Three new Trustees — Dr. Tanya M. Kne, Paulita A. Pike and Martin W. “Marty” Rodgers — have been elected to the University of Notre Dame’s Board of Trustees. Rev. Thomas P. Looney, C.S.C., has been elected to the Board of Fellows, and as such, will serve as an ex officio Trustee.

James L. Merz, the Frank M. Freimann Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering and a former vice president for graduate studies and research and dean of the Graduate School at the University of Notre Dame, died Wednesday (June 22) at his home in East Dennis, Massachusetts. He was 86.

I hope that today’s Supreme Court decision, which returns the question of abortion to voters and their elected representatives, will provide an occasion for sober deliberation and respectful dialogue.

In recognition of the 50th anniversary of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the University of Notre Dame, its Athletics Department and the Notre Dame Monogram Club will celebrate the passionate group of women who paved the way for the success of the University’s current women’s varsity programs by awarding more than 250 honorary monograms.

Jane Livingston, University of Notre Dame vice president for information technology and chief information officer, has appointed Katie Rose as assistant vice president for IT strategic excellence and engagement and Tracy Weber as assistant vice president for community technology experience.

Integrating elements of Notre Dame’s collegiate gothic campus architecture style and cherished residential traditions, the hall will be situated in the East Quad, between Johnson Family Hall and the East Campus Research Complex, home to McCourtney Hall, where construction is also currently underway for a second interdisciplinary science and engineering research building.

In recognition of their contributions to the University of Notre Dame, their communities and the world, the 2022 Rev. Edward Frederick Sorin, C.S.C., Award was presented to all alumnae of Notre Dame on Saturday (June 4) at the Alumni Association’s annual Reunion celebration.

The University of Notre Dame will expand its interdisciplinary science and engineering research complex on the east side of campus with the addition of a second building underwritten by a lead gift from alumnus and Emeritus Trustee Ted H. McCourtney and his wife, Tracy.

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the decision by then-President Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., to admit undergraduate women, the University of Notre Dame will re-imagine its Main Circle, the ceremonial entrance to campus, to commemorate this historic milestone, and will officially change the chorus of its renowned fight song.