamic legal tradition, traveled to many Muslim-majority...

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March 18, 2020

Former Senator and Secretary of the Navy James Webb named inaugural distinguished fellow at Notre Dame International Security Center

Notre Dame’s International Security Center (NDISC) has named James Webb its first distinguished fellow.

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January 31, 2020

Political scientist releases definitive research on the first century of women voters

In new research fittingly published in the year marking the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote in the U.S.,...

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March 21, 2019

Rice and Kerry find common ground at Notre Dame

Former Secretary of State John Kerry and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (M.S. ’75) took the stage Tuesday night...

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