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SMC gift campaign begins

By The Observer · Tuesday, March 19, 2013

The Class Gift Campaign (CGC), a student effort led in conjunction with the Office of Annual Giving, organized the Week. Shelby Herms, Class of 2013 CGC representative, said students' donations to the Annual Fund go to their class's CCG account and immediately impact the lives of Saint Mary's women.

Seminar explores funding

By The Observer · Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Twelve undergraduate and graduate students explored the ethics of scientific funding this spring break during a Center for Social Concerns (CSC) participated in an immersion experience in Washington, D.C.

Victim finds courage as leader

By The Observer · Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Daisy Hernandez, author of "Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism," kicked off Saint Mary's Student Diversity Board's (SDB) 8th annual leadership conference "From Awareness to Action," on Tuesday, March 19 in Carroll Auditorium.

Dean finds unique vision

By The Observer · Tuesday, March 19, 2013

To Roger Huang, the infrastructure of one of the nation's top business schools looks a lot like the global financial markets he has spent his career studying.

Students in Rome celebrate Francis

By The Observer · Monday, March 18, 2013

When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio stepped onto the Vatican balcony to reveal himself as the new leader of the Catholic Church on Wednesday, several Saint Mary's students waiting in St. Peter's Square witnessed this historic moment.

University receives award for service

By The Observer · Monday, March 18, 2013

The Corporation for National and Community Service honored Notre Dame with a place on the 2013 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.

Finding Nemo at the Great Barrier Reef

By The Observer · Sunday, March 17, 2013

PERTH, Australia - What happens after the Notre Dame students in Perth have slammed shut their underused textbooks, ripped apart all paper evidence of the past semester and tossed away half their clothes to make room for clichÃ© stuffed koalas and Australian bro tanks? The answer for most of us is travel.

Faculty members reflect on new pontiff

By The Observer · Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, archbishop of Buenos Aires, became known as Pope Francis when he made his first public appearance on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on Wednesday, approximately an hour after his election by the College of Cardinals.

Social media connects world to conclave

By The Observer · Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Although the College of Cardinals used a smoke signal Wednesday to signal its election of a new pope, the rest of the world relied on social media to stay updated on the conclave.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio selected as new pope, named Francis

By The Observer · Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, was elected as the 266th pope today.

Students abroad in Rome celebrate new pope

By The Observer · Tuesday, March 12, 2013

The eyes of the world turned to the Vatican to watch the white smoke billow out from the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, but Notre Dame students studying abroad in Europe were able to stand in St. Peter's square below and witness the announcement of the new pope firsthand.

University awards 2013 Laetare Medal

By The Observer · Saturday, March 9, 2013

Sr. Susanne Gallagher, Sr. Mary Therese Harrington and Rev. James H. McCarthy, founders of the Special Religious Education Development Network (SPRED), will receive the 2013 Laetare Medal during the Commencement ceremony May 19.