© Copyright 2026 University of Notre Dame
Showing 170 of 301 articles
Analytics & Technology
IT, Analytics and Operations professor Krista Foster explains how closing the meat processing plants because of COVID-19 will not only hurt the nation’s meat supply, it will impact every tier of the supply chain.
Analytics & Technology
“The challenge Zoom faces is that they were a specialized niche company that was suddenly thrust into the role of a critical infrastructure provider overnight and they simply weren’t ready for the intense level of scrutiny that they’ve received as a result,” said Mike Chapple, associate teaching professor of IT, analytics and operations.
Alumni Impact
Barely a week after federal regulators gave distilleries the green light to begin production in the wake of the shortage caused by coronavirus, the first bottles of Indiana Whiskey hand sanitizer rolled out for distribution to essential workers in the region.
Mendoza
In response to the COVID-19 crisis some Notre Dame faculty and staff work to 3D print several thousand clear plastic face shields at the request of local and regional medical systems, including Mendoza IT education support technician Jim Spencer.
Mendoza
The University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business is adding an additional round of application deadlines for several of its graduate degree programs in response to challenges posed to prospective students by the coronavirus pandemic.
Faculty Research
Not only does social distancing work to slow the spread of the virus, it’s an exercise in probability, according to Richard Sheehan, finance professor at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. Sheehan, who specializes in applied econometrics, has developed a model that shows viral transmission as a probability rather than a certainty and demonstrates how social distancing — or changing the probabilities — slows the spread.
Mendoza
Accountancy undergrad Kate Oh was named to Poet & Quant's list of Best & Brightest for 2020.
Faculty Research
Jeffrey Bergstrand, professor of finance and a former Federal Reserve economist, emphasized the need for Phase Four, which he said “will bring some stimulus to aggregate demand if there is a government infrastructure program put in place.”
Faculty Research
Severe product problems that injure or kill consumers are recalled much faster when there are women on the board according to “The Influence of Female Directors on Product Recall Decisions,” forthcoming at Manufacturing & Service Operations Management from lead author Kaitlin Wowak, assistant professor of information technology, analytics and operations in Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business.
Faculty Research
A $2 trillion coronavirus relief package is on its way, but health care workers won’t feel its impact for weeks, according to Kaitlin Wowak, an assistant professor of IT, analytics, and operations at Mendoza College of Business.