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Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, November 16, 2022
In an article posted to NDWorks Tuesday, Notre Dame Parking Services announced it is bringing back its “Food for Fines” holiday food drive for the first time since 2019. From Monday through Dec. 16, instead of paying outstanding parking citation balances, members of the Notre Dame community can bring in nonperishable food or personal hygiene
Emma Duffy | Thursday, February 24, 2022
The Red Cross has declared that the United States is in the worst blood shortage in over a decade. Starting in March of 2020, there has been a decline in blood that is affecting the nation and South Bend in particular. “We have seen the same situation that’s happening nationwide,” South Bend Medical Foundation blood
Maggie Eastland | Friday, February 4, 2022
Notre Dame published its fiscal 2021 annual report, including updates on the University endowment, Jan. 26. The annual report was audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers in November 2021 and released after an internal proof. The report documented a 53.2% endowment return, the second largest in University history, as well as shifts in revenue and expenses in response
Maggie Eastland | Monday, November 1, 2021
When Notre Dame English professor John Duffy learned last August that the University received donations from The Napa Institute and the Koch brothers, he raised concerns to fellow faculty members and later to the Arts and Letters College Council. “My view is that faculty shouldn’t discover these things, for example these particular donations, in a
Alysa Guffey | Thursday, April 22, 2021
Notre Dame Day 2021 wrapped up Monday at midnight after 36 hours of live broadcast featuring numerous students, alumni and faculty sharing their stories and encouraging members of the community to donate to over 700 causes. This year, Notre Dame Day occurred twice during the 2020-2021 academic year to make up for the missed annual
Zixu Wang | Friday, January 31, 2020
The outbreak of coronavirus has killed 213 people and sickened 9,720 in China as of Jan. 30, according to the People’s Daily, the largest official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party. The epidemic began in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei Province. Cases of the virus have since turned up in 19 countries, including the
Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, September 10, 2019
The University announced the Johnson family — Todd, Susan, Matthew and Hilary Johnson of Minnesota — made a large donation that will go towards the construction of a women’s residence hall that will be located east of Flaherty and Dunne Halls, Notre Dame announced in a press release on Friday. “The Johnsons, an exceptionally generous
Sophia Lauber | Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Notre Dame Day hit a record high in the number of gifts given and the number of campus organizations that received donations, raising over $2.3 million from 6:42 p.m. Sunday evening to 12:11 a.m. on Monday. Director of Notre Dame Day Matt Gelchion said the number of donations given increased by over 3,200 from last