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Notre Dame’s endowment lost $1.4 billion in value last fiscal year, according to annual report

Emma Vales | Wednesday, March 8, 2023

After a record-breaking year, Notre Dame’s endowment returned -6.9%, dropping to $18.9 billion this fiscal year, according to the 2022 Annual Report. The University also reported a decrease in investment return during a staff town hall last fall. The University has company for this fiscal year’s negative fiscal return, with many universities experiencing drops in

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ND Law School presents a panel on ‘Protecting All Women’s Rights in the Developing World’

Emma Vales | Thursday, March 2, 2023

Notre Dame Law School presented a panel discussion Thursday morning titled “Protecting All Women’s Rights in the Developing World” in the Eck Hall of Law, co-sponsored by the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights, ND Law’s International Human Rights Society, Women’s Legal Forum, Black Law Students Association, Hispanic Law Student Association and Middle Eastern

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University hosts Tracey Hucks, Africana studies professor, writer

Emma Vales | Monday, February 27, 2023

On Thursday, Feb. 23, Notre Dame hosted a Colloquy on Black Church Studies, consisting of a roundtable discussion and luncheon, followed by a talk from keynote speaker Tracey Hucks. Hucks is the Victor S. Thomas professor of Africana religious studies at Harvard Divinity School and the Suzanne Young Murray professor at Harvard Radcliffe Institute for

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Campus Ministry holds prayer service to end gun violence

Emma Vales | Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Fr. Pete McCormick, assistant vice president for Campus Ministry, presided over a prayer service to end hatred and gun violence in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart Monday. The altar was lined with candles, each accompanying a notecard with the name of a city that experienced gun violence in the past month. Jan. 2023 was

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FTT department hosts 34th annual Notre Dame Student Film Festival

Emma Vales | Friday, January 27, 2023

This weekend, Notre Dame’s Film, Television and Theatre (FTT) Department will host its 34th annual Notre Dame Student Film Festival in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center’s Browning Cinema. Ten unique short films made by 20 different student filmmakers in Notre Dame’s FTT Department, both collaboratively and individually, will combine to put on a film festival