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Alumni groups engage with upcoming graduates for Home After Dome

Home After Dome connects seniors with alumni clubs ahead of commencement

By Ada Duru Ak · Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Notre Dame alumni groups and clubs were featured at Home After Dome on Thursday evening in Downes Club Ballroom in Corbett Family Hall.

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Local broadcasting stations reflect on fallout from Trump's funding cuts

By Sophie Lewandowski · Tuesday, April 21, 2026

President Trump’s Executive Order 14290 ordering cuts to public broadcasting funds last year has been recently overturned due to contradicting the First Amendment. Yet, national and local radio stations continue to feel the effect of the loss of over a billion dollars in budget.

Notre Dame earns ‘B’ rating from Anti-Defamation League on campus antisemitism

By Will Prisco · Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Notre Dame had received a ‘C’ for the past two years. The ADL’s report docks the University for the “level of hostile anti-Zionist student groups” on campus, as well as for lacking a Jewish alumni group, a group supporting Jewish employees and a pro-Israel student group on campus.

Modern Notre Dame rector position differs from historical trends

By Mara Hall · Monday, April 20, 2026

The university has introduced new unofficial programs to allow rectors who marry to bring their significant other into the dorm within the last decade. On multiple occasions, a male has served as the acting rector of a women's residence hall. Despite steady growth in the number of dorms on campus, the average number of new rectors and the duration for which rectors stay, is less steady.

Mendoza launches AI Analytics in Business minor

By Emily Barlett · Monday, April 20, 2026

Mendoza has recently launched the Minor in AI Analytics in Business, available to around 60 students a year beginning with the class of 2028. Beginning fall 2026, there are plans to launch a second AI-focused minor, Minor in AI Essentials in Business, available to students across campus.

Tornado warning issued on Notre Dame emergency notification system

By Observer News Staff · Saturday, April 18, 2026

Students were advised to take shelter in the lowest level of their dorms for over half an hour while the National Weather Service's tornado warning was in affect.

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Tri-campus community partakes in two-day Take Back the Night programming

By Soledad Castellanos and Berhan Hagezom · Friday, April 17, 2026

For the 23rd year of Take Back the Night, tri-campus students take to Stapleton Lounge for the kickoff event, followed by Survivor Speak Out, with a march going around Notre Dame's campus from McKenna Hall on Wednesday. The two-day event then ended on Thursday with a multi-faith prayer service.

Student project turns dining hall waste into campus garden

By Eileen Doyle · Friday, April 17, 2026

As Holy Cross College shifts its annual giving efforts to emphasize student-led initiatives, one project targets food waste at its source.

SUB hosts SNL comedian James Austin Johnson for live comedy set

By Ane Ruiz Boyra · Friday, April 17, 2026

Splitting his time between a live set and a question and answer session, Johnson took nabs at Notre Dame and politics.

Notre Dame prepares for Luke Combs concert on Saturday

By Matthew Morin · Friday, April 17, 2026

Saftey teams prepare for country artist Luke Combs to take the stage at at Notre Dame Stadium on April 18th alongside Dierks Bentley, Ty Myers, Jake Worthington and Thelma & James.

Campus readies to welcome admitted students for The Rally

By Matthew Morin · Friday, April 17, 2026

Beginning this weekend, The Rally will welcome over 1,700 admitted students to campus immersing them in the Notre Dame community.

Disinvited lecturer returns to Notre Dame

By Lucy Loes · Friday, April 17, 2026

Eman Abdelhadi argues that Muslim American political shifts reveal deeper fractures within the Democratic Party and liberalism framing recent voting patterns as protest-driven, shaped by disillusionment over issues like Gaza rather than a true ideological shift.