HOT TOPICS: Holiday spending … Ukraine … Universal Human Rights Month … Immigration reform … Falling dollar

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• The following University of Notre Dame faculty members are available to discuss a variety of issues currently in the news. Click on the accompanying links for contact and other information.* Holiday spending – James X. Sullivan, assistant professor of economics

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• Ukraine – Semion Lyandres, associate professor of history

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• Immigration reform – Allert Brown-Gort, associate director of the Institute for Latino Studies

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• Universal Human Rights Month (December) – Paolo Carozza, professor of law

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• Falling dollar – Nelson Mark, DeCrane Professor of International Economics

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• Supreme Court – Richard Garnett, associate professor of law

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• Airlines pensions – Teresa Ghilarducci, associate professor of economics and policy studies

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• U.S. economy – Jeffrey Bergstrand, professor of finance and business economics, and Teresa Ghilarducci, associate professor of economic and policy studies

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• Muslim-Christian relations – Gabriel Reynolds, assistant professor of theology

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