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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
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
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
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
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