University of Notre Dame News

Incident happens just a day after campaign warning parents about dangers of sharing bed with children.

Carole Pilkinton, a librarian at the Hesburgh Library at the University of Notre Dame, will receive an award from the Machine-Assisted Reference Section of the American Library Association.

If the criticism of Barack Obama's May appearance at the University of Notre Dame from U.S. bishops reinforced the image of the American Roman Catholic Church as politically obsessed with social issues like abortion, today's encyclical from Pope Benedict XVI is a reminder that the Vatican is also consumed by social justice issues: poverty, the ...

If it were up to Jessica Hellmann, insects such as butterflies and beetles would wield just as much conservation clout as traditional conservation icons, such as polar bears, tigers and dolphins.

When Pope Benedict XVI greets U.S. President Barack Obama at the Vatican on July 10, the symbolism and sheer star power of the encounter will keep the pundits chattering away.

A new neighborhood opens in August in sight of the University of Notre Dame, an urban upscale project that will eventually have 266 apartments amid restaurants and retailers an easy walk from campus.

In Greek mythology, what became known as Pandora's Box was a large container that, when opened, unleashed many unintended ills upon mankind.

Devin Blankinship, son of Mike and Krista Blankinship of Goshen, has been named to the dean's list at the University of Notre Dame for the spring 2009 semester.

The White House hit back Thursday at a key Republican senator who has accused Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's allies of withholding documents from her past.

President Obama this morning met with a select group of reporters for Catholic publications, as well as the religion reporter for the Washington Post.

Some of the first monuments they encountered were lichen-covered, illegible gravestones at the ancient African-American settlement in Cass County, memorials to those who chose not to continue the flight to Canada.

Federico Lombardi, a Vatican spokesperson, on Wednesday said that the pope will hold an afternoon meeting with the president and first lady Michelle Obama after the conclusion of the Group of Eight industrialized nations summit meeting, a break with a Vatican tradition of holding midday meetings.

FRANKLIN - Air Force Capt. Mary M. Ledet has graduated from the Air Force Institute of Technology's Graduate School of Engineering and Management at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.

The seventy-sixth meeting of the North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation took place at St.

Rockefeller Foundation and InnoCentive Inc. inviting nonprofits to submit challenges to web-based network of science, engineering, technology, business experts, who could receive funding to solve problems; details online .

The Rev. Michael P. Reid II, of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church in Lebanon, celebrates Mass on Saturday on the Gettysburg battlefield.

If the country indeed has too many lawyers, as the knock on the profession suggests, Indiana may be exempt from the conversation.

A new study by a team of researchers led by Jessica Hellmann, assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of Notre Dame, offers interesting insights into how species may, or may not, change their geographic range - the place where they live on earth - under climate change.

It's official: President Obama will have his first meeting with Pope Benedict XVI on July 10, while in Italy attending a G8 summit.

A Catholic higher education association is recommending the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops revisit the bishops' 2004 statement, "Catholics in Political Life," a document that was at the heart of protests this spring over President Barack Obama's commencement visit at the University of Notre Dame.