University of Notre Dame#Buildings and architecture

{{Main|History of the University of Notre Dame}}

Stephen Badin, the first priest ordained in the United States, had come to the area invited by Potawatomi chief Leopold Pokagon to minister to his tribe, and had bought these {{cvt|524|acre|ha}} of land in 1830. In 1842, the bishop of Vincennes, Célestin Guynemer de la Hailandière, offered the land to Edward Sorin of the Congregation of Holy Cross, on the condition that he build a college in two years."Founding Information". University of Notre Dame. Archived from the original on October 31, 2007. Retrieved December 31, 2007. Sorin arrived on the site with eight Holy Cross brothers from France and Ireland on November 26, 1842, and began the school using Badin's old log chapel. After enrolling two students, Sorin soon erected more buildings, including the Old College, the first church, and the first main building.{{cite web |url=http://archives.nd.edu/wack/wack02.htm |title=Foundations |publisher=Notre Dame University |access-date=October 29, 2018}} Notre Dame began as a primary and secondary school; in 1844 it received its official college charter from the Indiana General Assembly,Hope, Arthur J. (1979) [1948]. "IV". Notre Dame: One Hundred Years (2nd ed.). Notre Dame, IN: University Press. {{ISBN|0-89651-501-X}}. under the name the University of Notre Dame du Lac (University of Our Lady of the Lake).{{efn|The university's campus actually contains two lakes, but according to legend, when Sorin arrived at the site everything was frozen, so he thought there was only one lake and named the university accordingly.Cohen, Ed (Autumn 2004). "One lake or two?". Notre Dame Magazine. Archived from the original on July 1, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2007.}} The university was originally all-male; the Sisters of the Holy Cross founded the female-only Saint Mary's College near Notre Dame in 1844.{{Cite web |date=December 10, 2019 |title=First women's college in region observes 175th anniversary |url=https://todayscatholic.org/first-womens-college-in-region-observes-175th-anniversary/ |access-date=February 1, 2021 |website=Today's Catholic |language=en-US}}

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The college awarded its first degrees in 1849.Hope, Arthur J. (1979) [1948]. "V". Notre Dame: One Hundred Years (2nd ed.). Notre Dame, IN: University Press. {{ISBN|0-89651-501-X}}. As it grew under the presidency of Sorin and his successors, new academic programs were offered and new buildings built to accommodate the growing student and faculty population.{{cite web |title=Notre Dame – Foundations: Conclusion |url=http://archives.nd.edu/wack/wack17.htm |work=Archives.nd.edu}} The brief presidency of Patrick Dillon (1865–1866) saw the original main building replaced with a larger one, which housed the university's administration, classrooms, and dormitories. Under William Corby's first administration, enrollment at Notre Dame increased to over 500 students. In 1869, he opened the law school, which offered a two-year course of study, and in 1871 he began construction of Sacred Heart Church, today the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. Two years later, Auguste Lemonnier started a library in the Main Building, which had 10,000 volumes by 1879.{{cite web |url=http://archives.nd.edu/moore/moore08.htm |title=VIII: University Library and Archives |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=October 16, 2019}}

File:Main Building at the University of Notre Dame.jpg, built after the great fire of 1879]]Fire destroyed the Main Building and the library collection in April 1879; the school closed immediately and students were sent home."The Story of Notre Dame: Main Building". University of Notre Dame Archives. Retrieved December 31, 2007. Rebuilding began on May 17, and the third and current Main Building was completed before the fall semester of 1879. The library collection was redeveloped."The Story of Notre Dame: Lemmonier Library". University of Notre Dame Archives. Retrieved December 31, 2007.

The presidency of Thomas E. Walsh (1881–1893) focused on improving Notre Dame's scholastic reputation and standards. At the time, many students came to Notre Dame only for its business courses and did not graduate.{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Greg |date=November 14, 1986 |title=A Notre Dame Procession |work=Scholastic |url=http://archives.nd.edu/Scholastic/VOL_0128/VOL_0128_ISSUE_0007B.pdf }} Walsh started a "Belles Lettres" program and invited notable lay intellectuals like writer Maurice Francis Egan to campus.{{cite book |title=Catholic higher education in the 1960s: issues of identity, issues of governance |date=2009 |publisher=Information Age Publishing |isbn=9781607523420 |page=104}} Washington Hall was built in 1881 as a theater,"The Story of Notre Dame: Washington Hall". University of Notre Dame Archives. Retrieved December 31, 2007. and the Science Hall (today the LaFortune Student Center) was built in 1883 to house the science program (established in 1880) and multiple classrooms and science labs."The Story of Notre Dame: Science Hall". University of Notre Dame Archives. Retrieved December 31, 2007. The construction of Sorin Hall saw the first freestanding residence hall on campus and one of the first in the country to have private rooms for students, a project championed by Sorin and John Zahm.{{cite web |title=Notre Dame – 100 Years: Chapter XV |url=http://archives.nd.edu/hope/hope15.htm |website=archives.nd.edu}}{{cite book |last1=Dosen |first1=Anthony J. |title=Catholic higher education in the 1960s: issues of identity, issues of governance |date=2009 |publisher=Information Age Pub |isbn=9781607523420 |page=104}} During Walsh's tenure, Notre Dame started its football program and awarded its first Laetare Medal, one the earlist such honors bequesthed by a Catholic university in the United States.{{cite web |title=The Laetare Medal {{!}} Commonweal Magazine |url=https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/laetare-medal|website=www.commonwealmagazine.org|date=March 4, 2008 |language=en}} The Law School was reorganized under the leadership of William J. Hoynes (dean from 1883 to 1919), and when its new building was opened shortly after his death, it was renamed in his honor.{{sfn|O'Connell|2001}}

John Zahm was the Holy Cross Provincial for the United States from 1898 to 1906, with overall supervision of the university. He sought to modernize and expand Notre Dame by erecting buildings and adding to the campus art gallery and library, amassing what became a famous Dante collection, and pushing Notre Dame toward becoming a research university dedicated to scholarship. The congregation did not renew Zahm's term, fearing he had expanded Notre Dame too quickly and had run the order into serious debt.{{sfn|O'Connell|2001}} In particular, his vision to make Notre Dame a research university was at odds with that of Andrew Morrissey (president from 1893 to 1905), who hoped to keep the institution a smaller boarding school.{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Greg |title=A Notre Dame Procession |url=http://archives.nd.edu/Scholastic/VOL_0128/VOL_0128_ISSUE_0007B.pdf |access-date=December 8, 2017 |website=Scholastic Archive |publisher=The Scholastic}} Morrissey's presidency remained largely focused on younger students and saw the construction of the Grotto, the addition of wings to Sorin Hall, and the erection of the first gymnasium. By 1900, student enrollment had increased to over 700, with most students still following the Commercial Course.{{Cite web |title=Notre Dame – 100 Years: Chapter XVIII |url=http://archives.nd.edu/hope/hope18.htm |access-date=February 1, 2021 |website=archives.nd.edu}}

File:Basilica of the Sacred Heart, University of Notre Dame.JPG, completed in 1888]]The movement toward a research university was championed subsequently by John W. Cavanaugh, who modernized educational standards and dedicated himself to the school's academic reputation and to increasing the number of students awarded bachelor's and master's degrees. As part of his efforts, he attracted many eminent scholars, established a chair in journalism, and introduced courses in chemical engineering. During his time as president, Notre Dame rapidly became a significant force on the football field.{{Cite web |title=Notre Dame – 100 Years: Chapter XX |url=http://archives.nd.edu/hope/hope20.htm |access-date=August 23, 2020 |website=archives.nd.edu}} In 1917, Notre Dame awarded its first degree to a woman, and its first bachelor's degree in 1922. However, female undergraduates were uncommon until 1972.{{Cite web |title=Father Hesburgh: Life & Legacy |url=https://hesburghportal.nd.edu/story-dedication-coeducation-1 |access-date=February 1, 2021 |website=hesburghportal.nd.edu |archive-date=February 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204202513/https://hesburghportal.nd.edu/story-dedication-coeducation-1 |url-status=dead }} James A. Burns became president in 1919 and, following in the footsteps of Cavanaugh, he oversaw an academic revolution that brought the school up to national standards by adopting the elective system and moving away from the traditional scholastic and classical emphasis in three years.{{Cite journal |jstor=1405842 |title=Notre Dame 1919–1922: The Burns Revolution |journal=The Review of Politics |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=431–450 |last1=McAvoy |first1=Thomas T. |year=1963 |doi=10.1017/S0034670500006392 |s2cid=145354510}}{{cite book |author=Anne Hendershott |title=Status Envy: The Politics of Catholic Higher Education |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AqAfVeHqn0AC&pg=PA205 |year=2011 |publisher=Transaction Publishers |pages=204–206 |isbn=9781412813648}} Notre Dame continued to grow, adding more colleges, programs, residence halls, and sports teams.{{cite web |url=http://archives.nd.edu/moore/moore04.htm |title=The Story of Notre Dame: Academic Development of Notre Dame: Chapter IV – The College of Commerce |publisher=University of Notre Dame Archives |access-date = January 1, 2008}}{{cite web |url=http://archives.nd.edu/moore/moore09.htm |title=Academic Development of Notre Dame |publisher=Archives.nd.edu |access-date=October 29, 2018}} By 1921, with the addition of the College of Commerce, Notre Dame had grown from a small college to a university with five colleges and a law school.{{cite web |url=http://law.nd.edu/about/mission-and-history |title=History of Notre Dame Law School |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080131115940/http://law.nd.edu/about/mission-and-history |archive-date=January 31, 2008}}

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President Matthew Walsh (1922–1928) addressed the material needs of the university, particularly the $10,000 debt and the lack of space for new students. When he assumed the presidency, more than 1,100 students lived off campus while only 135 students paid for room and board. With fund-raising money, Walsh concentrated on the construction of a dormitory system. He built Freshman Hall in 1922 and Sophomore Hall in 1923, and began construction of Morrissey, Howard and Lyons Halls between 1924 and 1925.{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Greg |title=A Notre Dame Procession |url=http://archives.nd.edu/Scholastic/VOL_0128/VOL_0128_ISSUE_0007B.pdf |access-date=December 8, 2017 |website=Scholastic Archive |publisher=The Scholastic}} By 1925, enrollment had increased to 2,500 students, of which 1,471 lived on campus; faculty members increased from 90 to 175. On the academic side, credit hours were reduced to encourage in-depth study, and Latin and Greek were no longer required. In 1928, three years of college were made a prerequisite for the study of law.Notre Dame Alumnus, IV, (1925–26), 106. Walsh expanded the College of Commerce, enlarged the stadium, completed South Dining Hall, and built the memorial and entrance transept of the Basilica.Scholastic, LIX, (1925–26), 358.Notre Dame Alumnus, VI, (1927–28), 89.

One of the main driving forces in the university's growth was its football team, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.{{cite web |date=January 7, 2013 |title=Notre Dame football's rise paralleled Irish-Americans' societal ascent |url=https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/notre-dame-footballs-rise-paralleled-irish-americans-societal-ascent |access-date=October 22, 2019 |website=National Catholic Reporter |language=en}} Knute Rockne became head coach in 1918. Under him, the Irish won three national championships, had five undefeated seasons, won the Rose Bowl Game in 1925, and produced players such as George Gipp and the "Four Horsemen". Knute Rockne has the highest winning percentage (.881) in NCAA Division I/FBS football history. Rockne's offenses employed the Notre Dame Box and his defenses ran a 7–2–2 scheme.{{cite web |title=Knute Rockne Coaching Record | College Football at |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/knute-rockne-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405102645/http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/knute-rockne-1.html |archive-date=April 5, 2016 |publisher=Sports-reference.com}}

The success of Notre Dame reflected the rising status of Irish Americans and Catholics in the 1920s. Catholics rallied around the team and listened to the games on the radio, especially when it defeated teams from schools that symbolized the Protestant establishment in America—Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Army. Its role as a high-profile flagship institution of Catholicism made it an easy target of anti-Catholicism. The most remarkable episode of violence was a clash in 1924 between Notre Dame students and the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), a white supremacist and anti-Catholic movement. The Klan decided to hold a week-long Klavern in South Bend. Clashes with the student body started on May 17, when students blocked the Klansmen from descending from their trains in the South Bend station and ripped KKK clothes and regalia. Two days later, thousands of students massed downtown protesting the Klavern, and only the arrival of college president Walsh prevented any further clashes. The next day, Rockne spoke at a campus rally and implored the students to refrain from further violence. A few days later, the Klavern broke up, but the hostility shown by the students contributed to the downfall of the KKK in Indiana.{{cite news |url=http://irishecho.com/2011/02/78-years-ago-notre-dame-battles-the-kkk-3/ |title=78 years ago: Notre Dame battles the KKK |newspaper=Irish Echo}}{{cite web |url=http://archives.nd.edu/hope/hope26.htm |title=Notre Dame – 100 Years: Chapter XXVI |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=October 16, 2019}}

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Charles L. O'Donnell (1928–1934) and John Francis O'Hara (1934–1939) fueled both material and academic expansion. During their tenures at Notre Dame, they brought many refugees and intellectuals to campus, such as W. B. Yeats, Frank H. Spearman, Jeremiah D. M. Ford, Irvin Abell, and Josephine Brownson for the Laetare Medal, instituted in 1883. O'Hara also concentrated on expanding the graduate school.{{cite web |title=John Cardinal O'Hara // de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture // University of Notre Dame |url=https://ethicscenter.nd.edu/about/inspire/great-figures/john-cardinal-ohara-1888-1960/ |website=ethicscenter.nd.edu |access-date=October 29, 2019}} New construction included Notre Dame Stadium, the law school building, Rockne Memorial, numerous residential halls, Cushing Hall of Engineering, and a new heating plant. This rapid expansion, which cost the university more than $2.8 million, was made possible in large part through football revenues. O'Hara strongly believed that the Fighting Irish football team could be an effective means to "acquaint the public with the ideals that dominate" Notre Dame. He wrote, "Notre Dame football is a spiritual service because it is played for the honor and glory of God and of his Blessed Mother. When St. Paul said: 'Whether you eat or drink, or whatsoever else you do, do all for the glory of God,' he included football."{{sfn|Sperber|2002|p=400}}

During World War II, O'Donnell offered Notre Dame's facilities to the armed forces. The Navy accepted his offer and installed Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) units on campus as part of the V-12 Navy College Training Program.{{Cite web |date=November 17, 2017 |title=Notre Dame, Navy partnership serves as foundation of historic series // The Observer |url=https://ndsmcobserver.com/2017/11/notre-dame-navy-partnership/ |access-date=February 1, 2021 |website=The Observer |language=en}} Soon after the installation, there were only a few hundred civilian students at Notre Dame. O'Donnell continued O'Hara's work with the graduate school. He formalized the graduate program further and replaced the previous committee of graduate studies with a dean.{{Cite web |title=Notre Dame – 100 Years: Chapter XXXII |url=http://archives.nd.edu/hope/hope32.htm |access-date=February 1, 2021 |website=archives.nd.edu}}

John J. Cavanaugh, president from 1946 to 1952, devoted his efforts to raising academic standards and reshaping the university administration to better serve its educational mission and an expanded student body. He stressed advanced studies and research while quadrupling the university's student population, with undergraduate enrollment seeing an increase by more than half, and graduate student enrollment growing fivefold. Cavanaugh{{Anchor|Cavanaugh}} established the Lobund Institute for Animal Studies and Notre Dame's Medieval Institute,Wolfgang Saxon, Rev. John Cavanaugh, 80, Former President of Notre Dame (December 30, 1979). presided over the construction of Nieuwland Science Hall, Fisher Hall, and the Morris Inn, and the Hall of Liberal Arts (now O'Shaughnessy Hall), made possible by a donation from I. A. O'Shaughnessy, at the time the largest ever made to an American Catholic university.{{cite web |url=http://archives.nd.edu/moore/moore02.htm |title=Academic Development of Notre Dame: 2 |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=October 16, 2019}} He also established the university's system of advisory councils.{{cite web |title=Release: Monday, November 10 2 1947 |url=http://archives.nd.edu/pr/pdf/PR_1947_11.pdf |access-date=October 22, 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://advisorycouncil.nd.edu/s/1210/571-Club-Hub/interior-wide-hybrid.aspx?gid=584&pgid=61 |title=University of Notre Dame Advisory Council Community Pages |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=October 22, 2019}}

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Theodore Hesburgh served as president for 35 years (1952–1987). Under his presidency, Notre Dame underwent huge growth and transformation from a school mostly known for its football to a top-tier university, academic powerhouse, and preeminent Catholic university.{{cite web |last1=DePalma |first1=Anthony |title=Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, 97, Dies; Lifted Notre Dame and Advised Presidents |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/28/us/rev-theodore-hesburgh-influential-ex-president-of-notre-dame-dies-at-97.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=October 22, 2019 |date=February 27, 2015}}{{cite web |last1=Thayer |first1=Kate |title=Theodore Hesburgh a visionary president who transformed Notre Dame |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/chi-theodore-hesburgh-dead-20150227-story.html |website=chicagotribune.com |date=February 27, 2015 |access-date=October 22, 2019}}{{cite web |title=Obituary: Theodore M. Hesburgh / Transformed Notre Dame into academic powerhouse |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituaries/2015/02/28/Obituary-Theodore-M-Hesburgh-Transformed-Notre-Dame-into-academic-powerhouse/stories/201502280147 |website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |access-date=October 22, 2019 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Father Hesburgh, leader at Notre Dame and in American higher education, dies at 97 |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/02/27/father-hesburgh-leader-notre-dame-and-american-higher-education-dies-97 |website=www.insidehighered.com |access-date=October 22, 2019 |language=en}} The annual operating budget rose by a factor of 18, from $9.7 million to $176.6 million; the endowment by a factor of 40, from $9 million to $350 million; and research funding by a factor of 20, from $735,000 to $15 million. Enrollment nearly doubled from 4,979 to 9,600; faculty more than doubled from 389 to 950, and degrees awarded annually doubled from 1,212 to 2,500.{{cite book|last=O'Brien |first=Michael|title=Hesburgh: A Biography |location=Washington, DC|publisher=Catholic University of America Press |year=1998|isbn=978-0-8132-1068-1}}{{cite book|title=God, Country, Notre Dame|year=1999|isbn=978-0-268-08804-0|publisher=University of Notre Dame Press|location=Notre Dame, IN|last1=Hesburgh|first1=Theodore M.|last2=Reedy|first2=Jerry}}

Hesburgh made Notre Dame coeducational. Women had graduated every year since 1917, but they were mostly religious sisters in graduate programs.{{cite web |title=Archives of the University of Notre Dame :: Presidents of the University of Notre Dame |url=http://archives.nd.edu/research/facts/women.htm |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=October 16, 2019}} In the mid-1960s, Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College developed a co-exchange program whereby several hundred students took classes not offered at their home institution. After extensive debate, merging with St. Mary's was rejected, primarily because of the differential in faculty qualifications and pay scales. "In American college education," explained Charles E. Sheedy, Notre Dame's dean of Arts and Letters, "certain features formerly considered advantageous and enviable are now seen as anachronistic and out of place. ... In this environment of diversity, the integration of the sexes is a normal and expected aspect, replacing separatism."Susan L. Poulson and Loretta P. Higgins, "Gender, Coeducation, and the Transformation of Catholic Identity in American Catholic Higher Education," Catholic Historical Review 2003 89(3): 489–510, for quotes. Two of the residence halls were converted for the newly admitted female students that first year,"Badin Hall". University of Notre Dame. Archived from the original on December 11, 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2008."Walsh Hall". University of Notre Dame. Archived from the original on November 17, 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2008. with two more converted the next school year."Breen-Phillips Hall". University of Notre Dame. Archived from the original on November 17, 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2008."Farley Hall". University of Notre Dame. Archived from the original on December 11, 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2008. In 1971, Mary Ann Proctor, a transfer from St. Mary's, became the first female undergraduate. The following year, Mary Davey Bliley became the first woman to graduate from the university, with a bachelor's degree in marketing.Sienko, Angela. (2007) "[https://magazine.nd.edu/stories/a-hardcover-thank-you-card/ A hardcover thank-you card]". Notre Dame Magazine. Retrieved April 27, 2019.Therese, Ann (2007). Thanking Father Ted: Thirty-Five Years of Notre Dame Coeducation, Andrews McMeel Publishing, {{ISBN|9780740770302}}. p. 78. In 1978, a historic district comprising 21 contributing buildings was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.{{cite web |author=James T. Burtchaell |date=November 1976 |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: University of Notre Dame Campus – Main and South Quadrangles |url=https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/1c9d1/N/University_of_Notre_Dame_Campus_Main_and_South_Quadrangles_St._Joseph_CO_Nom.pdf |access-date=October 18, 2017 |publisher=Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database and National Park Service}} With {{NRHP url|id=78000053|photos=y|title=seven photos from 1972 to 1976}}. Map of district included with [{{NRHP url|id=78000053}}|text version available at National Park Service].

In the eighteen years Edward Malloy was president, the school's reputation, faculty, and resources grew rapidly.{{cite web |title=Notre Dame's president to retire |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2004-05-01-0405010157-story.html |website=chicagotribune.com |date=May 2004 |access-date= October 22, 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Ward |first1=Alex |title=Monk Molloy's Notre Dame |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/12/magazine/monk-molloy-s-notre-dame.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=October 22, 2019 |date=June 12, 1988}}{{cite web |last1=Dame |first1=Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre |title=Father 'Monk' Malloy concludes his tale |url=https://news.nd.edu/news/father-monk-malloy-concludes-his-tale/ |website=Notre Dame News |date=July 20, 2016 |access-date=October 22, 2019 |language=en}} He added more than 500 professors and the academic quality of the student body improved dramatically, with the average Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) score rising from 1240 to 1460. The number of minority students more than doubled, the endowment grew from $350 million to more than $3 billion, the annual operating budget rose from $177 million to more than $650 million, and annual research funding improved from $15 million to more than $70 million. Notre Dame's most recent (2014) capital campaign raised $2.014 billion, far exceeding its goal of $767 million. It was the largest in the history of Catholic higher education, and the largest of any university without a medical school at the time.{{cite web |first=Dennis |last=Brown |url=http://news.nd.edu/news/22716-notre-dame-campaign-raises-2-014-billion/ |title=Notre Dame campaign raises $2.014 billion |website=Notre Dame News |publisher=University of Notre Dame |date=July 12, 2011 |access-date=October 17, 2019}}

John I. Jenkins took over from Malloy in 2005."About Notre Dame: Officer Group Bios: Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.". University of Notre Dame. Archived from the original on November 11, 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2008.Heninger, Claire (May 1, 2004). "Monk moves on: Jenkins will succeed Malloy after June 2005". The Observer. Retrieved January 1, 2008. In his inaugural address, Jenkins described his goals of making the university a leader in research that recognizes ethics and builds the connection between faith and studies. During his tenure, Notre Dame has increased its endowment, enlarged its student body, and undergone many construction projects on campus, including the Compton Family Ice Arena, a new architecture hall, and additional residence halls.Campus Crossroads Project. http://crossroads.nd.edu/ {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329090529/http://crossroads.nd.edu/ |date=March 29, 2016 }} Retrieved March 23, 2016. Announced as an integration of "the academy, student life and athletics,"{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Dennis |date=January 29, 2014 |title=Biggest Notre Dame project ever a 'crossroads' of academics, student life and athletics |url=http://news.nd.edu/news/biggest-notre-dame-project-ever-a-crossroads-of-academics-student-life-and-athletics/ |access-date=October 17, 2019 |publisher=University of Notre Dame}} construction on the {{cvt|750000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} Campus Crossroads project began around Notre Dame Stadium in November 2014. Its three buildings house student life services, an indoor gym, a recreation center, the career center, a 500-seat student ballroom, the departments of anthropology and psychology, a digital media center and the department of music and sacred music program.{{cite news |last1=Bauer |first1=Caleb |title=Notre Dame puts finishing touches on $400 million Campus Crossroads project |url=https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/news/local/2018/01/16/otre-dame-puts-finishing-touches-on-400-million-campus-crossroads-projec/117126596/ |access-date=2022-04-17 |publisher=South Bend Tribune |language=en |date=January 16, 2018}}

Jenkins announced the 2023–2024 academic year would be his last as president in October 2023. The board of trustees subsequently elected Robert A. Dowd to succeed him, effective June 1, 2024.{{cite web | url=https://news.nd.edu/news/rev-robert-a-dowd-c-s-c-elected-18th-president-of-the-university-of-notre-dame/ | title=Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., elected 18th president of the University of Notre Dame | date=December 4, 2023 }}{{Cite web |last=Dame |first=Marketing Communications: Web {{!}} University of Notre |title=About |url=https://president.nd.edu/about/ |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=Office of the President |language=en}}

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Notre Dame's campus is located in Notre Dame, Indiana, in the Michiana area of Northern Indiana.{{cite web |url=https://www.nd.edu/about/ |title=About Notre Dame |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 10, 2007}} It lies on {{cvt|1250|acre}}, south of the Indiana Toll Road and includes around 170 buildings and athletic fields located around its two lakes and seven quadrangles.{{cite web |url=http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicid=43 |title=Resources:Campus and Physical Facilities |publisher=University of Notre Dame |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111193111/http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicid=43 |archive-date=November 11, 2007 |access-date=December 10, 2007}}

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It is consistently ranked as one of the most beautiful university campuses in the United States and around the world, and it is noted particularly for the Golden Dome, the Basilica and its stained glass windows, the quads and the greenery, the Grotto, the Hesburgh Library with its Word of Life stone mural (nicknamed "Touchdown Jesus" by students), and its statues and museums.{{Cite web |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/most-beautiful-colleges-in-america |title=The 50 Most Beautiful Colleges in America |website=Architectural Digest |date=November 5, 2018 |language=en |access-date=October 30, 2019}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.bestcollegereviews.org/features/most-beautiful-college-campuses/ |title=The 100 Most Beautiful College Campuses In America – Best College Reviews |website=www.bestcollegereviews.org |date=September 3, 2014 |access-date=October 30, 2019}}{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2016-01-29/the-20-most-beautiful-college-campuses-in-america |title=The 50 Most Beautiful College Campuses in America |magazine=Condé Nast Traveler |date=January 29, 2016 |language=en |access-date=October 30, 2019}}{{cite news |url=http://www.travelandleisure.com/slideshows/americas-most-beautiful-college-campuses/3 |title="America's Most Beautiful College Campuses", Travel + Leisure (September, 2011) |newspaper=Travel + Leisure |publisher=Travelandleisure.com |date=June 30, 2014 |access-date=July 10, 2014}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/10-most-beautiful-universities-us |title=The 10 most beautiful universities in the US |date=August 8, 2017 |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |language=en |access-date=October 30, 2019}} Notre Dame is a major tourist attraction in northern Indiana; in the 2015–2016 academic year, more than 1.8 million visitors, almost half of whom were from outside St. Joseph County, visited the campus.{{cite web |url=http://publicaffairs.nd.edu/assets/243633/2016_economic_impact_report.pdf |title=The Economic Impact of the University of Notre Dame |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=October 29, 2018}}

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A {{cvt|116|acre|ha|adj=on}} historic district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as University of Notre Dame: Main and South Quadrangles. The district includes 21 contributing buildings in the core of the original campus such as the Main Administration Building and the Basilica.

The Main Building serves as the center for the university's administrative offices, including the Office of the President. Its golden dome, topped by the statue of Mary, is the campus' most recognizable landmark. The main building is located on Main Quad (also known as "God Quad"), which is the oldest, most historic, and most central part of campus. Behind the main building stands several facilities with administrative purposes and student services, including Carole Sadner Hall, Brownson Hall, and St. Liam's Hall, the campus health center.

There are several religious buildings.{{cite web |title=Old College Program |url=http://vocation.nd.edu/seminary_programs/old_college_program.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825181423/http://vocation.nd.edu/seminary_programs/old_college_program.shtml |archive-date=August 25, 2007 |access-date=December 11, 2007 |publisher=University of Notre Dame}} The current Basilica of the Sacred Heart is on the site of Sorin's original church, which had become too small for the growing college. It is built in French Revival style, with stained glass windows imported from France. Luigi Gregori, an Italian painter invited by Sorin to be an artist in residence, painted the interior. The basilica also features a bell tower with a carillon. Inside the church, there are sculptures by Ivan Meštrović. The Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, built in 1896, is a replica of the original in Lourdes and is a popular spot for prayer and meditation.{{cite web |title=Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes // Campus Tour // University of Notre Dame |url=http://tour.nd.edu/locations/grotto/ |access-date=July 10, 2014 |publisher=Tour.nd.edu |archive-date=November 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151103042009/http://tour.nd.edu/locations/grotto/ }} The Old College building has become one of two seminaries on the campus run by the Congregation of Holy Cross.

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Academic buildings are concentrated in the Center-South and Center-East sections of campus. McCourtney Hall, an interdisciplinary research facility, opened its doors for the fall 2016 semester, and ground was broken on the {{cvt|60000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} Walsh Family Hall of Architecture on the south end of campus near the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center which opened in fall 2018.{{Cite web |title=Walsh Family Hall of Archutecture |url=https://architecture.nd.edu/about/our-new-home/ |access-date=November 13, 2021 |website=School of Architecture University of Notre Dame|date=November 8, 2018 }} Since 2004, several buildings have been added, including the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center,{{cite web |title=DeBartolo Performing Arts Center History |url=http://performingarts.nd.edu/?page=history&nav=5 |access-date=December 19, 2007 |publisher=University of Notre Dame |archive-date=August 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814053132/http://performingarts.nd.edu/?page=history&nav=5 |url-status=dead }} the Guglielmino Complex,{{cite web |date=October 14, 2005 |title=The Guglielmino Complex |url=http://www.und.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/101405aaj.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503100725/http://www.und.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/101405aaj.html |archive-date=May 3, 2012 |access-date=January 1, 2008 |publisher=University of Notre Dame}} and the Jordan Hall of Science.{{cite news |author=Newbart, Dave |date=December 3, 2007 |title='Huge leap forward' for Notre Dame |work=Chicago Sun-Times |url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/677720,CST-NWS-NOTREDAME03.article |access-date=December 31, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206170319/http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/677720%2CCST-NWS-NOTREDAME03.article |archive-date=December 6, 2007}} A new engineering building, Stinson-Remick Hall, a new combination Center for Social Concerns/Institute for Church Life building, Geddes Hall, and a law school addition were completed at the same time.{{cite news |author=Brown, Dennis |date=February 6, 2007 |title=Construction on new engineering building to begin in November on Notre Dame Avenue |publisher=University of Notre Dame |url=http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicid=21104 |access-date=December 31, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118082801/http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicId=21104 |archive-date=November 18, 2007}} Many academic buildings were built with a system of libraries, the most prominent of which is the Hesburgh Library, built in 1963 and today containing almost four million books. The Stayer Center for Executive Education, which houses the Mendoza College of Business Executive Education Department, opened in March 2013, just south of the Mendoza College of Business building.

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There are 33 single-sex undergraduate residence halls. The university has recently announced a co-educational undergraduate dorm community based in one of the graduate residential apartments.{{Cite web |last=Dame |first=Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre |title=Introducing - Undergraduate Community at Fischer // Residential Life // University of Notre Dame |url=https://residentiallife.nd.edu/undergraduate/apply-for-housing/apply-for-fall-semester-housing/current-students/introducing---undergraduate-community-at-fischer/ |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=Residential Life |language=en}} Most of the graduate students on campus live in one of four graduate housing complexes on campus. A new residence for men, Baumer Hall, was built in 2019. Johnson Family Hall, for women, was also completed and opened that semester. The South Dining Hall and North Dining Hall serve the student body.

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The campus hosts several entertainment, general purpose, and common spaces. LaFortune Student Center, commonly known as "LaFortune" or "LaFun," is a four-story building built in 1883 that serves the student union and hosts social, recreational, cultural, and educational activities.{{cite news |title=Lafortune Student Center |publisher=Student Activities Office |url=http://studentactivities.nd.edu/venues/lafortune/ |access-date=November 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207160725/http://studentactivities.nd.edu/venues/lafortune/ |archive-date=December 7, 2009}}{{cite news |date=September 2008 |title=Union Spotlight: LaFortune Student Center at the University of Notre Dame |publisher=Association of College Unions International |url=http://www.acui.org/publications/bulletin/article.aspx?issue=704&id=7732 |access-date=October 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306070345/http://acui.org/publications/bulletin/article.aspx?id=7732&issue=704 |archive-date=March 6, 2016}} LaFortune hosts many businesses (including restaurant chains), student services, and divisions of The Office of Student Affairs.{{cite news |title=Seen and heard on the Notre Dame campus |edition=Winter 2006–2007 |work=Notre Dame Magazine |url=http://magazine.nd.edu/news/9963/ |access-date=October 17, 2019}} A second student union came with the addition of Duncan Student Center, which is built onto the Notre Dame Stadium as part of the Campus Crossroads projects. As well as additional food service chains, recreation facilities, and student offices, Duncan also hosts a student gym and a ballroom. File:University of Notre Dame's God Quad.JPG

Because of its long athletic tradition, the university features many athletic buildings, which are concentrated in the southern and eastern sections of campus. The most prominent is Notre Dame Stadium,{{cite web |title=Notre Dame Stadium |url=http://www.und.com/facilities/notre-dame-stadium.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130172136/http://www.und.com/facilities/notre-dame-stadium.html |archive-date=November 30, 2017 |access-date=May 26, 2014 |publisher=CBS Interactive}} home of the Fighting Irish football team; it has been renovated several times and today can seat over 80,000 people. Prominent venues include the Edmund P. Joyce Center, with indoor basketball and volleyball courts, and the Compton Family Ice Arena,{{cite web |title=University of Notre Dame – Compton Family Ice Arena |url=http://www.bartonmalow.com/projects/comptonfamilyice |access-date=May 26, 2014 |publisher=CBS Interactive |archive-date=May 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517121619/http://www.bartonmalow.com/projects/comptonfamilyice }} a two-rink facility dedicated to hockey. There are many outdoor fields, such as the Frank Eck Stadium for baseball.{{cite web |title=The Joyce Center |url=http://www.und.com/facilities/nd-joycecenter.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823172216/http://www.und.com/facilities/nd-joycecenter.html |archive-date=August 23, 2014 |access-date=May 26, 2014 |publisher=CBS Interactive}}

Legends of Notre Dame (commonly called Legends) is a music venue, public house, and restaurant on campus, just {{cvt|100|yd|m}} south of the stadium. The former Alumni Senior Club{{cite news |url=http://sao.nd.edu/venues/legends/ |title=Legends of Notre Dame |work=Student Activities Office, University of Notre Dame |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610034057/http://sao.nd.edu/venues/legends/ |archive-date=June 10, 2010}} opened in September 2003 after a $3.5 million renovation and became an all-ages student hang-out. Legends is made up of two parts: The Restaurant and Alehouse and the nightclub.{{cite news |url=http://www.ndsmcobserver.com/2.2754/legends-meets-expectations-1.276084 |first=Justin |last=Tardiff |title=Legends meets expectations |work=The Observer |date=September 9, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727000107/http://www.ndsmcobserver.com/2.2754/legends-meets-expectations-1.276084 |archive-date=July 27, 2011}}

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The Office of Sustainability was created in the fall of 2007 at the recommendation of a Sustainability Strategy Working Group and appointed the first director in April 2008. The pursuit of sustainability is related directly to the Catholic mission of the university.{{Cite web |url=https://green.nd.edu/mission/ |title=Mission – Office of Sustainability – University of Notre Dame |last=Dame |first=Marketing Communications: Web – University of Notre |website=Office of Sustainability |language=en |access-date=October 30, 2019}} Other resources and centers on campus focusing on sustainability include the Environmental Change Initiative, Environmental Research Center, and the Center for Sustainable Energy at Notre Dame.{{Cite web |url=https://news.nd.edu/news/notre-dame-goal-no-coal/ |title=Notre Dame goal: No coal |last=Dame |first=Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre |website=Notre Dame News |date=September 21, 2015 |language=en |access-date=October 30, 2019}} The university also houses the Kellogg Institute for International Peace Studies.

Notre Dame received a gold rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) in 2014, though in 2017 it was downgraded to silver.{{Cite web |url=https://reports.aashe.org/institutions/university-of-notre-dame-in/report/2017-10-13/ |title=University of Notre Dame |website=stars.aashe.org |date=October 13, 2017 |access-date=October 16, 2019}} In 2016, the Office of Sustainability released its Comprehensive Sustainability Strategy to achieve its goals in a wide area of university operations.{{cite web |title=About the Office |publisher=University of Notre Dame |url=https://green.nd.edu/about-us/goals/ |access-date=June 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612164931/http://green.nd.edu/about-us/goals/ |archive-date=June 12, 2016 }} {{As of|November 2020}}, 17 buildings have achieved LEED-Certified status, with 12 of them earning Gold certification.{{Cite web |title=LEED Certified Buildings |url=https://facilities.nd.edu/services/planning-design-construction/leed-certified-buildings/ |access-date=November 13, 2021 |website=facilities.nd.edu}} Notre Dame's dining service sources 40 percent of its food locally and offers sustainably caught seafood and many organic, fair-trade, and vegan options.{{cite web |title=Design and Construction |publisher=University of Notre Dame, Office of Sustainability |url=http://green.nd.edu/programs-and-initiatives/designbuilding |access-date=27 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606231859/http://green.nd.edu/programs-and-initiatives/designbuilding |archive-date=June 6, 2009}} In 2019, irrigation systems' improvements led to 244 million fewer gallons of water being used and a 50 percent reduction in water consumption over 10 years.{{cite web |title=2018 Sustainability Report |url=https://spark.adobe.com/page/RwIe0PHnLr6hi/ |website=spark.adobe.com |access-date=October 30, 2019}}

In 2015, Notre Dame announced major environmental sustainability goals, including eliminating using coal by 2020 and reducing its carbon footprint by half by 2030. Both these goals were reached in early 2019.{{Cite web |url=http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/story/41183888/notre-dame-reaches-sustainability-goals |title=Notre Dame Reaches Sustainability Goals |last=McLaughlin |first=Merritt |website=insideindianabusiness.com |language=en |access-date=October 30, 2019}}{{Cite web |url=https://green.nd.edu/news/notre-dame-ceases-to-burn-coal-a-year-ahead-of-schedule/ |title=Notre Dame ceases to burn coal, a year ahead of schedule |website=Office of Sustainability|date=October 14, 2019 |language=en |access-date=October 30, 2019}} This was achieved by implementing energy conservation, energy efficiency strategies, temperature setpoints, low-flow water devices, and diversifying its energy sources and infrastructures. New sources of renewable energy on campus include geothermal wells on East Quad and by the Notre Dame Stadium, substitution of boilers with gas turbines, solar panels on Fitzpatrick Hall and Stinson-Remick Hall and off-campus, a hydroelectric facility at Seitz Park in South Bend powered by the St. Joseph River, and heat recovery strategies.{{Cite web |url=https://wsbt.com/news/local/notre-dame-and-south-bend-partner-to-build-hydroelectric-plant-and-improve-seitz-park |title=Notre Dame and South Bend partner to build hydroelectric plant, improve Seitz Park |last=Torie |first=Caroline |date=August 19, 2019 |website=WSBT |access-date=October 30, 2019}} Future projects outlined by the university's utilities long-range plan include continual diversification of its energy portfolio, future geothermal wells in new buildings and some existing facilities, and a collaboration with the South Bend Solar Project. Current goals include cutting Notre Dame's carbon footprint by 83 percent by 2050 and eventually becoming carbon neutral, diverting 67 percent of all waste from landfills by 2030.

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The university owns several centers around the world used for international studies and research, conferences abroad, and alumni support.{{cite web |title=Notre Dame Global Gateways |url=http://international.nd.edu/about/notre-dame-global-gateways/ |publisher=Notre Dome International |access-date=May 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517122900/http://international.nd.edu/about/notre-dame-global-gateways/ |archive-date=May 17, 2014}}

• London. The university has had a presence in London since 1968. Since 1998, its London center has been based in Fischer Hall, the former United University Club in Trafalgar Square. The center hosts the university's programs in the city, and conferences and symposia.{{cite web |url=http://international.nd.edu/global-gateways/london/ |title=University of Notre Dame London Centre |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=January 9, 2008}} The university also owns a residence facility, Conway Hall, for students studying abroad.{{cite web |url=http://international.nd.edu/global-gateways/london/ |title=London // Notre Dame International // University of Notre Dame |publisher=International.nd.edu |access-date=October 29, 2018}}{{verify source|date=November 2019|Reason=could not find anything related on this page.}}
• Beijing. The university owns space in the Liangmaqiao Station area. The center is the hub of Notre Dame Asia. It hosts a number of programs including study abroad.{{cite web |url=http://www.notredameasia.org/ |title=Homepage |website=Notre Dame Asia |access-date=October 17, 2019}}

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• Dublin. The university owns the O'Connell House, a building in Merrion Square in the heart of Georgian Dublin. It hosts academic programs and summer internships in Irish studies for both undergraduate and graduate students in addition to seminars, and is home to the Keough Naughton Centre.{{cite web |url=http://oconnellhouse.nd.edu/ |title=O'Connell House // University of Notre Dame |publisher=oconnellhouse.nd.edu |access-date=December 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207120816/http://oconnellhouse.nd.edu// |archive-date=December 7, 2016 }} Since 2015, the university has partnered with Kylemore Abbey, renovating spaces in the abbey so it could host academic programs.{{cite web |last=Ryan |first=Sue |url=http://news.nd.edu/news/57715-notre-dame-announces-new-partnership-at-kylemore-abbey-in-ireland/ |title=Notre Dame announces new partnership at Kylemore Abbey in Ireland |publisher=University of Notre Dame |date=May 8, 2015 |access-date=October 16, 2019}}
• Jerusalem. The Jerusalem Global Gateway shares space with the university's Tantur Ecumenical Institute, in a {{cvt|100000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} facility on the seam between Jerusalem and Bethlehem. It hosts religious and ecumenical programs.{{cite web |url=http://international.nd.edu/global-gateways/jerusalem/ |title=Jerusalem |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=October 29, 2018}}
• Rome. The Rome Global Gateway is on Via Ostilia, very close to the Colosseum. It was recently acquired and renovated and now has {{cvt|32000|sqft}} of space to host a variety of academic activities. The university purchased a second Roman villa on the Caelian hill.{{cite web |url=http://international.nd.edu/global-gateways/rome/ |title=Rome |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=October 16, 2019}}

In addition to the five Global Gateways, the university also owns the Santa Fe Building in Chicago, where it offers its executive Master of Business Administration program.{{cite web |last=Elliott |first=Carol |url=http://news.nd.edu/news/9585-notre-dame-unveils-chicago-executive-classroom-in-historic-santa-fe-building/ |title=Notre Dame unveils Chicago executive classroom in historic Santa Fe Building |publisher=University of Notre Dame |date=August 13, 2008 |access-date=October 16, 2019}} The university also hosts Global Centers located in Santiago, São Paulo, Mexico City, Hong Kong, and Mumbai.

The first phase of Eddy Street Commons, a $215 million development adjacent to campus funded by the university, broke ground in June 2008.{{cite web |last=Nagy |first=John |url=http://magazine.nd.edu/news/1220/ |title=Eddy Street Commons |date=November 3, 2008 |access-date=February 12, 2009}}{{cite web |url=http://www.eddycommons.com/ |title=Welcome to Eddy Street Commons |date=Summer 2008 |access-date=September 2, 2008}} The project drew union protests when workers hired by the City of South Bend to construct the public parking garage picketed the private work site after a contractor hired non-union workers.{{cite news |url=http://www.wndu.com/home/headlines/33102884.html |title=Police escort needed at Eddy Commons construction site |publisher=WNDU-TV |date=October 23, 2008 |access-date=June 4, 2012 |archive-date=June 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620184159/http://www.wndu.com/home/headlines/33102884.html |url-status=dead }} The $90 million second phase broke ground in 2017.{{cite web |title=Eddy Street Commons Phase II breaks ground |url=http://www.abc57.com/news/eddy-street-commons-phase-ii-breaks-ground |website=ABC57|author-first1=Andrea|author-last1=Alvarez|date=19 December 2017}}

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{{See also|President of the University of Notre Dame}}

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The university's president is always a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross. The first president was Edward Sorin; and the current president is Robert A. Dowd. {{as of|June 2024}}, John McGreevy is the provost overseeing academic functions.{{cite web |url=https://provost.nd.edu/about/charles-and-jill-fischer-provost/ |title=Charles and Jill Fischer Provost |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=January 9, 2023}}

Until 1967, Notre Dame had been governed directly by the Congregation. Under the presidency of Theodore Hesburgh, two groups, the Board of Fellows, and the Board of Trustees, were established to govern the university.{{cite web |url=https://www.nd.edu/about/leadership/ |title=Leadership |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=October 8, 2020}} The 12 fellows are evenly divided between members of the Holy Cross order and the laity; they have final say over the operation of the university. They vote on potential trustees and sign off on all that board's major decisions.{{cite web |title=Fellows |url=https://www.nd.edu/about/leadership/fellows/ |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=October 8, 2020}} The trustees elect the president and provide general guidance and governance to the university.

Notre Dame's endowment was started in the early 1920s by university president James Burns; it was $7 million by 1952 when Hesburgh became president. In fiscal year ending in 2021, the university endowment market value was $18.07 billion.{{Cite web |title=2021 NACUBO-TIAA Study of Endowments (NTSE) Results |url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/research/2021-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--REVISED-February-18-2022.ashx?la=en&hash=FA57411CC4244B7D49C25377165FEC42FFBDEB56 |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=www.nacubo.org}} For fiscal year 2023, the university reported total endowment assets of $16.62 billion.

• The College of Arts and Letters was established as the university's first college in 1842. The first degrees were granted seven years later.{{cite book |last=Hope |first=Arthur J. |title=Notre Dame: One Hundred Years|orig-date=1948 |edition=2 |year=1979 |publisher=University Press |location=Notre Dame, Indiana |isbn=0-89651-501-X |chapter=V}} The university's first academic curriculum was modeled after the Jesuit Ratio Studiorum from Saint Louis University.{{cite web |url=http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicid=48 |title=About Notre Dame: The Early Days |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 31, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111193102/http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicid=48 |archive-date=November 11, 2007}} Today, the college, housed in O'Shaughnessy Hall,{{cite web |url=http://www.nd.edu/campus-and-community/sights-sounds/virtual-tour/oshag/ |title=Campus and Community: Virtual Tours |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031073425/http://nd.edu/campus-and-community/sights-sounds/virtual-tour/oshag |archive-date=October 31, 2007}} includes 20 departments in the areas of fine arts, humanities, and social sciences, and awards Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degrees in nearly 70 majors and minors, making it the largest of the university's colleges. As of 2022, there were 2,000 undergraduates and graduates enrolled in the college, taught by 500 faculty members.{{cite web |publisher=University of Notre Dame |url=https://al.nd.edu/about/ |title=About |date=2019 |access-date=October 17, 2019}}

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• The College of Science was established in 1865. The curriculum involved six years of coursework, including higher-level mathematics.{{cite book |last=Hope |first=Arthur J. |title=Notre Dame: One Hundred Years|orig-date=1948 |edition=2 |year=1979 |publisher=University Press |location=Notre Dame, Indiana |isbn=0-89651-501-X |chapter=IX}} Today, the college, housed in the Jordan Hall of Science,{{cite web |url=http://science.nd.edu/jordan/ |title=Jordan Hall of Science |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221213151/http://science.nd.edu/jordan/ |archive-date=December 21, 2007}} includes over 1,200 undergraduates in several departments, each awarding Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degrees.{{cite web |url=http://science.nd.edu/about_us.htm |title=College of Science: About us |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214092535/http://science.nd.edu/about_us.htm |archive-date=December 14, 2007}} According to university statistics, its science pre-professional program has one of the highest acceptance rates to medical school of any university in the United States.{{cite web |url=http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicid=34 |title=Profile |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 7, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111192829/http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicid=34 |archive-date=November 11, 2007}}
• The Notre Dame Law School was established in 1869 and is the oldest law program at a Catholic university in the United States.{{cite web |title=History of Notre Dame Law School |url=http://law.nd.edu/about/mission-and-history |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080131115940/http://law.nd.edu/about/mission-and-history |archive-date=January 31, 2008 |access-date=December 15, 2007 |publisher=University of Notre Dame}} In 2024, the school ranked 20th among the top American law schools by U.S. News & World Report.{{Cite web |title=2024 Best Law Schools |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings |access-date=May 18, 2024 |website=usnews.com}} The law school grants the professional Juris Doctor degree, as well as the graduate Master of Laws, and Doctor of Juridical Science degrees. It was ranked fourth in graduates attaining federal judicial clerkships in 2024,{{Cite web |title=These law schools dominated the federal clerk hiring market in 2023 (2024) |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/these-law-schools-dominated-federal-clerk-hiring-market-2023-2024-04-25/ |access-date=May 15, 2024 |website=reuters.com |date= April 25, 2024}} and seventh in graduates attaining Supreme Court clerkships in 2020.{{Cite web |title=Brian Leiter's Law School Reports |url=https://leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leiter/2020/06/supreme-court-clerkship-placement-2013-through-2019-terms.html |access-date=September 26, 2020 |website=leiterlawschool.typepad.com}}

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• The School of Architecture was established in 1899,{{cite book |last=Hope |first=Arthur J. |title=Notre Dame: One Hundred Years|orig-date=1948 |edition=2 |year=1979 |publisher=University Press |location=Notre Dame, IN |isbn=0-89651-501-X |chapter=XIX}} the year after Notre Dame first granted degrees in the field.{{cite web |url=http://architecture.nd.edu/inside_the_school/ |title=Inside the School |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071123231748/http://architecture.nd.edu/inside_the_school/ |archive-date=November 23, 2007}} Today, the school, housed in Walsh Family Hall of Architecture,{{cite web |url=http://nd.edu/campus-and-community/sights-sounds/virtual-tour/bond-hall/#tour-nav |title=Campus and Community: Virtual Tours |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031080432/http://nd.edu/campus-and-community/sights-sounds/virtual-tour/bond-hall/#tour-nav |archive-date=October 31, 2007}} offers a five-year undergraduate program leading to a bachelor's degree. All undergraduates spend their third year in Rome.{{cite web |url=http://architecture.nd.edu/academic_programs/ |title=Academic Programs |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117132547/http://architecture.nd.edu/academic_programs/ |archive-date=November 17, 2007}} The faculty teaches (pre-modernist) traditional and classical architecture and urban planning (e.g., following the principles of New Urbanism and New Classical Architecture).{{cite web |title=Academics and Programs |url=http://architecture.nd.edu/academics/ |publisher=University of Notre Dame |date=2019 |access-date=October 17, 2019}} It also awards the annual Driehaus Architecture Prize.{{cite web |url=http://architecture.nd.edu/about/driehaus-prize/ |title=Driehaus Prize |publisher=University of Notre Dame}}
• The College of Engineering was established in 1920;{{cite web |author=Moore, Philip S. |url=http://archives.nd.edu/moore/moore03.htm |title=The Story of Notre Dame: Academic Development of Notre Dame: Chapter 3: The College of Engineering |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 15, 2007}} however, courses in civil and mechanical engineering had been taught in the College of Science, since the 1870s.{{cite book |last=Hope |first=Arthur J. |title=Notre Dame: One Hundred Years |orig-date=1948 |edition=2 |year=1979 |publisher=University Press |location=Notre Dame, IN |isbn=0-89651-501-X |chapter=XV}} Today, the college, housed in the Fitzpatrick, Cushing, and Stinson-Remick Halls of Engineering,{{cite web |url=http://nd.edu/campus-and-community/sights-sounds/virtual-tour/cushing/#tour-nav |title=Campus and Community: Virtual Tours |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031073349/http://nd.edu/campus-and-community/sights-sounds/virtual-tour/cushing/#tour-nav |archive-date=October 31, 2007}} includes five departments of study, with eight B.S. degrees offered. The college also offers five-year dual degree programs with the College of Arts and Letters and the College of Business awarding additional B.A. and Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees, respectively.{{cite web |url=http://www.nd.edu/~engineer/current/degrees.html |title=College of engineering degrees offered |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060912192811/http://www.nd.edu/~engineer/current/degrees.html |archive-date=September 12, 2006}}
• The Mendoza College of Business was established in 1921 by John Francis O'Hara, although a foreign commerce program had been launched in 1917.{{cite web |url=http://www.nd.edu/%7Ecba/011221/about/history.shtml |title=History of the Mendoza College of Business |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211062301/http://www.nd.edu/~cba/011221/about/history.shtml |archive-date=December 11, 2007}} Today, the college offers degrees in accountancy, finance, management, and marketing and enrolls over 1,600 students.{{cite web |url=http://www.nd.edu/%7Ecba/011221/programs/ |title=Mendoza College of Business: Programs |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212163729/http://www.nd.edu/~cba/011221/programs/ |archive-date=December 12, 2007}} In 2016, Bloomberg Businessweek ranked Mendoza's undergraduate program as second in the country,{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-best-undergrad-business-schools/ |title=Best Undergraduate Business Schools |last1=Levy |first1=Francesca |last2=Rodkin |first2=Jonathan |newspaper=Bloomberg.com |publisher=Bloomberg L.P. |access-date=May 5, 2017}} after five consecutive years in the first position.{{cite web |last=Rodkin |first=Jonathan |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-best-business-schools/ |title=Best Business Schools 2015 – Bloomberg Businessweek |publisher=Bloomberg L.P. |date=October 20, 2015 |access-date=October 29, 2018}} For its 2023 ranking, U.S. News & World Report ranked the graduate school 25th, tied with Vanderbilt University.{{cite web |title=Best Business Schools (MBA) |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/mba-rankings |website=U.S. News & World Report}}
• The Keough School of Global Affairs was established in 2014. The first new school in nearly a century, it builds on the presence of seven institutes founded for international research, scholarship, and education at Notre Dame. The school offers six doctoral programs related to international peace studies, a Masters in Global Affairs focused on either peace studies or sustainable development, and five undergraduate majors.{{cite web |title=Academics |url=https://keough.nd.edu/academics/ |website=Keough School – University of Notre Dame |access-date=October 26, 2019}} It is focused on the study of global governance, human rights, and other areas of global social and political policy. A $50 million gift from Donald Keough, a former Coca-Cola executive, and his wife Marilyn funded the school's creation. The school opened officially in August 2017, in Jenkins Hall on Debartolo Quad.{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Dennis |title=Notre Dame to establish Keough School of Global Affairs; Scott Appleby appointed founding dean |url=http://news.nd.edu/news/52868-notre-dame-to-establish-keough-school-of-global-affairs-scott-appleby-appointed-founding-dean/ |website=Notre Dame News |date=October 3, 2014 |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=February 12, 2015}}

Every Notre Dame undergraduate is part of one of the school's five undergraduate colleges or is in the First Year of Studies program.{{cite web |last1=Dame |first1=Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre |title=Your First Year // First Year Advising // University of Notre Dame |url=https://firstyear.nd.edu/your-first-year/ |website=First Year Advising |access-date=October 29, 2019 |language=en}} The First Year of Studies program was established in 1962 to guide freshmen through their first year at the school before they have declared a major. Each student is assigned an academic advisor who helps them choose classes that give them exposure to any major in which they are interested.{{cite web |url=http://www.nd.edu/~fys/message.html |title=Message From the Dean |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028150104/http://www.nd.edu/~fys/message.html |archive-date=October 28, 2007}} The program includes a Learning Resource Center, which provides time management, collaborative learning, and subject tutoring.{{cite web |url=http://www.nd.edu/~fys/lrc.html |title=The Learning Resource Center |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070827213355/http://www.nd.edu/~fys/lrc.html |archive-date=August 27, 2007}} First Year of Studies is designed to encourage intellectual and academic achievement and innovation among first-year students. It includes programs such as FY advising, the Dean's A-list, the Renaissance circle, NDignite, the First Year Urban challenge, and more.{{cite web |last1=Dame |first1=Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre |title=The Dean's A-List // First Year Advising // University of Notre Dame |url=https://firstyear.nd.edu/academics/our-academic-initiatives/nd-ignite/the-deans-a-list/ |website=First Year Advising |access-date=October 29, 2019 |language=en}} Every admissions cycle, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions selects a small number of students for the Glynn Family Honors Program, which grants top students within the College of Arts and Letters and the College of Science access to smaller class sizes taught by distinguished faculty, endowed funding for independent research, and dedicated advising faculty and staff.{{cite web |url=http://glynnhonors.nd.edu/ |title=Glynn Family Honors Program |website=University of Notre Dame |access-date=September 5, 2016}}

Each college offers graduate education in the form of master's and doctoral programs. Most of the departments in the College of Arts and Letters offer PhDs, while a professional Master of Divinity (M.Div.) program also exists. All of the departments in the College of Science offer PhDs, except for the Department of Pre-Professional Studies. The School of Architecture offers a Master of Architecture, while each of the departments of the College of Engineering offer PhDs. The College of Business offers multiple professional programs, including MBA and Master of Science in Accountancy programs. It also operates facilities in Chicago and Cincinnati for its executive MBA program.{{cite web |url=https://www.nd.edu/academics/graduate-programs/ |title=Graduate and Professional Programs |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 15, 2007}} The Alliance for Catholic Education program{{cite web |title=Alliance for Catholic Education |publisher=University of Notre Dame |url=http://ace.nd.edu}} offers a Master of Education program, where students study at the university during the summer and teach in Catholic elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools across the South for two school years.{{cite web |url=https://ace.nd.edu/teach/ |title=Teacher Formation Program |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 15, 2007}}

The university first offered graduate degrees, in the form of a Master of Arts (MA), in the 1854–1855 academic year. The program expanded to include Master of Laws (LLM) and Master of Civil Engineering in its early stages of growth, before a formal graduate school education was developed with a thesis not required to receive the degrees. This changed in 1924, with formal requirements developed for graduate degrees, including offering doctorates.{{cite web |author=Moore, Philip S. |title=The Story of Notre Dame: Academic Development of Notre Dame: Chapter 6: The Graduate School |url=http://archives.nd.edu/moore/moore06.htm |access-date=December 15, 2007 |publisher=University of Notre Dame}} Although Notre Dame does not have its own medical school, it offers a combined MD–PhD though the regional campus of the Indiana University School of Medicine, where Indiana medical students may spend the first two years of their medical education before transferring to the main medical campus at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis.{{cite web |url=https://medicine.iu.edu/education/campuses/south-bend/ |title=Home – IU School of Medicine – South Bend |publisher=Medicine.iu.edu |date=May 24, 2012 |access-date=June 4, 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://graduateschool.nd.edu/departments-and-programs/dual-degree-programs/medicine-and-doctor-of-philosophy/ |title=Medicine and Doctor of Philosophy |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=September 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304134731/http://graduateschool.nd.edu/departments-and-programs/dual-degree-programs/medicine-and-doctor-of-philosophy/ |archive-date=March 4, 2018 }}

In 2019, Notre Dame announced plans to rename the Center for Ethics and Culture, an organization focused on spreading Catholic moral and intellectual traditions. A $10 million gift from Anthony and Christie {{nowrap|de Nicola}} funded the new {{nowrap|de Nicola}} Center for Ethics and Culture.{{Cite web |title=Notre Dame receives $10 million gift for Center for Ethics and Culture |url=https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/news/education/2019/01/08/otre-dame-receives-10-million-gift-for-center-for-ethics-and-culture/46355629/ |access-date=November 13, 2021 |website=South Bend Tribune}}

The university is also home to the McGrath Institute for Church Life, which "partners with Catholic dioceses, parishes and schools to address pastoral challenges with theological depth and rigor".{{cite web |last1=University of Notre Dame McGrath Institute for Church Life |title=About |url=https://mcgrath.nd.edu/about/ |website=McGrath Institute for Church Life |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=August 13, 2019}}

The Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, founded in 1986 by donations from Joan B. Kroc, the surviving spouse of McDonald's owner Ray Kroc, and inspired by Father Hesburgh, is dedicated to research, education, and outreach on the causes of violent conflict and the conditions for sustainable peace. It offers Ph.D., master's, and undergraduate degrees in peace studies. It has contributed to international policy discussions about peace building practices.{{Cite web |title=History Kroc Institute |url=https://kroc.nd.edu/about-us/history/ |access-date=November 13, 2021 |website=kroc.nd.edu}}

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The university's library system is divided between the main library, the 14-story Theodore M. Hesburgh Library, and each of the colleges and schools. The Hesburgh Library, completed in 1963, is the third building to house the main collection.{{cite web |url=http://library.nd.edu/about/history/ |title=Theodore M. Hesburgh Library |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 15, 2007}} The Word of Life mural by Millard Sheets, popularly known as "Touchdown Jesus" because of its proximity to Notre Dame Stadium and Jesus' arms appearing to make the signal for a touchdown, adorns the front of the library.{{cite web |url=http://library.nd.edu/about/history/mosaic.shtml |title=Word of Life Mural |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 15, 2007}}{{cite news |author=Brennan, Kevin |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/sioncampus/09/05/roadtrip.notredame/1.html |title=Road Trip – Notre Dame |publisher=Sports Illustrated on Campus |date=September 27, 2006 |access-date=December 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124064930/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/sioncampus/09/05/roadtrip.notredame/1.html |archive-date=January 24, 2008}}

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The library system also includes branch libraries for Architecture, Chemistry and Physics, Engineering, Law, Music, and Mathematics and information centers in the Mendoza College of Business, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, and a slide library in O'Shaughnessy Hall.{{cite web |url=http://www.library.nd.edu/services/ |title=Library Services |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514210111/http://www.library.nd.edu/services/ |archive-date=May 14, 2008}} A theology library, opened in the fall of 2015 on the first floor of Stanford Hall, is the first branch of the library system to be housed in a dorm room. With over three million volumes, the library system was the single largest university library in the world at the time of completion.{{cite web |url=http://tour.nd.edu/locations/hesburgh-library/ |title=Hesburgh Library |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=June 4, 2012}} It remains one of the hundred largest libraries in the country.{{cite web |url=http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/library/libraryfactsheet/alalibraryfactsheet22.cfm |title=The Nation's Largest Libraries |publisher=American Library Association |date=May 2009 |access-date=September 9, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413193236/http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/library/libraryfactsheet/alalibraryfactsheet22.cfm |archive-date=April 13, 2009}}

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The fall 2024 incoming class admitted 3,324 from a pool of 29,943 applicants for 11.1 percent acceptance rate.{{Cite web |last=Dame |first=Marketing Communications: Web {{!}} University of Notre|title=Admitted Students |url=https://admissions.nd.edu/admitted-students/ |access-date=March 30, 2021|website=Undergraduate Admissions|language=en}} The university practices a non-restrictive early action policy that allows admitted students to consider admission to Notre Dame and any other colleges that accepted them.{{cite web |title=Notre Dame Restrictive Early Action Program for First-Year Applicants |url=http://enrollmentdivision.nd.edu/news/53092-notre-dame-restrictive-early-action-program-for-first-year-applicants/ |website=University of Notre Dame |date=October 13, 2014 |access-date=May 31, 2015}} This process admitted 1,675 of the 9,683 (17 percent) who requested it.{{cite web |title=University of Notre Dame Reviews a Record Number of 9,683 Restrictive Early Action Applications for the Class of 2026 |url=https://admissions.nd.edu/visit-engage/stories-news/university-of-notre-dame-reviews-a-record-number-of-9-689-restrictive-early-action-applications-for-the-class-of-2026/ |website=University of Notre Dame |access-date=May 31, 2015}} Admission is need-blind for domestic applicants.{{cite web |title=FAQ - Need-Blind Policy |url=https://m.nd.edu/prospective_students/admissions/_/faq__needblind_policy |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=4 May 2023}} Admitted students came from 1,311 high schools; the average student traveled over {{cvt|750|mi}} to Notre Dame. While all entering students begin in the College of the First Year of Studies, 26 percent have indicated they plan to study in the liberal arts or social sciences, 21 percent in engineering, 26 percent in business, 24 percent in science, and 3 percent in architecture.{{cite web |url=http://admissions.nd.edu/connect/news/59306-meet-the-notre-dame-class-of-2019/ |title=Meet the Notre Dame Class of 2019 |publisher=University of Notre Dame |date=July 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103205636/http://admissions.nd.edu/connect/news/59306-meet-the-notre-dame-class-of-2019/ |archive-date=November 3, 2016 |access-date=October 18, 2019}}

Tuition for full-time students at the University of Notre Dame in 2023 is $62,693 a year.{{Cite web |title=University of Notre Dame |url=https://www.collegeconfidential.com/colleges/university-of-notre-dame/ |access-date=September 20, 2021 |website=College Confidential |date=November 26, 2020 |language=en}} Room and board is estimated to be an additional $17,378 a year for students who live in campus housing. Notre Dame is a private university, so it offers the same tuition for in-state and out-of-state students.

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In 2022, Notre Dame ranked 9th for "best undergraduate teaching", 22nd for "best value" school and tied for 18th overall among "national universities" in the United States in U.S. News & World Report{{'}}s Best Colleges report.{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-notre-dame-1840/overall-rankings |title=University of Notre Dame |access-date=September 14, 2019 |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |year=2020}} The school ranked 18th in U.S. News & World Report{{'}}s 2022 Best University Rankings report.{{Cite web |title=Best National University Rankings |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities?schoolName=University+of+Notre+Dame |access-date=November 14, 2021 |website=U.S. News & World Report}} U.S. News ranks Mendoza College of Business undergraduate school as tied for 12th best in the U.S. in 2020.{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/business-overall |title=Best Undergraduate Business Programs Rankings |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |year=2019 |access-date=October 19, 2019}} The Philosophical Gourmet Report ranks Notre Dame's graduate philosophy program as 17th nationally.{{Cite web |title=Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog |url=https://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2021/07/2020-21-update-for-the-2017-philosophical-gourmet-report.html |access-date=November 14, 2021 |website=leiterreports.typepad.com}} According to PayScale, undergraduate alumni of University of Notre Dame have a mid-career median salary $110,000, making it the 24th-highest among colleges and universities in the United States. The median starting salary of $55,300 ranked 58th in the same peer group.{{cite web |title=Best Universities and Colleges |url=http://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/bachelors |access-date=October 29, 2018 |publisher=Payscale}} Named by Newsweek as one of the "25 New Ivies."{{cite web |date=August 21, 2006 |title=25 New Ivies |url=http://www.newsweek.com/americas-25-new-elite-ivies-108771 |access-date=December 12, 2007 |work=Newsweek}} The university is a member of the Oak Ridge Associated Universities Consortium.{{cite web |url=https://www.orau.org/university-partnerships/consortium-members.html |title=ORAU Consortium Members |publisher=ORAU.org |access-date=October 11, 2021}}

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Joseph Carrier, director of the Science Museum and the library, was a professor of chemistry and physics until 1874. Carrier taught that scientific research and its promise for progress were not antagonistic to the ideals of intellectual and moral culture endorsed by the Catholic Church. Notable researchers in the early history of the university include John Augustine Zahm, whose book book Evolution and Dogma (1896) defended certain aspects of evolutionary theory as true;Ralph Edward Weber, Notre Dame's John Zahm: American Catholic Apologist and Educator (1961) Albert Zahm, John's brother, who built an early wind tunnel to compare lift to drag of aeronautical models; Jerome Green, who became the first American to send a wireless message;{{cite news |title=The Apparatus for Wireless Telegraphy |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.101809173&view=1up&seq=842 |work=American Electrician |date=July 1899 |pages=344–346 |author=Jerome J. Green}} and Julius Nieuwland, who performed early work on basic reactions that were used to create neoprene.{{cite web |url=http://graduateschool.nd.edu/html/research/history.html |title=History of Research at Notre Dame |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 13, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107071047/http://graduateschool.nd.edu/html/research/history.html |archive-date=November 7, 2007}} The study of nuclear physics at the university began with the building of a nuclear accelerator in 1936,{{cite web |url=https://isnap.nd.edu/assets/186662/ |title=70 Years of Nuclear Physics at Notre Dame |publisher=University of Notre Dame |format=PDF |access-date=December 13, 2007}} and continues now partly through a partnership in the Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics.{{cite web |url=http://www.jinaweb.org/html/institutes.html |title=JINACEE Institutions |publisher=Jinaweb.org |access-date=October 19, 2019}}

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The rise of Hitler and other dictators in the 1930s forced many Catholic intellectuals to flee Europe; President John O'Hara brought many of them to Notre Dame. Anton-Hermann Chroust, in classics and law,{{Cite web |title=Anton-Hermann Chroust |url=http://myweb.wvnet.edu/~jelkins/lp-2001/chroust.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129180206/http://myweb.wvnet.edu/~jelkins/lp-2001/chroust.html |archive-date=January 29, 2013 |access-date=October 21, 2019}} and Waldemar Gurian, a German Catholic intellectual of Jewish descent, came from Germany.{{cite journal |last=O'Malley |first=Frank |title=Waldemar Gurian at Notre Dame |journal=Review of Politics |volume=17 |issue=1 |date=January 1955 |pages=19–23 |jstor=1405095 |doi=10.1017/S0034670500012882 |s2cid=145792397}} Ivan Meštrović, a renowned sculptor, brought Croat culture to campus.See {{cite web |title=Ivan Meštrovic (1883–1962) |url=http://www.nd.edu/~ndethics/inspires/mestrovic.shtml |publisher=University of Notre Dame |date=2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706055637/http://www.nd.edu/~ndethics/inspires/mestrovic.shtml |archive-date=July 6, 2009 |access-date=October 21, 2019}} Yves Simon brought the insights of French studies in the Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition of philosophy to the university in the 1940s; his teacher, Jacques Maritain, was a frequent visitor to campus.{{cite web |title=Yves R. Simon (1903–61) |url=http://ethicscenter.nd.edu/inspires/simon.shtml |publisher=University of Notre Dame |date=2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091111085025/http://ethicscenter.nd.edu/inspires/simon.shtml |archive-date=November 11, 2009 |access-date=October 21, 2019}} The exiles developed a distinctive emphasis on the evils of totalitarianism.William S. Miller, "Gerhart Niemeyer: His Principles of Conservatism," Modern Age 2007 49(3): 273–284 online at EBSCO

Richard T. Sullivan taught English from 1936 to 1974 and published six novels, dozens of short stories, and other works.Una M. Cadegan, "How Realistic Can a Catholic Writer Be? Richard Sullivan and American Catholic Literature," Religion & American Culture 1996 6(1): 35–61 Frank O'Malley was an English professor during the 1930s–1960s, who developed a concept of Christian philosophy that was a fundamental element in his thought.Arnold Sparr, "The Catholic Laity, the Intellectual Apostolate and the Pre-Vatican II Church: Frank O'Malley of Notre Dame." U.S. Catholic Historian 1990 9(3): 305–320. 0735–8318 In 1939, Waldemar Gurian founded The Review of Politics, which quickly emerged as part of an international Catholic intellectual revival, offering an alternative vision to positivist philosophy.{{Cite journal |jstor=1406757 |title=After Forty Years: Notre Dame and the Review of Politcis |journal=The Review of Politics |volume=40 |issue=4 |pages=437–446 |last1=Stritch |first1=Thomas |year=1978 |doi=10.1017/S0034670500046118|s2cid=263335167 }} The College of Arts and Letters is distinguished for its contributions in the field of theology and religious studies,{{Cite web |title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021: Theology, Divinity & Religious Studies |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2021/theology-divinity-religious-studies |access-date=August 29, 2021 |website=Top Universities |language=en}} while its affiliated Medieval Institute is the largest center for medieval studies in North America.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=About // Medieval Institute // University of Notre Dame |url=https://medieval.nd.edu/about/ |access-date=August 29, 2021 |website=Medieval Institute |language=en}}

The university has many multi-disciplinary research institutes, including the Medieval Institute, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, and the Center for Social Concerns.{{cite web |url=http://www.nd.edu/~research/Instctrs/index.htm |title=Research Institutes and Centers |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213043036/http://www.nd.edu/~research/Instctrs/index.htm |archive-date=December 13, 2007}} Recent research includes work on family conflict and child development,{{cite news |author=Gilroy, William G. |url=http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicid=15763 |title=New studies confirm impact of parental conflict on children's future development |publisher=University of Notre Dame |date=February 2006 |access-date=March 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107070438/http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicid=15763 |archive-date=November 7, 2007}}{{cite news |author=Deveau, Scott |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060209.wkids0209/EmailBNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home |title=Marital conflict beats up kids |work=The Globe and Mail |date=September 2006 |access-date=March 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116031739/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060209.wkids0209/EmailBNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home |archive-date=January 16, 2009}} genome mapping,{{cite news |author=Gilroy, William G. |url=http://lumen.nd.edu/2007_06/BiologistDavidSeversonhelpsmapyellowfeverdenguemosquitogenome.shtml |title=Biologist David Severson helps map yellow fever/dengue mosquito genome |work=Lumen Magazine |date=June 2007 |access-date=December 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211045035/http://lumen.nd.edu/2007_06/BiologistDavidSeversonhelpsmapyellowfeverdenguemosquitogenome.shtml |archive-date=December 11, 2007}} the increasing trade deficit of the United States with China,{{cite news |author=Friess, Steve |url=http://lumen.nd.edu/2006_07/TradeDeficitWithChina.shtml |title=The Rising Trade Deficit With China – A Different Perspective |work=Lumen Magazine |date=July 2006 |access-date=December 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211045026/http://lumen.nd.edu/2006_07/TradeDeficitWithChina.shtml |archive-date=December 11, 2007}} studies in fluid mechanics,{{cite web |url=http://www3.nd.edu/~engineer/publications/news/corke.htm |title=Corke Honored for Research Achievements |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 14, 2007}} computational science and engineering,{{cite web |url=https://nnsa.energy.gov/mediaroom/pressreleases/psaap062713 |title=NNSA Announces Selection of Centers of Excellence for Academic Computational Science Partnerships |publisher=The National Nuclear Security Administration |access-date=January 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130713030441/http://www.nnsa.energy.gov/mediaroom/pressreleases/psaap062713 |archive-date=July 13, 2013 }} supramolecular chemistry,[http://www.mining.com/scientists-develop-technique-reduce-cost-environmental-impact-mining-precious-metal/ Leotaud, V. R.] "Scientists develop technique to reduce cost, environmental impact of mining precious metal", by Valentina Ruiz Leotaud, reporting on study published by the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Mining.com, June 10, 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2018. and marketing trends on the Internet.{{cite web |url=http://www.nd.edu/~cba/011221/press/2006/07_betsey_moore_advertising_fr.shtml |title=Research: Study explores online marketing of food to children |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211045056/http://www.nd.edu/~cba/011221/press/2006/07_betsey_moore_advertising_fr.shtml |archive-date=December 11, 2007}} {{as of|2013}}, the university was home to the Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index, which ranks countries annually based on how vulnerable they are to climate change and how prepared they are to adapt.{{cite web |last1=Fosmoe |first1=Margaret |title=Notre Dame to be new home of climate change index |url=http://articles.southbendtribune.com/2013-04-18/news/38655705_1_global-adaptation-institute-climate-change-gain-index |website=South Bend Tribune |access-date=January 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402110744/http://articles.southbendtribune.com/2013-04-18/news/38655705_1_global-adaptation-institute-climate-change-gain-index |archive-date=April 2, 2015 }}

In the fiscal 2019, the university received the all-time high research funding of $180.6 million, an increase of $100 million from 2009 and a 27 percent increase from the previous year, with funded projects including vector-borne diseases, urbanism, environmental design, cancer, psychology, economics, philosophy of religion, particle physics, nanotechnology, and hypersonics.{{cite web |last1=Dame |first1=Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre |title=Notre Dame announces significant growth in research funding |url=https://news.nd.edu/news/notre-dame-announces-significant-growth-in-research-funding/ |website=Notre Dame News |date=August 5, 2019 |access-date=October 29, 2019 |language=en}} Notre Dame has a strong background in the humanities, with 65 National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships, more than any other university. Focus areas include anti-poverty economic strategy, the premier Medieval Institute, Latino studies, sacred music, Italian studies, Catholic studies, psychology, aging and stress, social good, and theology.{{cite web |last1=Dame |first1=University of Notre |title=A Research Focus // College of Arts and Letters // University of Notre Dame |url=https://al.nd.edu/discover/a-research-focus/ |website=College of Arts and Letters |access-date=October 29, 2019 |language=en}} In the sciences, research focuses and specialized centers include the Harper Cancer Research Institute, the Boler-Parseghian Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases, the Center for Nano Science and Technology, the Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, the Eck Institute for Global Health, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, the University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center, Topology and Quantum Field Theory, the Nuclear Physics Research Group, and the Environmental Change Initiative.{{cite web |title=Centers and Institutes // College of Science // University of Notre Dame |url=https://science.nd.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/ |website=science.nd.edu |access-date=October 29, 2019}}

As of Fall 2022, the Notre Dame student body consisted of 8,958 undergraduates and 4,134 graduate and professional (Law, M.Div., Business, MEd) students.{{Cite web |last=Dame |first=University Communications {{!}} University of Notre |title=About |url=https://www.nd.edu/about/#:~:text=8,968%20Undergraduate%20Students,1,526%20Instructional%20Faculty |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=University of Notre Dame |language=en}} An estimated 21–24 percent of students are children of alumni,{{cite web |author=Golden, Daniel |url=http://www.educationsector.org/analysis/analysis_show.htm?doc_id=415280 |title=What We're Reading: College Admissions Corrupted |publisher=Education Sector |access-date=December 16, 2007 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026172010/http://www.educationsector.org/analysis/analysis_show.htm?doc_id=415280 |archive-date=October 26, 2007}} and the student body represents all 50 states and 88 countries. Thirty-seven percent of students come from the Midwestern United States, and 40 percent of students are U.S. students of color{{CN|date=April 2025}}, eight percent are international citizens.

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File:Howard Hall.jpgThe residence halls, or dorms, are the focus of student social and intramural life.{{Cite web |url=https://admissions.nd.edu/why-nd/student-life/ |title=Student Life |last=Dame |first=Marketing Communications: Web – University of Notre |website=Undergraduate Admissions |language=en |access-date=November 2, 2019}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.abc57.com/news/notre-dame-residential-life-provides-unique-experience-to-students |title=Notre Dame Residential Life provides unique experience to students |website=ABC57 |language=en |access-date=November 2, 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://orlh.nd.edu/index.htm |title=Office of Residence Life and Housing:Housing Information |publisher=University of Notre Dame |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214232740/http://orlh.nd.edu/index.htm |archive-date=December 14, 2007 |access-date=December 17, 2007}} Each hall is led by a rector, a full-time, live-in professional who serves as leader, chief administrator, community builder and university resource to the residents, and is a priest, religious sister or brother, or a layperson trained in ministry or education.{{Cite web |url=https://rector.nd.edu/ |title=Be a Rector at Notre Dame |publisher=University of Notre Dame |website=Division of Student Affairs |access-date=November 2, 2019}} Rectors direct the hall community, foster bonding, and often coordinate with professors, academic advisors, and counselors to watch over students and assist them with their personal development.{{Cite web |url=https://residentiallife.nd.edu/employment/rectors/ |title=Rectors // Residential Life // University of Notre Dame |last=Dame |first=Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre |website=Residential Life |language=en |access-date=November 2, 2019}} Rectors select, hire, train, and supervise hall staff: resident assistants (required to be seniors) and assistant rectors (graduate students).{{Cite web |url=https://residentiallife.nd.edu/employment/hall-staff/ |title=Hall Staff // Residential Life // University of Notre Dame |last=Dame |first=Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre |website=Residential Life |language=en |access-date=November 2, 2019}} Many residence halls also have a priest or faculty members in residence as faculty fellows, who provide an additional academic and intellectual experience to residential hall life.{{Cite web |url=https://residentiallife.nd.edu/hall-staff/ |title=Hall Staff, Residential Life |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=27 January 2025}} Every hall has its own chapel, dedicated to the hall's patron saint, and liturgical schedule with masses celebrated multiple times a week during the academic year, in the tradition of individual chapels at English university colleges.{{cite book |title=The chapels of Notre Dame |last1=Lawrence |first1=Cunningham |date=2012 |publisher=University of Notre Dame Press |isbn=978-0268037352}}

Fraternities and sororities are not allowed on campus, as they are described as in opposition to the university's educational and residential mission.{{Cite web |url=https://dulac.nd.edu/community-standards/standards/sa/ |title=Student Activities Policies |publisher=University of Notre Dame |website=du Lac: A Guide to Student Life |access-date=November 2, 2019}} The residential halls provide the social and communal aspect of fraternities, but in line with the university's policy of inclusion and zero tolerance of hazing.{{Cite book |title=University of Notre Dame: Notre Dame, Indiana |last=Ayala, Anikka M. |date=2005 |publisher=College Prowler |others=Gohari, Omid. |isbn=1596581700 |location=Pittsburgh, Pa. |oclc=61330210}}{{Cite web |url=https://ndsmcobserver.com/2006/03/nd-policy-upheld-by-hall-tradition/ |title=ND policy upheld by hall tradition |first=Katie |last=Perry |date=March 23, 2006 |website=The Observer |access-date=November 2, 2019}}

Over four-fifths of students live in the same residence hall for three consecutive years and about one-third of students live in the same residence hall for all four years {{as of|October 2017}}.{{cite news |url=https://scholastic.nd.edu/issues/kept-on-campus-residential-policy-changes-and-their-implications-for-the-student-body/ |title=Kept on Campus |volume=161 |last1=O'Neil |first1=Alison |work=Scholastic |access-date=August 14, 2019 |publisher=University of Notre Dame |last2=Rodriguez |first2=Juan Jose |issue=3 |last3=Vale |first3=Andrea}} A new policy was put into effect beginning in 2018, which required undergraduates to live on-campus for three years. In spring 2019, the university also announced a policy (that has since been reversed) that prohibited students living off campus from participating in dorm activities, such as intramural sports and dorm dances.{{Cite web |url=https://residentiallife.nd.edu/undergraduate/room-information-and-policies/residential-community-enhancements/ |title=Residential Community Enhancements |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=September 20, 2019 |archive-date=June 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605114652/https://residentiallife.nd.edu/undergraduate/room-information-and-policies/residential-community-enhancements/ |url-status=dead }} Most intramural (interhall) sports are based on residence hall teams, where the university offers the only non-military academy program of full-contact intramural American football.{{cite web |url=http://admissions.nd.edu/life-at-notre-dame/student-life-faq |title=Student Life FAQ |publisher=University of Notre Dame |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107055440/http://admissions.nd.edu/life-at-notre-dame/student-life-faq |archive-date=November 7, 2007 |access-date=December 17, 2007}} At the end of the interhall football season, the championship game is played in Notre Dame Stadium.{{cite news |url=https://ndsmcobserver.com/2017/11/interhall-insider-dillon-hopes-maintain-undefeated-record/ |title=Dillon hopes to maintain undefeated record |last1=Olmanson |first1=Ellie |date=November 17, 2017 |work=The Observer |access-date=October 8, 2020}}

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There are over 400 active student clubs at the University of Notre Dame, with the financial oversight of each club delegated by the student-run Club Coordination Council.{{cite web |last1=Donnelly |first1=Mary Clare |title=Senate resolution aims to increase transparency with Club Coordination Council |url=https://ndsmcobserver.com/2019/04/senate-resolution-aims-to-increase-transparency-with-club-coordination-council/ |work=The Observer |access-date=August 13, 2019 |date=April 9, 2019}} The university subsidizes clubs, providing almost 15 percent of clubs' collective projected expenditures of $2.2 million during the 2018–2019 academic year.{{cite web |last1=Redsten |first1=Genevieve |title=Senate rejects resolution to increase club funding |url=https://ndsmcobserver.com/2019/02/senate-rejects-resolution-to-increase-club-funding/ |work=The Observer |access-date=August 14, 2019 |date=February 5, 2019}} There are a variety of student clubs on campus, including nine for students from different states,{{cite web |last1=Dugan |first1=Michael |title=State clubs help students feel at home at Notre Dame |url=https://ndsmcobserver.com/2018/09/state-clubs-help-students-feel-at-home-at-notre-dame/ |work=The Observer |access-date=August 14, 2019 |date=September 25, 2018}} about three dozen clubs that represent different nationalities and origins,{{cite web |last1=Pott |first1=Andrew |title=Diversity council in the wrong? |url=https://ndsmcobserver.com/2015/12/diversity-council-wrong/ |work=The Observer |access-date=August 14, 2019 |date=December 8, 2015}} and clubs dedicated to Catholic theology,{{cite web |last1=Everett |first1=Liz |title=New club on campus: Theology Club |url=https://irishrover.net/2012/10/new-club-on-campus-theology-club/ |website=Irish Rover |publisher=The Irish Rover |access-date=August 14, 2019 |date=October 28, 2012}} diverse faith practices, social service, political advocacy and awareness, competitive athletics, professional development and networking, performing arts, academic debate, foreign affairs, fraternal brotherhood, women's empowerment, and many other interests.{{cite web |title=Groups |url=https://sao.nd.edu/groups/ |website=SAO360 |publisher=University of Notre Dame Student Activities Office |access-date=August 14, 2019 |ref=saogroups}} The university hosts their annual Student Activities Fair early in the fall semester for all students interested in joining clubs or other student organizations.{{cite web |title=Activities Night 2019 |url=https://sao.nd.edu/events/2019/09/03/activities-night-2019/ |website=University of Notre Dame Division of Student Affairs |publisher=University of Notre Dame Student Activities Office |access-date=August 14, 2019}}

The Notre Dame Student Union is divided into nine branches, as articulated in Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution of the Undergraduate Student Body of the University of Notre Dame du Lac.The University of Notre Dame Student Union. [https://studentgovernment.nd.edu/assets/561180/3_6_2024_constitution.pdf "Constitution of the Undergraduate Student Body of the University of Notre Dame du Lac"] (PDF). University of Notre Dame Student Government. University of Notre Dame. Retrieved March 21, 2024.

The Student Senate is the legislative body of the Student Union that shall formulate and advance the position of the undergraduate student body on all issues concerning campus life. The Senate is composed of representatives from each of the University's undergraduate residence halls, and other representatives from the Student Union.{{cite web |last1=Student Senate |title=Senate |url=https://studentgovernment.nd.edu/senate/ |website=Student Government |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=21 March 2024}}

The Executive Cabinet is led by the Student Body President and Vice President. Membership is composed of Cabinet Directors who lead various departments.{{cite web |last1=Cabinet |title=Executive Leadership |url=https://studentgovernment.nd.edu/executive-leadership/ |website=Notre Dame Student Government |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=21 March 2024}} The Executive Cabinet is tasked with advancing the agenda of the President and Vice-President through working to protect the interests of students in all areas of university life, provide services to the undergraduate student body, and advance the policy priorities of the broader Student Union.{{cite web |last1=About |title=Executive Cabinet |url=https://studentgovernment.nd.edu/about/executive-cabinet/ |website=Notre Dame Student Government |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=21 March 2024}}

According to the Student Union Board's (SUB) mission statement, "The SUB Programming Body shall enhance undergraduate student life by providing undergraduate student services and social, intellectual, and cultural opportunities that respond to the needs and wants of the undergraduate student body in the most efficient manner possible."{{cite web |last1=University of Notre Dame Student Union Board |title=Mission Statement |url=https://www.sub.nd.edu/ |website=Student Union Board |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=21 March 2024}} SUB is divided into seven committees, which consist of Acousticafé, AnTostal, Community Engagement, Concerts, First Look Into Programming (FLIP), Live Entertainment, and Signature Events.{{cite web |last1=Our Team |title=Committee Chairs |url=https://www.sub.nd.edu/leadership |website=Student Union Board |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=21 March 2024}}

The Hall Presidents Council (HPC) is responsible for planning, funding, and executing residence hall events. The council is composed of leadership from all of Notre Dame's undergraduate residence halls, in addition to council leaders.{{cite web |last1=Home |title=Hall Presidents Council |url=https://hpc.nd.edu/ |website=Hall Presidents Council |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=21 March 2024}}

The Club Coordination Council (CCC) is responsible for communicating issues facing undergraduate club issues, providing funding for undergraduate clubs, serving as the representative body of undergraduate student clubs, and working with student clubs to ensure that clubs can coordinate their programming of activities.{{cite web |last1=The University of Notre Dame Student Union |title=Constitution of the Undergraduate Student Body of the University of Notre Dame du Lac |url=https://studentgovernment.nd.edu/assets/317956/_4_29_19_official_copy_of_the_constitution.pdf |website=University of Notre Dame Student Government |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=August 13, 2019}} The CCC oversees around 400 student clubs,{{cite web |last1=University of Notre Dame Student Activities Office |title=Student Groups |url=https://sao.nd.edu/groups/ |website=SAO360 |publisher=University of Notre Dame Division of Student Affairs |access-date=August 13, 2019}} each of which serves a unique purpose.{{cite web |last1=University of Notre Dame Student Activities Office |title=Prospective Groups |url=https://sao.nd.edu/groups/prospective-groups/ |website=Student Activities Office |publisher=University of Notre Dame Division of Student Affairs |access-date=August 13, 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Fox News |title=Notre Dame won't recognize 'traditional marriage' student club |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/notre-dame-wont-recognize-traditional-marriage-student-club |access-date=August 15, 2019 |work=FoxNews.com |publisher=FOX News Network, LLC. |date=May 20, 2014}} The approval of the council, along with that of the Notre Dame Student Activities Office, is a requirement for official recognition of student clubs.{{cite news |last1=Fraga |first1=Brian |title=Pro-Marriage Club Denied Official Status at Notre Dame |url=http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/pro-marriage-club-denied-official-status-at-notre-dame |access-date=August 15, 2019 |work=National Catholic Register |publisher=EWTN News, Inc. |date=May 19, 2014}}{{cite news |last1=VanBerkum |first1=John |title=Questionable Decisions: A Catholic University? |url=https://irishrover.net/2014/09/questionable-decisions-a-catholic-university/ |access-date=August 15, 2019 |work=Irish Rover |publisher=The Irish Rover |date=September 14, 2014}}{{cite news |last1=Dugan |first1=Michael |title=Clubs Deserve Respect |url=https://irishrover.net/2019/10/clubs-deserve-respect/ |access-date=November 8, 2019 |work=The Irish Rover |volume=XVII |issue=IV |date=October 10, 2019}}

There are four Class Councils, one representing each undergraduate class level: First-Year, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior Class Councils. They each promote the wellbeing of their respective classes by sponsoring functions that promote unity among class members. Each class is represented by four elected class officers, including a President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and Secretary. In addition to the officers, the Class Councils are made up of members from all across campus that work together to plan events.{{cite web |last1=About |title=Class Councils |url=https://studentgovernment.nd.edu/about/class-councils/ |website=Notre Dame Student Government |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=21 March 2024}}

The Off-Campus Council represents any undergraduate students not residing on the campus of the University. They provide to the needs of those students, given that the issues differ from those residing in the dorms.{{cite web |last1=About |title=Off-Campus Council |url=https://studentgovernment.nd.edu/about/off-campus-council/ |website=Notre Dame Student Government |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=21 March 2024}}

The Financial Management Board (FMB) is responsible for the creation and maintenance of a budget for the Student Union. FMB conducts an annual hearing to ensure that undergraduate funds are allocated fairly, known as the Annual Allocation Hearing. The FMB representative from each organization prepares a budget and then meets with the Student Union Treasurer to discuss their organization's monetary needs, which are presented at the Annual Allocation Hearing.{{cite web |last1=About |title=Financial Management Board |url=https://studentgovernment.nd.edu/about/financial-management-board-fmb/ |website=Notre Dame Student Government |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=21 March 2024}} After the allocations are agreed upon by its members, the budget is proposed to the Senate Committee on the Budget, which either approves or rejects these allocations.{{cite web |last1=Senate Bylaws |title=Senate Committee on the Budget |url=https://jcouncil.nd.edu/assets/558657/senate_bylaws_1_.pdf |website=Notre Dame Judicial Council |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=22 March 2024}}

The Judicial Council is tasked with overseeing the ethical behavior of Student Union leaders, maintaining the constitutional conduct of the Student Union, administering its elections, and providing support through Peer Advocates to students navigating the Office of Community Standards' hearings and conferences.{{cite web |last1=Home |title=Judicial Council |url=https://jcouncil.nd.edu/ |website=Notre Dame Judicial Council |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=22 March 2024}}

Website BestColleges.com ranks the university's intramural sports program as number one in the country in 2021.{{Cite web |title=The Best Colleges for Intramural Sports |url=https://www.bestcolleges.com/features/best-colleges-for-intramural-sports/ |access-date=November 14, 2021 |website=bestcolleges.com |date=July 30, 2021}} Over 700 teams participate each year in the annual Bookstore Basketball tournament;{{cite web |url=http://www3.nd.edu/~bkstr/ |title=General Information |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 16, 2007}} while the Notre Dame Men's Boxing Club hosts the annual Bengal Bouts tournament to raise money for the Holy Cross Missions in Bangladesh.{{cite news |author=Retter, Eric |url=http://media.www.ndsmcobserver.com/media/storage/paper660/news/2005/03/18/Sports/Bengal.Bouts.From.Nappy.To.Now-897517.shtml |title=Bengal Bouts: From Nappy to Now |work=The Observer |date=March 18, 2005 |access-date=December 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111060306/http://media.www.ndsmcobserver.com/media/storage/paper660/news/2005/03/18/Sports/Bengal.Bouts.From.Nappy.To.Now-897517.shtml |archive-date=January 11, 2009}} In the fall, the Notre Dame Women's Boxing Club hosts an annual Baraka Bouts tournament that raises money for the Congregation of the Holy Cross Missions in Uganda.{{cite web |title=Baraka Bouts |url=https://www3.nd.edu/~wboxing/ |website=www3.nd.edu |access-date=October 29, 2019}}

Many of the most popular student events held on campus are organized by the 30 residential halls. Among these, the most notable are the Keenan Revue, the Fisher Hall Regatta, Howard Hall Totter for Water, Keenan Hall Muddy Sunday, the Morrissey Hall Medallion Hunt, the Dillon Hall Pep Rally, the Keough Hall Chariot Race and many others. Each dorm also hosts many formal and informal balls and dances each year.{{cite web |publisher=University of Notre Dame |title=Hall traditions great and small |url=https://magazine.nd.edu/stories/hall-traditions-great-and-small/ |website=Notre Dame Magazine |date=April 6, 2015 |access-date=October 22, 2019}}

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While having a religious affiliation is not a criterion for admission, over 93 percent of students identify as Christian, with over 80 percent of those being Catholic.{{cite news |author=Peralta, Katie |url=http://media.www.ndsmcobserver.com/media/storage/paper660/news/2007/10/04/News/Nd.Welcomes.NonCatholic.Faiths-3011803.shtml |title=ND welcomes non-Catholic faiths |work=The Observer |date=October 4, 2007 |access-date=December 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111024153/http://media.www.ndsmcobserver.com/media/storage/paper660/news/2007/10/04/News/Nd.Welcomes.NonCatholic.Faiths-3011803.shtml |archive-date=January 11, 2009}} There are 57 chapels on campus, including one in every residence hall. Collectively, Catholic Mass is celebrated over 100 times per week on campus, and a large campus ministry program provides for the faith needs of the community.{{cite news |author=Cheffers, Elizabeth |url=http://media.www.ndsmcobserver.com/media/storage/paper660/news/2004/09/24/News/Knights.Serve.The.Community-730486.shtml |title=Knights serve the community |work=The Observer |date=September 24, 2004 |access-date=December 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223190548/http://media.www.ndsmcobserver.com/media/storage/paper660/news/2004/09/24/News/Knights.Serve.The.Community-730486.shtml |archive-date=December 23, 2008}}{{cite web |url=http://undpress.nd.edu/books/P03031 |title=The Chapels of Notre Dame // Books // University of Notre Dame Press |publisher=Undpress.nd.edu |access-date=May 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160525183311/http://undpress.nd.edu/books/P03031 |archive-date=May 25, 2016 }} There is also an active council of the Knights of Columbus on campus, which is the oldest and largest college council of the international Catholic men's organization.{{cite web |last1=Ryan |first1=James |title=The Tradition of the Knights of Columbus |url=https://ndsmcobserver.com/2019/02/the-tradition-of-the-knights-of-columbus/ |work=The Observer |access-date=August 13, 2019 |date=February 18, 2019}}{{cite web |title=A Notre Dame Thanksgiving Tradition | date=December 15, 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZhEde72FSA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/JZhEde72FSA |archive-date=October 28, 2021 |via=YouTube |publisher=Knights of Columbus Supreme Council |access-date=August 13, 2019}}{{cbignore}} Non-Catholic religious organizations on campus include the Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM), Jewish Club of Notre Dame, the Muslim Student Association, the Orthodox Christian Fellowship, the Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship, and many more.

The university is the major seat of the Congregation of Holy Cross (albeit not its official headquarters, which are in Rome).{{cite web |url=https://www.nd.edu/faith-and-service/congregation-of-holy-cross/ |title=Congregation of Holy Cross |work=Faith & Service |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=October 29, 2018}} Its main seminary, Moreau Seminary, is on the campus across St. Joseph Lake from the Main Building.{{cite web |url=http://vocation.nd.edu/what-the-seminary-is-like/virtual-tour/moreau-seminary/ |title=Moreau Seminary |website=Holy Cross Vocations |publisher=Congregation of Holy Cross |access-date=May 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504064920/http://vocation.nd.edu/what-the-seminary-is-like/virtual-tour/moreau-seminary/ |archive-date=May 4, 2016 }} Old College, the oldest building on campus near the shore of St. Mary's Lake, houses undergraduate seminarians. Retired priests and brothers reside in Fatima House (a former retreat center), Holy Cross House, and Columba Hall near the Grotto.{{cite web |url=http://brothersofholycross.com/bhc/wp-content/uploads/Brothers2009Appeal.pdf |title=Brothers of Holy Cross |website=brothersoftheholycross.com |access-date=November 14, 2021}}

Notre Dame students run nine media outlets: three newspapers, a radio and television station, and several magazines and journals.

The Scholastic magazine, begun as a one-page journal in 1876,{{cite book |last=Hope |first=Arthur J. |title=Notre Dame: One Hundred Years |orig-date=1948 |edition=2 |year=1979 |publisher=University Press |location=Notre Dame, IN |isbn=0-89651-501-X |chapter=X}} is issued twice monthly and claims to be the oldest continuous collegiate publication in the United States. The other magazine, The Juggler, is released twice a year and focuses on student literature and artwork. The Dome yearbook is published annually. The newspapers have varying publication interests, with The Observer published daily and mainly reporting university and other news,{{cite web |url=http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicid=158 |title=Publications: Overview |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215163550/http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicid=158 |archive-date=December 15, 2007}} staffed by students from both Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College. Unlike Scholastic and The Dome, The Observer is an independent publication and does not have a faculty advisor or any editorial oversight from the university.{{cite web |title=About |url=https://ndsmcobserver.com/about/ |website=The Observer |access-date=October 29, 2019}} In 2003, when other students believed that the paper had a liberal bias, they started The Irish Rover, a print and digital newspaper published twice per month that features regular columns from alumni and faculty and coverage of campus matters. As of 2005, The Observer and the Irish Rover were distributed to all students.{{cite web |author=Cohen, Ed |year=2005 |title=The Student Media Frenzy |work=Notre Dame Magazine |url=http://www.nd.edu/~ndmag/sp2005/media.html |access-date=December 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015122510/http://nd.edu/~ndmag/sp2005/media.html |archive-date=October 15, 2007}} In Spring 2008, Beyond Politics, an undergraduate journal for political science research, made its debut.{{cite web |url=http://beyondpolitics.nd.edu/index.htm |title=Beyond Politics: An Undergraduate Review of Politics |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=October 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610075617/http://beyondpolitics.nd.edu/index.htm |archive-date=June 10, 2010}} In May 2023, a professor at the university, Tamara Kay, sued the Rover for defamation. The case was dismissed, and Kay filed an appeal in February 2024.{{Cite web |title=Notre Dame professor appeals dismissal of defamation suit against Irish Rover |url=https://www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2024/02/kay-appeals-dismissal-of-defamation-suit-against-irish-rover |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=Notre Dame professor appeals dismissal of defamation suit against Irish Rover - The Observer |language=en-US}}

WSND-FM serves the student body and the larger South Bend community at 88.9 FM, offering students a chance to become involved in bringing classical music, fine arts and educational programming, and alternative rock to the airwaves. Another radio station, WVFI, began as a partner of WSND-FM; it now airs independently and is streamed on the Internet.{{cite web |url=http://www.nd.edu/~wvfi/about.html |title=WVFI:About: History |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119220758/http://www.nd.edu/~wvfi/about.html |archive-date=January 19, 2008}}

The television station NDtv grew from one show in 2002 to a full 24-hour channel with original programming by 2006.{{cite web |url=http://www3.nd.edu/~sbnd/about/ |title=About NDtv |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=October 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230085451/http://www.nd.edu/~sbnd/about/ |archive-date=December 30, 2007}}

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Notre Dame's sports teams are known as the Fighting Irish. They compete as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, primarily competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) for all sports—except football and hockey —since the 2013–14 school year. Men's ice hockey is played in the Big Ten conference.{{cite web |url=https://admissions.nd.edu/life-at-notre-dame/campus-and-community/athletics |title=Athletics |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=November 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203080801/https://admissions.nd.edu/life-at-notre-dame/campus-and-community/athletics/ |archive-date=December 3, 2013}} Notre Dame men compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, fencing, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis and track and field; women's sports are basketball, cross country, fencing, golf, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, and volleyball. The football team competes as a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Independent{{cite news |author=Whiteside, Kelly |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/2003-07-01-irish-big-east_x.htm |title=Notre Dame courted but relishes football independence |date=July 2, 2003 |work=USA Today |access-date=December 19, 2007}} since its inception in 1887, except for 2020, when it competed as part of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Both fencing teams compete in the Midwest Fencing Conference.{{cite web |url=http://www.cstv.com/sports/c-fenc/uwire/022406aab.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106100853/http://www.cstv.com/sports/c-fenc/uwire/022406aab.html |archive-date=November 6, 2007 |title=Irish to host Midwest Fencing Conference Championship |publisher=CSTV |access-date=December 19, 2007}}

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Notre Dame's sports conference affiliations, except football and fencing, changed in July 2013 because of major conference realignment, and its fencing affiliation changed in July 2014. The Irish left the Big East for the ACC during a prolonged period of instability in the Big East;{{cite web |url=http://www.theacc.com/genrel/091212aaa.html |title=ACC Accepts Notre Dame as New Member |publisher=Atlantic Coast Conference |date=September 12, 2012 |access-date=November 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014033744/http://www.theacc.com/genrel/091212aaa.html |archive-date=October 14, 2012}}{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/9042949/notre-dame-big-east-agree-irish-exit-2-years-early-join-acc |title=Big East, Notre Dame agree on exit |first1=Brett |last1=McMurphy |first2=Andy |last2=Katz |author-link2=Andy Katz |publisher=ESPN |date=March 12, 2013 |access-date=March 12, 2013}} while they maintain their football independence, they have committed to playing five games per season against ACC opponents.{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8369070/notre-dame-sports-football-hockey-acc |title=Notre Dame joining ACC |publisher=ESPN |date=September 13, 2012 |access-date=September 13, 2012}} After Notre Dame joined the ACC, the conference announced it would add fencing as a sponsored sport beginning in the 2014–15 school year.{{cite press release |url=http://www.theacc.com/#!/news-detail/Fencing-Back-In-ACC-Mix_09-27-13_3q5lq6 |title=Fencing Back in ACC Mix |publisher=Atlantic Coast Conference |date=September 27, 2013 |access-date=November 25, 2013}}

There are many theories behind the adoption of the team name{{cite web |last1=O'shaughnessy |first1=Brendan |title=What's in a Name? How Notre Dame became the Fighting Irish |url=https://www.nd.edu/features/whats-in-a-name/ |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=November 23, 2015}} but the Fighting Irish name was used in the early 1920s with respect to the football team, and alumnus Francis Wallace popularized it in his New York Daily News columns.{{sfn|Sperber|2002|p=76}} Notre Dame's official colors are gold and navy blue.{{cite web |url=http://www.und.com/trads/nd-m-fb-goldandblue.html |title=Gold And Blue |access-date=July 23, 2011 |work=und.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214133922/http://www.und.com/trads/nd-m-fb-goldandblue.html |archive-date=December 14, 2014 }} Green is sometimes worn because of the Fighting Irish nickname.

The Notre Dame Leprechaun is the mascot of the athletic teams. Created by Theodore W. Drake in 1964, the leprechaun was first used on the football pocket schedule and later the football program covers. Time featured it on a November 1964 cover.{{cite web |url=http://mailmanagement.com/Drake/atists_bio.htm |title=Ted Drake, Notre Dame and Sports Artist |publisher=Mail Management |access-date=February 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830164945/http://mailmanagement.com/Drake/atists_bio.htm |archive-date=August 30, 2007}} Since its inception in 2011, Fighting Irish Media (FIM), made up of part-time student workers and full time producers, has filmed nearly all Fighting Irish sporting events for live digital and linear broadcasts.{{Cite web |url=https://ndsmcobserver.com/2019/11/fighting-irish-media-student-staffers-promote-notre-dame-athletics-build-community/ |title=Fighting Irish Media student staffers promote Notre Dame athletics, build community |date=November 22, 2019 |first=Renee |last=Pierson |website=The Observer |language=en-US |access-date=September 9, 2020}} With the installation of a videoboard in Notre Dame Stadium in Fall 2017, FIM has taken over video board production for all Fighting Irish teams.{{Cite web |url=https://www.abc57.com/news/calling-the-shots-meet-the-man-running-notre-dames-new-video-board |title=Calling the shots: Meet the man behind Notre Dame's new video board |date=September 2, 2017 |first=Jess |last=Arnold |website=ABC57.com |language=en-US |access-date=September 9, 2020}} In 2014, the University of Notre Dame and Under Armour reached an agreement whereby the company provides uniforms, apparel, equipment, and monetary compensation to Notre Dame for 10 years. This contract, worth almost $100 million, was the most lucrative in the history of the NCAA at that time.{{cite web |title=What richest apparel deal in NCAA history means for Notre Dame, Under Armour |url=http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/what-richest-apparel-deal-in-ncaa-history-means-for-notre-dame-ua-012114 |work=Fox Sports |access-date=November 2, 2015 |date=January 21, 2014}} According to some analysts without direct connection to the university or its athletic department, Notre Dame promotes Muscular Christianity through its athletic programs.{{cite book |author=Alister E. McGrath |title=Christianity's Dangerous Idea |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KQzhEclsl94C&pg=PT380 |quote=Nor is sport a purely Protestant concern: Catholicism can equally well be said to promote muscular Christianity, at least to some extent, through the athletic programs of such leading schools as the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. |publisher=HarperOne |year=2008 |access-date=August 1, 2011 |author-link=Alister E. McGrath |isbn=9780061864742}}{{cite book |first1=Michael S. |last1=Kimmel |first2=Amy |last2=Aronson |title=Men and Masculinities: a Social, Cultural, and Historical Encyclopædia, Volume 1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jWj5OBvTh1IC&pg=PA558 |quote=As neo-orthodoxy arose in the mainline Protestant churches, Muscular Christianity declined there. It did not, however, disappear from American landscape, because it found some new sponsors. In the early 2000s (decade) these include the Catholic Church and various rightward-leaning Protestant groups. The Catholic Church promotes Muscular Christianity in the athletic programs of schools such as Notre Dame, as do evangelical Protestant groups such as Promise Keepers, Athletes in Action, and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2004 |access-date=August 1, 2011 |isbn=9781576077740}}

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The Notre Dame football team's history began when the Michigan team brought the game to Notre Dame in 1887 and played against a group of students.{{cite news |author=Meskill, Christopher |url=http://www.nd.edu/~scholast/issues/148/7/games/Michigan.html |title=History Repeated |work=Scholastic |date=February 2007 |access-date=December 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020153824/http://nd.edu/~scholast/issues/148/7/games/Michigan.html |archive-date=October 20, 2007}} Since then, 13 Fighting Irish teams have won consensus national championships (although the university only claims 11), along with another nine teams being named national champions by at least one source.{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/database/notredame_database.htm |title=Notre Dame Football history databaseO |publisher=Nationalchamps.net |access-date=December 19, 2007}} The program has the most members in the College Football Hall of Fame,{{cite news |url=http://www.und.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/050907aab.html |title=Chris Zorich Named To College Football Hall of Fame |date=May 9, 2007 |publisher=und.com |access-date=December 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523180926/http://www.und.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/050907aab.html |archive-date=May 23, 2012 }} is tied with Ohio State for the most Heisman Trophies won by players,{{cite web |url=http://www.heisman.com/winners/hsmn-winners.html |title=Heisman Winners |publisher=Heisman.com |access-date=November 23, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118210440/http://www.heisman.com/winners/hsmn-winners.html |archive-date=November 18, 2007}} and has the 3rd highest winning percentage in NCAA history, behind Ohio State and Alabama.{{Cite web |title=Winsipedia - Notre Dame Fighting Irish football all-time record, wins, and statistics - Independent Conference |url=http://www.winsipedia.com/notre-dame |access-date=2022-01-13 |website=Winsipedia |language=en}} Notre Dame has accumulated many rivals; the annual game against USC for the Jeweled Shillelagh has been described as one of the greatest in college football.{{cite web |url=http://cfn.scout.com/2/591649.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070309013228/http://cfn.scout.com/2/591649.html |archive-date=March 9, 2007 |title=The Ten Greatest College Football Rivalries |access-date=October 23, 2019}}

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George Gipp was the school's legendary football player of the late 1910s.John U. Bacon, "The Gipper," Michigan History 2001 85(6): 48–55, In 1928, coach Knute Rockne used his final conversation with the dying Gipp to inspire the Notre Dame team to beat Army and "win one for the Gipper"; that scene became the climax of the 1940 film Knute Rockne, All American, starring Pat O'Brien as Rockne and Ronald Reagan as Gipp.{{cite web |title=Knute Rockne All American |website=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032676/ |access-date=October 29, 2019}}

The team competes in the 80,795-seat Notre Dame Stadium.{{cite web |url=http://www.und.com/facilities/notre-dame-stadium.html |title=Notre Dame Stadium |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130172136/http://www.und.com/facilities/notre-dame-stadium.html |archive-date=November 30, 2017 }} The current head coach is Marcus Freeman, who was promoted to head coach after Brian Kelly departed Notre Dame to coach at LSU at the end of the 2021 regular season. Forbes ranked the program college football's eighth most valuable for its average annual revenue of $120 million. It has a TV contract with NBC worth an estimated $15 million per year and one of the country's largest fan bases.{{Cite web |title=College Football's Most Valuable Teams: Reigning Champion Clemson Tigers Claw Into Top 25 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2019/09/12/college-football-most-valuable-clemson-texas-am/?sh=4bb7c507a2e7 |access-date=November 14, 2021 |website=Forbes}}

During home games, activities occur all over campus and dorms decorate their halls with a traditional item (e.g., Zahm Hall's two-story banner). Traditional activities begin at midnight with the Drummers' Circle, involving the Band of the Fighting Irish's drumline beginning the other festivities that will continue the rest of the game day. Later that day, the trumpet section will play the Notre Dame Victory March and the Notre Dame Alma Mater under the dome. The entire band will play a concert at the steps of Bond Hall, then march into the stadium, leading fans and students alike across campus to the game.{{cite web |url=http://gameday.nd.edu/experience/notre-dame-spirit/band-of-the-fighting-irish/ |title=Band of the Fighting Irish |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=October 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003043202/http://gameday.nd.edu/experience/notre-dame-spirit/band-of-the-fighting-irish/ |archive-date=October 3, 2012}} At the end of each game, the Notre Dame Marching Band plays the alma mater.

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As of the 2020–2021 season, the men's basketball team has over 1,910 wins and appeared in 36 NCAA tournaments{{Cite web |title=Notre Dame Fighting Irish School History |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/notre-dame/ |access-date=November 14, 2021 |website=Sports Reference}}p.73{{cite web |url=http://www.und.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/nd/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/0708mbbmgintro |title=Notre Dame Men's Basketball Media Guide: Notre Dame Basketball A Storied Tradition |publisher=University of Notre Dame |format=PDF |access-date=December 20, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318083323/http://www.und.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/nd/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/0708mbbmgintro |archive-date=March 18, 2009 }} Former player Austin Carr holds the record for most points scored in a single game of the tournament with 61.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/history/singlescoring |title=Tourney History: Single-Game Scoring Performances |publisher=CBS |access-date=December 20, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726071646/http://sportsline.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/history/singlescoring |archive-date=July 26, 2008}} Although the team has never won the NCAA Tournament, they were named by the Helms Athletic Foundation as national champions twice. The team has orchestrated a number of upsets of top-ranked teams, the most notable of which was ending UCLA's record 88-game winning streak in 1974.{{cite magazine |author=Marquette, Ray |url=http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/sports2000/numbers/139123.html |title=88 consecutive wins |date=February 2, 1974 |magazine=The Sporting News |access-date=December 20, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225094639/http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/sports2000/numbers/139123.html |archive-date=December 25, 2007}} Notre Dame has beaten an additional eight number-one teams, and those nine wins rank second, to UCLA's 10, all-time in wins against the top team.

{{See also|Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball|Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey|Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's lacrosse}}

Notre Dame has won an additional 15 national championships in sports other than football. Four teams have won multiple national championships; the fencing team leads with 10,{{cite web |url=http://www.und.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/nd/sports/c-fenc/auto_pdf/0708fenguidehistory |title=Notre Dame Fencing Media Guide:History |publisher=University of Notre Dame |format=PDF |access-date=December 20, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325001212/http://www.und.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/nd/sports/c-fenc/auto_pdf/0708fenguidehistory |archive-date=March 25, 2009 }} followed by the men's lacrosse,{{cite web |title=Notre Dame wins 2nd straight men's lacrosse title |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/40230185/notre-dame-claims-second-straight-men-lacrosse-championship |website=ESPN.com |access-date=28 May 2024 |language=en |date=27 May 2024}} men's tennis, and women's soccer teams with two each.{{cite web |url=http://www.und.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/nd/sports/m-tennis/auto_pdf/0708mtquickfacts |format=PDF |title=Men's Tennis: Quick Facts |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 20, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418223331/http://www.und.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/nd/sports/m-tennis/auto_pdf/0708mtquickfacts |archive-date=April 18, 2012 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.ncaasports.com/soccer/womens/history |title=History – Past Champions |publisher=NCAA |access-date=December 20, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212190719/http://www.ncaasports.com/soccer/womens/history |archive-date=December 12, 2007}} The men's cross country and golf teams have won one and Notre Dame women's basketball has won two.{{cite news |author=Coyle, Tom |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/basketba/marchmania/2001womens/stories/2001-04-01-notredame-campus.htm |title=Irish students overjoyed after national title win |work=USA Today |date=April 2, 2001 |access-date=December 19, 2007}} In the first 10 years that Notre Dame competed in the Big East Conference its teams won a total of 64 championships.{{cite web |url=http://www.und.com/genrel/020705aaa.html |title=Notre Dame Will Officially Mark Its 10th Year in the Big East Conference Tuesday Night |publisher=University of Notre Dame |date=February 7, 2005 |access-date=December 20, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503100819/http://www.und.com/genrel/020705aaa.html |archive-date=May 3, 2012 }} {{as of|2010}}, the women's swimming and diving team holds the Big East record for consecutive conference championships in any sport with 14 straight conference titles (1997–2010).{{cite web |title=Notre Dame Claims 14th Consecutive BIG EAST Title |url=http://www.und.com/sports/w-swim/recaps/022010aaa.html |website=und.com |access-date = November 2, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151016195248/http://www.und.com/sports/w-swim/recaps/022010aaa.html |archive-date = October 16, 2015 }}

The Band of the Fighting Irish was formed in 1846 and is the oldest university band in continuous existence.{{cite web |url=http://www.ndband.com/about-the-nd-band/history.cfm |title=Notre Dame Marching Band |publisher=Ndband.com |access-date=October 29, 2018}} The marching band plays at home games for most sports. It regularly plays the school's fight song, the Notre Dame "Victory March", identified as the most played and most famous fight song by Northern Illinois professor William Studwell.{{cite web |last=Leroux |first=Charles |title='Victory March' rated No. 1 college fight song |url=http://news.nd.edu/news/6427-victory-march-rated-no-1-college-fight-song/ |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=August 2, 2011 |date=October 21, 1998}} According to College Fight Songs: An Annotated Anthology published in 1998, the "Victory March" is the greatest fight song. It was honored by the National Music Council as a "Landmark of American Music" during the United States Bicentennial.{{cite web |url=http://www.nd.edu/~ndband/history.html |title=History |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 7, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013084724/http://www.nd.edu/~ndband/history.html |archive-date=October 13, 2012}} The song is featured in the films Knute Rockne, All American, Airplane! and Rudy.{{cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/59648 |access-date=October 29, 2019|website=catalog.afi.com}}

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The school has over 130,000 alumni and 275 alumni clubs around the world.{{cite web |last1=Dame |first1=Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre |title=Alumni // ESTEEM // University of Notre Dame |url=https://esteem.nd.edu/our-students/alumni/ |website=ESTEEM |access-date=October 29, 2019 |language=en}}{{cite web |last1=Dame |first1=Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre |title=Notre Dame Clubs |url=http://my.nd.edu/s/1210/myND/landing-2col-narrow.aspx?sid=1210&gid=1&pgid=17775 |website=my.nd.edu |access-date=October 29, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=October 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023062953/http://my.nd.edu/s/1210/myND/landing-2col-narrow.aspx?sid=1210&gid=1&pgid=17775 }} Notre Dame is ranked among the universities with strongest alumni networks.{{Cite web |title=Top 20 Best Alumni Networks (Private Schools) {{!}} The Princeton Review |url=https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=top-20-best-alumni-networks-private-schools |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=www.princetonreview.com}} Many give the university yearly monetary support. Notre Dame is ranked among schools with the highest alumni donation rates.{{Cite web |last=Hansen |first=Sarah |title=Grateful Grads 2018 – 200 Colleges With The Happiest, Most Successful Alumni |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahhansen/2018/08/21/grateful-grads-2018-200-colleges-with-the-happiest-most-successful-alumni/ |access-date=February 1, 2021 |website=Forbes |language=en}} A school-record of 53.2 percent of alumni donating was set in 2006.{{cite news |author=Michaels, Amanda |url=http://media.www.ndsmcobserver.com/media/storage/paper660/news/2006/09/14/News/Record.Number.Of.Nd.Alums.Donate.Money-2271570.shtml |title=Record number of ND alums donate money |date=September 14, 2006 |work=The Observer |access-date=December 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110225118/http://media.www.ndsmcobserver.com/media/storage/paper660/news/2006/09/14/News/Record.Number.Of.Nd.Alums.Donate.Money-2271570.shtml |archive-date=January 10, 2009}} Many buildings, including residence halls, on campus are named for major donors.{{cite web |url=http://orlh.nd.edu/halls/mcglinn/index.htm |title=McGlinn Hall: Hall History |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117184112/http://orlh.nd.edu/halls/mcglinn/index.htm |archive-date=November 17, 2007}}{{cite web |url=http://orlh.nd.edu/halls/keough/index.htm |title=Keough Hall: Hall History |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117184020/http://orlh.nd.edu/halls/keough/index.htm |archive-date=November 17, 2007}} Classroom buildings,{{cite news |author=Downes, Meghanne |url=http://media.www.ndsmcobserver.com/media/storage/paper660/news/2003/10/28/News/Board.Approves.New.Construction-540690.shtml |title=Board approves new construction |work=The Observer |date=October 28, 2003 |access-date=December 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110162455/http://media.www.ndsmcobserver.com/media/storage/paper660/news/2003/10/28/News/Board.Approves.New.Construction-540690.shtml |archive-date=January 10, 2009}} and the performing arts center are also named for donors.

Alumni working in politics include state governors,{{cite news |url=http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/people/k/kernan_joseph/index.html |title=Joe Kernan Former governor of Indiana |newspaper=The Indianapolis Star |date=January 10, 2005 |access-date=December 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102203832/http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/people/k/kernan_joseph/index.html |archive-date=November 2, 2007}} members of the United States Congress,{{cite web |url=http://peteking.house.gov/about/full-biography |title=Congressman Peter King: Biography |publisher=United States House of Representatives |access-date=December 19, 2007 |archive-date=May 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526070445/http://peteking.house.gov/about/full-biography }} and former United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.{{cite web |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/41252.htm |title=Biography: Condoleezza Rice |publisher=U.S. Department of State |access-date=December 19, 2007}} Notable alumni from the College of Science are Eric F. Wieschaus, winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in medicine,{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1995/wieschaus-bio.html |title=Eric F. Wieschaus – Biographical |publisher=Nobel Web Media |access-date=December 18, 2013}} and Philip Majerus, discoverer of the cardioprotective effects of aspirin.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/15/us/dr-philip-majerus-among-the-first-to-discern-aspirins-heart-benefits-dies-at-79.html |title=Dr. Philip Majerus, Who Discerned Aspirin's Heart Benefits, Dies at 79 |date=June 15, 2016 |work=The New York Times |access-date=December 10, 2016}} Many university officials are alumni, including the current president, John Jenkins and incoming President Robert Dowd, a professor of Political Science who specializes in African Studies.{{Cite web |last=Nietzel |first=Michael T. |title=University Of Notre Dame Selects Robert A. Dowd As Next President |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2023/12/04/university-of-notre-dame-selects-robert-a-dowd-as-next-president/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Forbes |language=en}}{{cite news |author=Hanna, Maddie |url=http://media.www.ndsmcobserver.com/media/storage/paper660/news/2005/04/27/FathermonkMalloy/Jenkins.Family.Members.Reflect.On.Rise.To.Presidency-938001.shtml |title=Jenkins, family members reflect on rise to presidency |work=The Observer |date=April 27, 2005 |access-date=December 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020093704/http://media.www.ndsmcobserver.com/media/storage/paper660/news/2005/04/27/FathermonkMalloy/Jenkins.Family.Members.Reflect.On.Rise.To.Presidency-938001.shtml |archive-date=October 20, 2007}} Alumni in media include talk show hosts Regis Philbin{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9542101 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118023034/http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9542101 |archive-date=January 18, 2013 |title=Regis Philbin Biography (1933–) |publisher=Biography.com |access-date=December 19, 2007}} and Phil Donahue,{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9542194 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722201445/http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9542194 |archive-date=July 22, 2012 |title=Phil Donahue Biography (1935–) |publisher=Biography.com |access-date=December 19, 2007}} and television and radio personalities such as Mike Golic{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9542194 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722201445/http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9542194 |archive-date=July 22, 2012 |title=Mike Golic |publisher=ESPN |access-date=December 19, 2007}} and Hannah Storm.{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/10/14/earlyshow/bios/main525455.shtml |title=Hannah Storm |work=CBS News |access-date=December 19, 2007 |date=October 14, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050921120450/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/10/14/earlyshow/bios/main525455.shtml |archive-date=September 21, 2005}} A number of sports alumni have continued their careers in professional sports, such as Joe Theismann, Joe Montana,{{cite news |author=Schwartz, Larry |url=http://www.espn.com/sportscentury/features/00016306.html |title=Montana was comeback king |publisher=ESPN |access-date=December 19, 2007}} Tim Brown, Ross Browner, Rocket Ismail, Ruth Riley, Jeff Samardzija,{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2736354 |title=Cubs sign Samardzija to five-year, $10 million deal |publisher=ESPN |date=January 21, 2007 |access-date=December 19, 2007}} Jerome Bettis, Justin Tuck, Craig Counsell, Skylar Diggins-Smith, Brett Lebda, Olympic fencing gold medalist Mariel Zagunis and two-time bronze medalist Nick Itkin, professional boxer Mike Lee, former football coaches such as Charlie Weis,{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/ncf/news/story?id=1943710 |title=Weis to be introduced as Irish coach Monday |publisher=ESPN |date=December 13, 2004 |access-date=December 19, 2007}} Frank Leahy and Knute Rockne,{{cite web |url=http://www.knuterockne.com/biography.htm |title=Biography |publisher=Knuterockne.com |access-date=December 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211200656/http://www.knuterockne.com/biography.htm |archive-date=December 11, 2007}} and Basketball Hall of Famers Austin Carr and Adrian Dantley. Other notable alumni include prominent businessman Edward J. DeBartolo Jr. and astronaut Jim Wetherbee.{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/U1LO.html |title=#562 Edward Debartolo Jr |work=Forbes |access-date=December 19, 2007 |archive-date=December 18, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218175920/http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/U1LO.html }}{{cite web |url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/wetherbe.html |title=Biographical Data: James D. Wetherbee, (Professor of Law at Marquette University) (Captain, USN Ret.) NASA Astronaut (former) |publisher=NASA.gov |access-date=December 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228001339/http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/wetherbe.html |archive-date=December 28, 2007}} Two alumni have received the Presidential Medal of Freedom (Alan Page and Edward J. DeBartolo Jr.), and two the Congressional Gold Medal (Thomas Anthony Dooley III and Bill Hanzlik).

The University of Notre Dame is the setting of several works of fiction, as well as the alma mater of some fictional characters.{{cite web |title=Notre Dame=pop culture powerhouse |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/redeye/ct-red-0103-notre-dame-pop-culture-gallery-photogallery.html |website=chicagotribune.com |date=January 2, 2013 |access-date=October 22, 2019}} In mid-20th century America, it became "perhaps the most popular symbol of Catholicism" as noted by The Routledge Companion to Religion and Popular Culture:

{{blockquote|By combining religion, ethnicity, masculinity, and athletics into a potent mixture of an aggressive and uniquely Catholic gospel of athletics, Notre Dame football became the emblematic program that represented American Catholic self-identity.{{cite book |editor=John C. Lyden |editor2=Eric Michael Mazur |title=The Routledge Companion to Religion and Popular Culture |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qJesBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT618 |year=2015 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |page=426 |isbn=9781317531050}}}}

• Knute Rockne, All American is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of Knute Rockne, Notre Dame football coach.{{cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/1016 |website=catalog.afi.com |access-date=October 28, 2019}}
• The "Win one for the Gipper" speech was parodied in the 1980 film Airplane! when, with the "Victory March" rising to a crescendo in the background, Dr. Rumak (played by Leslie Nielsen) urged reluctant pilot Ted Striker (played by Robert Hays) to "win just one for the Zipper", Striker's war buddy George Zipp. The "Victory March" also plays during the film's credits.{{cite web |title=Definition of win this one for the gipper {{!}} Dictionary.com |url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/win-this-one-for-the-gipper |website=www.dictionary.com |access-date=October 22, 2019 |language=en}}{{cite web |last1=Phinizy |first1=Coles |title=WIN ONE FOR THE GIPPER |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1979/09/17/823975/knute-rockne-part-2-win-one-for-the-gipper-was-that-famed-line-attributed-to-george-gipp-a-real-deathbed-request-or-just-a-rockne-ploy |website=Vault |access-date=October 22, 2019 |language=en}}
• Rudy is a 1993 account of the life of Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger, who harbored dreams of playing football at Notre Dame despite significant obstacles.{{cite web |last1=Alexander |first1=Bryan |title=Rudy Ruettiger on 'Rudy' at 25: Stop asking if that Notre Dame jersey scene really happened |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2018/08/27/rudy-ruettiger-notre-dame-jersey-scene-real/1088808002/ |website=USA TODAY |access-date=October 28, 2019 |language=en}}

• President Josiah Bartlet from the show The West Wing is a Notre Dame graduate and First Lady Abigail Bartlet attended Saint Mary's College. Danny Concannon, a member of the White House press corps, is also a graduate of Notre Dame. Actor Martin Sheen specifically asked that his character be a Notre Dame alumnus due to the Catholicism shared by both the actor and the character.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/10/13/west-wing-cast-martin-sheen-anniversary/16153423/ |title=15 years later: 'West Wing' cast members, producer reflect on political show |newspaper=USA Today |date=October 13, 2014 |access-date=October 15, 2017}}{{Cite web |title=The Definitive History Of The West Wing |url=https://www.empireonline.com/westwing |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=Empire Online}}

• One of the music videos for the song "This Too Shall Pass" by OK Go was created in collaboration with the University of Notre Dame Marching Band and was shot on the university campus.{{Cite web |title=ShieldSquare Captcha |url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/ok-go/this-too-shall-pass |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=www.songfacts.com}}{{Cite web |title=OK Go offer an anthem for 2020, with marching band |url=http://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2020/11/02/ok-go-offer-an-anthem-for-2020-with-the-help-of-a-marching-band |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}

• Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival, held on campus every summer

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• {{cite book |last1=Sperber |first1=Murray A.|author-link=Murray Sperber|title=Shake down the Thunder: The Creation of Notre Dame Football|year=2002 |orig-date=1993|publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-21568-0}}

• {{cite book|last=Burns|first=Robert E.|year= 1999|title=Being Catholic, Being American: The Notre Dame Story, 1842-1934|location= Notre Dame, Ind.|publisher=University of Notre Dame Press|url=https://archive.org/details/beingcatholicbei0000burn|isbn=978-0-268-02156-6}}
• {{cite book|last=Burns|first=Robert E.|year=2000|title=Being Catholic, Being American: The Notre Dame Story, 1934-1952|location= Notre Dame, Ind.|publisher=University of Notre Dame Press|isbn=978-0-268-02163-4}}
• {{cite book|last=Corson|first=Dorothy V.|year=2006|title=A Cave of Candles: The Story behind Notre Dame's Grotto|location=Nappanee, IN|publisher=Evangel Publishing House|isbn=978-1-933858-11-1}}
• {{cite book|last=McAvoy|first=Thomas Timothy|year=1967|title=Father O'Hara of Notre Dame, the Cardinal-Archbishop of Philadelphia|location=Notre Dame, Ind.|publisher=University of Notre Dame Press|url=https://archive.org/details/fatheroharaofnot00mcav|oclc=747714}}
• {{cite book|last=Massa|first=Mark Stephen|year=1999|title=Catholics and American Culture: Fulton Sheen, Dorothy Day, and the Notre Dame Football Team|location=New York|publisher=Crossroad Pub. Co.|isbn=978-0-8245-1537-9}}
• {{cite book|last=Miscamble|first=Wilson D.|year=2019|title=American Priest: The Ambitious Life and Conflicted Legacy of Notre Dame's Father Ted Hesburgh|location=New York, NY|publisher=Image|url=https://archive.org/details/americanpriest--tedhesburghandapostchristiannationwilsonmiscamble2019 |isbn=978-1-984823-43-4}}
• {{cite book|last=Pilkinton|first=Mark C. |title=Washington Hall at Notre Dame: Crossroads of the University, 1864–2004|publisher=University of Notre Dame Press|year=2011|location=Notre Dame, IN|isbn=978-0-268-08981-8|url=https://archive.org/details/washingtonhallat0000pilk}}
• {{cite book|last=Rice|first=Charles E.|author-link=Charles E. Rice|year=2009|title=What Happened to Notre Dame?|location=South Bend, Ind.|publisher=St. Augustine’s Press|isbn=978-1-58731-920-4}}
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