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Bella Laufenberg | Tuesday, September 21, 2021
The process of securing funds from Lilly Endowment Inc. started a year before pilot communities appeared in selected dorms during the spring 2021 semester. Christine Caron Gebhardt, associate vice president for student services, said she began developing a grant proposal in January 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic struck campus. Before she started working on the
Observer Staff Report | Monday, September 6, 2021
The Notre Dame 2021 Forum’s keynote event will be hosted by NBC chief environmental affairs correspondent Anne Thompson and co-chair of the bipartisan Senate Climate Solutions Caucus Sen. Chris Coons, the University announced in a Wednesday press release. The event will be held Sept. 10 from 3-4 p.m in the Jordan Auditorium of the Mendoza
Adriana Perez | Wednesday, August 25, 2021
When the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, novels about widespread disease flew off the shelves. Popular among them were copies of Albert Camus’ “The Plague,” and University President Fr. John Jenkins was one of the many people who felt drawn to read it. Jenkins served as presider and homilist during the 2021-2022 academic year Opening
Observer Staff Report | Monday, August 16, 2021
In an email to the Notre Dame community on Monday morning, University President Fr. John Jenkins announced the release of a report conducted by the Trustee Task Force on diversity, equity and inclusion. The report, which was presented to the board of trustees in June, was focused on assessing the Notre Dame community and recommending
Observer Staff Report | Saturday, June 12, 2021
University President Fr. John Jenkins announced in an email Friday that the commencement celebration for the Notre Dame class of 2020 will take place over Memorial Day weekend in 2022, from May 27-30. The announcement comes after the ceremony was postponed in 2020 and then in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the
Observer Staff Report | Friday, May 21, 2021
Notre Dame commits to reopening and announces initial protocols — May 26, 2020 In May, University President Fr. John Jenkins authored an opinion in the New York Times, taking a firm stance in favor of reopening Notre Dame in the fall with some changes, such as bringing students back two weeks earlier than usual, eliminating
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
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
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
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