Episode Topic: Pandemic and Athletics

This session will cover how the pandemic is affecting college athletics. Topics will include the decision for Notre Dame to continue fall sports, the roles of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Athletic Coast Conference, and how the pandemic is affecting college athletics nationally.

Featured Speakers: 

• Heidi Beidinger-Burnett, Director, Eck Institute for Global Health Masters Program; Associate Professor of the Practice, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame; President of the St. Joseph County Board of Health
• Mary Ann McDowell, PhD, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences and Member of the Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame
• John B. “Jack” Swarbrick, Vice President and James E. Rohr Director of Athletics, University of Notre Dame
• Patricia Bellia, William J. and Dorothy K. O’Neill Professor of Law and Chair, Faculty Board on Athletics, University of Notre Dame

Read this episode's recap over on the University of Notre Dame's open online learning community platform, ThinkND: go.nd.edu/bf9a6e.

This podcast is a part of the Consider This! ThinkND Series titled “Consider This! Simplifying the COVID-19 Conversation”.

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