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Peter Breen | Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Dozens of students gathered in Baumer Hall’s first-floor lounge Saturday afternoon for hours of strategy, tactics and companionship during the second annual chess tournament of Notre Dame’s newest men’s residential hall. On account of the contest’s Swiss-style matchmaking process — a non-eliminating tourney format — players could come and go for as long as they
Matthew Broder | Friday, March 3, 2023
On Wednesday night, Notre Dame Graduate School hosted the finals for their annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. The 3MT competition highlights research being conducted by graduate students on campus. Participants are given no more than three minutes to explain their research to a diverse panel of judges and are evaluated based on their comprehension,
Elena Que | Wednesday, September 14, 2022
A team of three Notre Dame students recently appeared on “Capital One College Bowl,” a trivia show on NBC hosted by Peyton and Cooper Manning. The trio appeared on the season two premiere episode, which aired Friday, September 9th. Competing for academic scholarships, the team went up against rival Ohio State University and successfully moved
Letter to the Editor | Monday, February 28, 2022
How can I feel less ordinary in such an extraordinary place? Look — I’m just going to come out and say it straight. Sometimes, (all the time) it is hard for me to feel like I am qualified enough to be at such a prestigious university surrounded by thousands of the world’s most exceptional people.
Claire Reid | Friday, February 18, 2022
Seven Saturdays, 24 students, one survivor. Almost 22 years after the first season of the reality competition show “Survivor” aired on CBS, Notre Dame students gathered in the Joyce Center on Saturday afternoon for the first installment of ND Survivor, a multi-week competition based on the hit television show. Over the ensuing six Saturday afternoons,
Alysa Guffey | Monday, February 7, 2022
Matt Downing never considered himself a “Jeopardy!” superfan. “I think it’s a great show, but it’s not like I need to watch every episode and I’ve been dying to be on the show since I was a kid,” Downing said. But one day, he sat down to watch “Jeopardy!” and practiced clicking a pen to
Gabrielle Penna | Thursday, April 15, 2021
In Aug. 2020, NASA launched the Student Payload Opportunity with Citizen Science (SPOCS). The competition was open to college, university, and graduate students interested in researching topics related to bacteria resistance and sustainability, both of which are critical to further deep space exploration. Last summer, Katy Ryan, a senior majoring in biological sciences with a
Ben Testani | Wednesday, March 18, 2020
It’s no secret that things are not normal for the Notre Dame community right now. We should have seen the signs coming. The women’s basketball team did not obliterate every team in its path this winter. Fr. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., did not announce a 3.4% increase in tuition this February. And the squirrels of
Max Lander | Monday, April 8, 2019
During my time here at Notre Dame, I’ve had a pretty fulfilling college experience. I’ve learned a lot, I’ve tried new things, I’ve made great new friends — most of the things you hear about people doing in college. But I do feel like I am missing one important thing: a nemesis. Now don’t get
Alexandra Muck | Monday, October 1, 2018
The Notre Dame IDEA Center will be hosting its annual IDEA Challenge pitch competition Tuesday to encourage student entrepreneurship on campus and build excitement for the 2019 McCloskey New Venture Competition. Registration for the competition will start at 5:30 p.m. and pitches will start at 6 p.m. in the Mendoza College of Business. The McCloskey New