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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.  

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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.

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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 cliché stuffed koalas and Australian bro tanks? The answer for most of us is travel.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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ND celebrates Irish heritage

By The Observer · Wednesday, March 6, 2013

The Irish identity of Notre Dame inspires campus-wide St. Patrick's Day festivities each year, and preparations are already underway to pay tribute to the school's cultural connections March 17.

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Author explores Arab-Israeli ties

By The Observer · Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Israeli author SayedKashua spoke about the Arab-Israeli dynamic and his latest novel "Second Person Singular" in a presentation at the Hesburgh Center for International Studies on Wednesday.

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Seniors react to commencement speaker

By The Observer · Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Cardinal Timothy Dolan will deliver the Commencement address to the class of 2013, and the selection has prompted seniors to reflect on Dolan's relevance to the student body and his ability to successfully connect with them.

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Professor reflects on Chavez's death

By The Observer · Wednesday, March 6, 2013

The death of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday leaves a number of questions for the South American nation, which now adds a presidential election to the list of complex challenges it already faces.

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Private College 529 Plan offers prepaid tuition option

By The Observer · Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Many students take years to pay off their loans after earning degrees, but Notre Dame offers families a way to preemptively finance their children's higher education by pre-paying future tuition bills through the Private College 529 Plan.

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Pen-pal program flourishes

By The Observer · Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Students craving handwritten correspondence in the age of digital communication can join the Literacy Awareness Club of Notre Dame (LAND) and exchange personal letters with middle-school children in South Bend.

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Students chronicle minority experience

By The Observer · Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Editor's note: This is the final installment in a three-part series about the Call to Action movement and the experiences of minority students within the Notre Dame campus community.   For sophomore Demetrius Murphy, the hour-long drive separating his home in Gary, Ind., from Notre Dame's campus meant much more than some time behind the wheel.  

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Board promotes diversity through conference

By The Observer · Wednesday, March 6, 2013

The Saint Mary's Student Diversity Board (SDB) will host its biggest event of the year after spring break when it sponsors the eighth annual Diverse Students' Leadership Conference (DSLC) on March 19 and 20.

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Lecture explores Catholic intellectual tradition

By The Observer · Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Despite major Church setbacks in recent years, Catholic intellectual tradition is still alive and well in the contemporary world, Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, former co-director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University said.

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Cardinal to speak at commencement

By The Observer · Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, will be the 2013 Commencement speaker, according to a University press release.

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