ICYMI: 3,330 total graduates 12 sets of twins Largest undergraduate major: finance (325 grads) Graduates from all 50 states and 83 foreign countries Notre Dame's Class of 2026, By the Numbers: magazine.nd.edu/stories/by-t...

The Notre Dame architecture team proposed designs for a new train station on the rail line to Chicago, which the state is partly financing through $90 million in matching funds. Gift article: www.wsj.com/us-news/gary...

Gary, Indiana, Wants a Comeback. Step One: Demolish a Chunk of Downtown.

With an $80 million blight elimination campaign and new private investment, the steel town is clearing away ruins to make way for a comeback.

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Among the most endangered colleges: small, rural and religiously affiliated institutions. hechingerreport.org/pace-of-coll...

Pace of college closings picks up, with more projected

Falling enrollment, rising debt have put an estimated 1 in 4 institutions at risk

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Did you know? The secret life of the Hesburgh Library's reflecting pool: magazine.nd.edu/stories/leap...

"Once I was situated on the stool with the cape clipped around my neck, Dad would ask, 'What do you want?' Although his question was open-ended, my father was like a waiter in a restaurant with a two-item menu." My Short Cut Home, by Erin Buckley ’08: magazine.nd.edu/stories/my-s...

Notre Dame student cadets practicing military maneuvers at St. Jose Park on Bankson Lake in southwestern Michigan in May 1915: magazine.nd.edu/stories/lake...

Young alums: Deadline is Sept. 7 -- 3 weeks and 6 days. ⌛ #YoungAlumniEssayContest #NotreDameMagazine

Margaret Fosmoe@mfosmoe.bsky.social · 2w ago

Heads up, ND grads from the Class of 2017 through 2026. The deadline for Notre Dame Magazine's Young Alumni Essay Contest is seven weeks from today. Details here: magazine.nd.edu/stories/14th... (Drawing by George E. Thompson '43, from the 1942 Dome yearbook)

In honor of Hoosier birthday guy Ernie Pyle, a free copy of my Pyle biography to the first person to name the Indiana newspaper he worked for after leaving Indiana University.

Indiana has canceled its home-and-home series against Notre Dame -- slated for 2030-31 www.cbssports.com/college-foot...

Indiana, Notre Dame cancel series: Hoosiers have zero non-conference P4 opponents on future docket

The Hoosiers' schedule for the foreseeable future is devoid of real non-conference competition

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Notre Dame and USC to resume football series in 2030 after a 4-year pause

Notre Dame and USC to resume football series in 2030 after a 4-year pause

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Congrats to John Nagy '00M.A., who earned a first-place award for Best Campus Culture Story from the Catholic Media Association. The story is a profile of Notre Dame's campus piano technician, Norman Vesprini. You can read "The Piano Man" here: magazine.nd.edu/stories/havi...

The Regatta hosted by Coyle Hall -- formerly the Fisher Regatta -- lives on. Though it's been an annual spectacle since 1987, the Regatta’s student planners mischievously bill it each year as the “25th annual” race. That and other campus news in Notebook: magazine.nd.edu/stories/note...

What’s missing from Northwestern’s new $875 million stadium? Seats in the student section www.nytimes.com/athletic/748...

What’s missing from Northwestern’s new $875 million stadium? Seats in the student section (Gift Article)

When Northwestern's new Ryan Field opens in October, its student section concept will be straight out of European soccer stadiums.

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Breaking News: The Washington Post’s top opinion editor resigned a little over a year after Jeff Bezos, the paper’s owner, hired him under a directive to shift the section toward “personal liberties and free markets.”

Adam O’Neal Resigns as Washington Post Opinion Editor

Adam O’Neal inherited a mandate from the paper’s owner, Jeff Bezos, to shift toward “personal liberties and free markets.”

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Photo of the Week: On the Edge A reader stretches out on the World Peace Plaza boardwalk at Saint Mary’s Lake as the sun sets. By Michael Caterina: magazine.nd.edu/stories/on-t...

When Professor Michael Morris started his South Bend pilot entrepreneurship program and hit the streets looking for allies, community activist Gladys Muhammad became one of his most vocal backers. From the Ground Up By John Rudolf: magazine.nd.edu/stories/from...

REMINDER: Deadline for submissions is Monday Aug. 3. ALUMNI: Who was your favorite Notre Dame professor? And tell us why. Your short essay (max. 250 words) might be selected for publication in the fall Notre Dame Magazine. Email your "Tales Out of School. . ." entry to: mmcdani2@nd.edu

Notre Dame minims (grade school boys) enjoy a refreshing swim at the university's San Jose Park resort near Lawton, Michigan, in summer 1918. A Vacation Paradise: magazine.nd.edu/stories/lake... (Photo/Notre Dame Archives)

Today’s view: Underground pipe work north of Flanner and Grace.

Notre Dame launches Data, AI and Computing Initiative: news.nd.edu/news/notre-d...

Notre Dame's School of Architecture will partner with Benton Harbor, Michigan, to guide that city's redevelopment along the St. Joseph River: news.nd.edu/news/school-...

Congratulations to John Nagy '00M.A. for a 1st place award in the 2026 St. Juan Diego Collegiate Awards hosted by the Catholic Media Association. For John's profile of the late Kyle Berceau ’12 -- Brother Roman Paul Berceau, OSCO, who died a Cistercian monk: magazine.nd.edu/stories/the-...

The SoFi Technologies logo will appear on all Notre Dame athletics uniforms starting this year. It's the first non-apparel brand to appear as a jersey patch on all Fighting Irish uniforms. fightingirish.com/notre-dame-a...

Today's view: The pond in Notre Dame's Hayes Sculpture Park, located behind Raclin Murphy Museum of Art. The park is landscaped with Indiana native trees, plants and flowers. @artslettersnd.bsky.social

Rev. James Martin, S.J., will speak at Notre Dame on Aug. 28: "A Conversation with James Martin: Joy, Work, and Purpose," 2026 Annual Rev. Bernie Clark, C.S.C., Lecture Friday, August 28 | 4 pm. Andrews Auditorium, Geddes Hall socialconcerns.nd.edu/bernieclark/

"One spring break, a couple of us from Morrissey Manor decided to drive to Colorado in an Oldsmobile Delta 88 that belonged to one of our parents. We ran into a blizzard in Nebraska, and traffic came to a standstill." — Alex Severino ’84 Road trip memories: magazine.nd.edu/stories/tale...

Tales Out of School . . . College Road Trips | Notre Dame Magazine | University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame Magazine invites personal essays of no more than 250 words on subjects of nostalgic interest to alumni of all ages. Selected submissions will be published in a future print edition or onlin...

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Reminder: The deadline for submissions (via email) is a week from today -- Aug. 3.

Margaret Fosmoe@mfosmoe.bsky.social · 2w ago

Alumni: Who was your favorite Notre Dame professor? And tell us why. Your short essay (maximum 250 words) might be selected for publication in the fall issue of Notre Dame Magazine. Email your "Tales Out of School. . ." entry to: mmcdani2@nd.edu Deadline: August 3, 2026

Today’s view at 3:15 p.m.: Dark as night and coming down in buckets out there. ⛈️

Students of today "assign themselves much more than I ever did, bound and determined to excel in every endeavor: impeccable grades, extracurricular leadership, coveted internships. . . . they describe the overload almost as a requirement." What Gives? By Jason Kelly: magazine.nd.edu/stories/what...