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Professor receives proclamation from South Bend

By Kate Kirwan · Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023

“With entrepreneurship, you’re teaching people to dream and how to pursue those dreams,” says Michael Morris, professor of entrepreneurship and social innovation at the Keough School of Global Affairs.

Saint Mary’s launches new payroll system for student workers

By Katelyn Waldschmidt · Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023

This semester, Saint Mary’s introduced a new payroll system for student employees. The new system, Oracle, replaced the Banner system which the College has been using since 1999.

Muir Matches Measure provides visual representation of job burnout

By Caroline Collins · Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023

There are visual measures to quantify job satisfaction and measure pain, such as the Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale posted in doctors' offices and hospitals.

Seven Notre Dame alumni make the Forbes 30 under 30 list

By Emma Duffy · Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023

Every year, Forbes magazine releases their 30 under 30 lists. Within these lists, the 30 most accomplished people in their fields under the age of 30 are highlighted. This year, seven Notre Dame alumni were included.

University hosts annual service project and prayer service for Walk the Walk Week

By Kathryn Muchnick · Monday, Jan. 23, 2023

Over the weekend, the eighth annual Walk the Walk Week continued with a service project co-sponsored by student government and a prayer service at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on campus.

Ask The Observer: What happened to the Saint Mary’s yearbook?

By Observer News Staff · Monday, Jan. 23, 2023

By Genevieve Coleman and Rose Androwich

UndocuAlly to host training to support undocumented students

By Gracie Eppler · Monday, Jan. 23, 2023

As a continuation of Notre Dame’s Walk the Walk Week, student group UndocuAlly ND will host a training session on Tuesday. The campus-wide event is open to anyone who wishes to better understand the immigrant experience and learn how to support undocumented students.

‘Still a lot of important work to be done’: Hundreds of Notre Dame students to join annual March for Life

By Matthew Broder · Friday, Jan. 20, 2023

For the first time since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, thousands of students — including roughly 500 Notre Dame students — will coalesce on the U.S. Capitol for the March for Life.

Clark expresses optimism about Holy Cross' direction

By Liam Price · Friday, Jan. 20, 2023

Holy Cross College President Marco Clark, who began his term last July, described his position as “enviable” due to the College’s relatively strong and stable financial position.

Poetry Pulitzer Prize winner Natasha Trethewey discusses her inspiration for writing

By Jenna Abu-Lughod · Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023

Students, faculty and guests came together on Tuesday evening to listen to Walk the Walk Week keynote speaker, Natasha Trethewey as she answered the question “Why I Write.”

‘Hesburgh’ movie, panel reflect on former president’s legacy of activism, ‘kindness’

By Kelsey Quint · Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023

Students and faculty gathered in the Mendoza College of Business auditorium Wednesday evening to watch a screening of the documentary film, “Hesburgh,” which follows the life of famed, former University President Fr. Theodore Hesburgh.

Petition advocating for American Sign Language at Notre Dame circulates social media

By Gabrielle Beechert · Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023

Over winter break, a petition advocating for the acceptance of American Sign Language (ASL) at the University of Notre Dame was posted on the Disability Justice ND Instagram account and circulated on social media. By signing the petition, students call on the university to accept ASL as fulfillment for the admissions requirement of taking two years of a world language in high school, provide proficiency exams for students with experiences in ASL and to offer classes in ASL that fulfill college-based foreign language requirements.

Student senate reconvenes, votes to increase diversity in UCC staff

By Liam Kelly · Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023

This Wednesday, the Notre Dame Student Senate passed resolutions to increase LGBTQ+ and minority representation among the staff at University Counseling Center (UCC) as well as give Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) students earlier registration times for selecting classes.