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Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Stefanos Polyzoides was appointed to be the new dean of the University’s School of Architecture by University President Fr. John Jenkins effective July 1, a University press release announced Tuesday. Polyzoides is currently co-founder of the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) and a partner in Moule & Polyzoides Architects and Urbanists, which has completed
Observer Staff Report | Monday, February 24, 2020
The University announced in a Monday press release that Patriarch Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, will be the school’s primary commencement speaker this year. In addition to his commencement address, Patriarch Bartholomew will also receive an honorary degree. According to the release, Bartholomew is the “spiritual leader of 300 million Orthodox Christians
Trinity Reilly | Friday, February 14, 2020
This weekend, hundreds of parents will stream onto campus — not to see a football game, but to immerse themselves in the community and to discover the reality of their children’s daily lives at Notre Dame. Ever since its beginnings in 1953, Junior Parents Weekend (JPW) has been an opportunity for juniors to show their
Tom Naatz | Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Community members gathered Monday night in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart to remember and celebrate the life of Annrose Jerry, a Notre Dame senior. Jerry was reported missing last Thursday and her body was discovered Friday in St. Mary’s Lake. University President Fr. John Jenkins celebrated the mass and director of Campus Ministry Fr.
Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Only some of the seats in the Purcell Pavilion in the Joyce Center will be reserved for community members at September’s presidential debate, University President Fr. John Jenkins announced in an email late Tuesday night. Scheduled to take place Sept. 29, the debate will be held in the Purcell Pavilion in the Joyce Center, where
Observer Staff Report | Monday, November 25, 2019
Notre Dame fifth-year student Prathm Juneja was named the University’s 20th Rhodes Scholar, the school announced in a Saturday press release. The Edison, New Jersey native will begin his time at the United Kingdom’s Oxford University next October. Juneja, along with seniors Matthew Schoenbauer and Nicholas Ottone, was one of three Notre Dame students who
Tom Naatz | Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Among the many unique courses offered by Notre Dame, only one is accompanied by a grant worth tens of thousands of dollars to be awarded to nonprofits in the Michiana area. Notre Dame professor Jonathan Hannah is teaching “Philanthropy and Society” for the first year it is offered at the University. The funding, he said,
Observer Staff Report | Friday, October 11, 2019
Notre Dame will host the first presidential debate of the 2020 election campaign on Sept. 29, 2020, University President Fr. John Jenkins announced at a Friday press conference. It will be the first presidential debate hosted at the University. “Notre Dame — throughout its history — has hosted presidents and world leaders, national figures,” Jenkins
Observer Staff Report | Friday, October 11, 2019
Notre Dame’s Board of Trustees re-elected University President Fr. John Jenkins to a fourth five-year term as the University’s president, the University announced in a Friday news release. The Board made its decision at its fall meeting, which took place on campus. Jenkins was originally elected to the post in 2005. In the release, board
Oliver Ortega | Tuesday, October 8, 2019
A couple weeks ago, at the start of the semester, I took a detour from my usual path to Bond Hall from Hesburgh Library to visit the Main Building. Surely, I told myself, they had covered the Columbus murals over the summer, as promised way back during the bitter frost of January. It was a