Notre Dame

Today Notre Dame unloaded it's last load of coal on campus.

In spite of Friday afternoon's rain, some protestors still turned out for what they call a "Whistle for Whistleblowers' protest against U.S. Attorney General William Barr. Barr is speaking Friday at the Notre Dame Law School. 

More than 200 people are attending Barr's talk with another two overflow rooms watching on a live feed. Barr's talk is not open to the public. Media are covering it. But media will be ushered out of the room when students ask questions of Barr. 

For the first time in the university's history, Notre Dame will host a presidential debate. It will be in Purcell Pavilion Sept. 29, 2020.

Today Notre Dame announced that Fr. Jenkins has been elected to a fourth 5-year term as the university's president. 

The university's Board of Trustees held the election at its fall meeting on campus. 

Jenkins was elected in 2005 as Notre Dame's 17th president. 

Six sculptures by University of Notre Dame professor, Rev. Austin Collins, have been installed in roundabouts in South Bend. 

The university says it's a pilot public art program to add color and vibrancy to the city. 

The sculptures are along Michigan Street at Bartlett and Marion streets on the north side and at Chippewa Avenue on the south side.

According to the university, the sculptures were installed by the city with support from the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County. 

Notre Dame has announced that Billy Joel will perform at a concert in Notre Dame Stadium Saturday, June 20, 220 at 8pm. Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday, October 18 at 10am.   

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Northeastern Indiana's University of Saint Francis is getting a male president for the first time in its nearly 130-year history.

School officials announced Monday that the Rev. Eric Albert Zimmer will become the Fort Wayne school's president on July 1, 2020, after Sister Elise Kriss retires following 27 years at the school.

Zimmer, who's a Jesuit priest, will become the first male president of the school, which was founded in 1890.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Two women have been sworn in as the University of Notre Dame Fire Department's first full-time female firefighters.

42-year-old Michelle Woolverton and 37-year-old Christi Shibata started as firefighters over the summer with the department, which got its start 140 years ago.

The department's Fire Chief Bruce Harrison said they have passion for the job, empathy and a determination to serve others.