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Newswise: Rigorous new study debunks misconceptions about anemia, education
Released: 18-Jun-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Rigorous new study debunks misconceptions about anemia, education
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In low- and middle-income countries, anemia reduction efforts are often touted as a way to improve educational outcomes and reduce poverty. A new study, co-authored by a global health economics expert from the University of Notre Dame, evaluates the relationship between anemia and school attendance in India, debunking earlier research that could have misguided policy interventions.

   
Newswise: 'Hybrid’ disaster response shows how localization saves lives
Released: 13-Jun-2024 5:05 PM EDT
'Hybrid’ disaster response shows how localization saves lives
University of Notre Dame

In August 2021, an earthquake struck southwest Haiti, killing thousands of people and leaving more than half a million seeking help. Assessment of this disaster and its response can serve as a model for evaluating future disasters and making life-saving improvements, according to new research from the University of Notre Dame.

Newswise: Democrats grapple with virtual versus in-person formats at national convention
Released: 4-Jun-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Democrats grapple with virtual versus in-person formats at national convention
University of Notre Dame

The Democratic Party is considering a virtual format for its 2024 Democratic National Convention much like the one held in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Newswise: AI browser plug-ins to help consumers improve digital privacy literacy, combat manipulative design
Released: 29-May-2024 2:05 PM EDT
AI browser plug-ins to help consumers improve digital privacy literacy, combat manipulative design
University of Notre Dame

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame are developing artificial intelligence tools that help consumers understand how they are being exploited as they navigate online platforms. The goal is to boost the digital literacy of end users so they can better control how they interact with these websites.

Newswise: Political elites take advantage of anti-partisan protests to disrupt politics
Released: 24-May-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Political elites take advantage of anti-partisan protests to disrupt politics
University of Notre Dame

Protest movements that reject political parties have an unintended consequence, according to new research from the University of Notre Dame: They empower savvy politicians who channel them to shake up the status quo. The findings provide a framework for understanding recent global political realignments and offer lessons for activists who want to make a meaningful impact.

Newswise: Swifties unite after ‘The Great War’ to make a move into politics
Released: 23-May-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Swifties unite after ‘The Great War’ to make a move into politics
University of Notre Dame

New research from political scientists at the University of Notre Dame found that the botched ticket presales for Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” in late 2022 made it nearly impossible for most Swift fans to get tickets, forcing them to pay attention to event ticketing politics — namely the lack of market competition, consumer rights and wealth inequality — and galvanizing them to speak out on those issues and hold their elected officials accountable.

Newswise: Disadvantaged entrepreneurs often fear success, but new research can help
Released: 8-May-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Disadvantaged entrepreneurs often fear success, but new research can help
University of Notre Dame

When low-income entrepreneurs start their own businesses, they frequently fear failure — a well-documented phenomenon. But over time, they may also fear success, given the costs and unknowns it can bring, and this barrier to growth is under-studied and underappreciated. A new study from a Keough School of Global Affairs expert breaks new ground by explaining this fear and offers five recommendations to help entrepreneurs overcome it and move out of poverty.

Newswise: Opioid epidemic reaches beyond health impacts  to influence politics
Released: 2-May-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Opioid epidemic reaches beyond health impacts to influence politics
University of Notre Dame

Vicky Barone, assistant professor of economics at the University Notre Dame, researched the origins and development of the opioid epidemic and found that the unregulated marketing of potent painkillers led to increased access to prescription opioids and subsequent overdose mortalities.

Newswise: There’s no ‘one size fits all’ when it comes to addressing men’s health issues globally
Released: 23-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
There’s no ‘one size fits all’ when it comes to addressing men’s health issues globally
University of Notre Dame

At a time when health resources are at a premium and need to be wisely allocated, health professionals must find points within men’s lives when it makes the most sense to intervene and advocate for preventive care for promoting better health outcomes.

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Released: 11-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Researchers develop new method to help investors predict firms’ decision-making, optimize portfolios and generate greater returns
University of Notre Dame

New research from Notre Dame Marketing Professor Andre Martin introduces a novel method to help investors predict myopic marketing spending —reducing marketing as well as research and development expenses to boost earnings, which increases current-term results at the expense of long-term performance — up to a year in advance.

Newswise: Essays on democracy draw attention to critical threats, explore safeguards ahead of Jan. 6
Released: 25-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Essays on democracy draw attention to critical threats, explore safeguards ahead of Jan. 6
University of Notre Dame

Shortly after Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol building, the University of Notre Dame’s Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy established the January 6th, 2025, Project, which includes 10 Notre Dame faculty who are preeminent scholars of democracy.

Newswise: Cancer therapies show promise in combating tuberculosis
Released: 25-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Cancer therapies show promise in combating tuberculosis
University of Notre Dame

A study from the University of Notre Dame, Massachusetts General Hospital and the National Institutes of Health has identified a combination of medications that may improve blood flow within granulomas, benefiting drug delivery.

Newswise: Notre Dame sends cancer research aboard the International Space Station
Released: 21-Mar-2024 12:05 AM EDT
Notre Dame sends cancer research aboard the International Space Station
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University of Notre Dame researchers will gather new insights about cancerous tumors by taking their science to space aboard NASA’s 30th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission.

   
Newswise: Notre Dame literacy research can improve learning outcomes and fight global poverty
Released: 29-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Notre Dame literacy research can improve learning outcomes and fight global poverty
University of Notre Dame

A new study by a team of University of Notre Dame researchers makes a significant contribution to understanding the factors that influence how young elementary school students respond to reading interventions in fragile and low-income contexts. The study evaluated an early-grade literacy intervention in Catholic schools in Haiti.

Newswise: AI among us: Social media users struggle to identify AI bots during political discourse
Released: 27-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
AI among us: Social media users struggle to identify AI bots during political discourse
University of Notre Dame

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame conducted a study using AI bots based on large language models and asked human and AI bot participants to engage in political discourse. Fifty-eight percent of the time, the participants could not identify who the AI bots were.

Newswise: Notre Dame develops user-friendly platform to access comprehensive nationwide opioid database
Released: 26-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
Notre Dame develops user-friendly platform to access comprehensive nationwide opioid database
University of Notre Dame

To provide a clear picture of opioid manufacture and travel, the University of Notre Dame developed a user-friendly interface to enable public access to more than 10 years of national controlled substance transaction information. This platform makes querying easier and faster, providing transactional data on 14 different opioids including fentanyl, hydrocodone and oxycodone.

   
Newswise: Researchers use AI, Google Street View to predict household energy costs on large scale
Released: 26-Feb-2024 11:15 AM EST
Researchers use AI, Google Street View to predict household energy costs on large scale
University of Notre Dame

An interdisciplinary team of experts from the University of Notre Dame, in collaboration with the University of Maryland and University of Utah, have found a way to use artificial intelligence to analyze a household’s passive design characteristics and predict its energy expenses with more than 74 percent accuracy. By combining their findings with demographic data including poverty levels, the researchers have created a comprehensive model for predicting energy burden across 1,402 census tracts and nearly 300,000 households in Chicago.

   
Newswise: Does Russia stand to benefit from climate change?
Released: 21-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Does Russia stand to benefit from climate change?
University of Notre Dame

There exists a narrative about climate change that says there are winners and losers — with Russia being one of the countries that stand to benefit from its effects. In a new study, researchers at the University of Notre Dame found that Russia is suffering from a variety of climate change impacts and is ill-prepared to mitigate or adapt to those climate impacts. And, as the rest of the world transitions to renewable energy sources, Russia’s fossil-fuel-dependent government is not willing or ready to make alternative plans for the country, changes that could potentially benefit the whole of their society.



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