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University to forgo exit, surveillance testing if 90% of student body becomes fully vaccinated

Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, April 28, 2021

The University will no longer require surveillance testing and exit testing for those who are fully vaccinated if 90% of undergraduate and professional students become fully vaccinated, University President Fr. John Jenkins announced in an email Wednesday afternoon. Additionally, $15 will be added to each student’s Irish1Card if this second 90% threshold is reached, according

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University announces plans for 2021 Commencement Weekend

Observer Staff Report | Monday, March 29, 2021

In an email to graduating students Monday, the Office of the Registrar announced plans for the Notre Dame class of 2021 commencement ceremony taking place May 23. The Commencement Mass will be held in Notre Dame Stadium immediately before the commencement exercises. All undergraduate and graduate students graduating in May and currently residing in the

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Notre Dame should be more political, which means inviting Joe Biden

Vince Mallett | Friday, February 26, 2021

For Notre Dame, or any Catholic institution, to express unqualified support for President Biden’s agenda would be unconscionable. In just his first 37 days, the President has taken the dangerously unjust actions of breaking promises on immigration and expanding taxpayer support for abortion. Fr. Jenkins described the latter as “deeply disappointing.” In my opinion, the University

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Notre Dame Keough School professor Denis McDonough confirmed as Veterans Affairs Secretary

Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, February 9, 2021

The U.S. Senate confirmed Denis McDonough as President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Veterans Affairs. McDonough is a professor of the practice of public policy in the Keough School of Global Affairs. McDonough served the Obama administration as the White House chief of staff from February 2013 to January 2017. He joined Notre Dame as a

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Previously postponed commencement for class of 2020 rescheduled to summer of 2022

Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Notre Dame will again defer in-person commencement for the class of 2020, University President Fr. John Jenkins announced Wednesday. The in-person commencement ceremony for the class of 2020 was initially rescheduled to take place Memorial Day weekend of 2021, after the pandemic forced campus to close last spring. With COVID-19 cases still surging, Jenkins said

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Jenkins calls on Trump to commute executions in final days of his presidency

Observer Staff Report | Sunday, January 10, 2021

In a statement released Sunday, University President Fr. John Jenkins urged President Donald Trump to halt the remaining executions the Justice Department plans on undertaking in the next weeks. Jenkins specifically named Lisa Montgomery, who is scheduled to be executed Tuesday in Terre Haute, Indiana, and urged Trump to stop what he states is an

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ND vice president for public affairs and communications to retire at the end of June

Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Vice president for public affairs and communications Paul J. Browne will retire June 30, University President Fr. John Jenkins said in a press release today. “Paul came to Notre Dame with a love for the University instilled by his immigrant parents,” Jenkins said in the release. “After eight years of significant contributions, he leaves with

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If I were a student who stormed the field

Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, November 10, 2020

A MESSAGE FROM A STUDENT WHO STORMED THE FIELD: I regret my error of judgement in not social distancing. Dear Fellow Students, Faculty and Staff, I know many of you have read about the Clemson field-storming I recently attended. I write to express my regret for certain choices I made that day and for

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Administration threatens registration holds on students who fail to comply with health and safety protocols

Observer Staff Report | Monday, November 9, 2020

After the majority of student attendants rushed the field after Saturday night’s victory against Clemson and a number of others gathered before the game, University President Fr. John Jenkins expressed his disappointment in an email Sunday night. The University announced it will place a registration hold on any student who fails to report for testing

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Jenkins congratulates Archbishop Wilton Gregory elevation to cardinal

Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, October 27, 2020

In light of Pope Francis’s announcement to appoint Archbishop Wilton Gregory to the rank of cardinal, University President Fr. John Jenkins expressed his congratulations Monday. “We offer Archbishop Gregory our warmest congratulations on his elevation to cardinal by Pope Francis and assure him of our prayers and support,” Jenkins said. Gregory is currently the archbishop

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