NASHVILLE, Tenn., (May 20, 2015) – Nashville’s Holiday Tradition, the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl, has been set for Wednesday, Dec. 30 at 6:00 p.m. CST at LP Field. The game will be televised on ESPN, the Bowl’s television partner since its inception, and will take place in prime time for the first time …read more.

Former Notre Dame quarterback Everett Golson is headed to the Sunshine State. Golson announced today that he will play his final season at Florida State. Golson, who graduated from Notre Dame on Sunday, announced his intention to transfer on May 7 after competing in spring drills with Malik Zaire for the starting spot for the …read more.

Enlightened Diagnostics, a startup company run by students from the University of Notre Dame, won three prizes and $19,000 at the 2015 Rice Business Plan Competition, the largest competition of its kind in the world.

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — For the fourth consecutive year, the University of Notre Dame women’s basketball program was represented near the top of the first round in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) Draft, as junior guard Jewell Loyd (Lincolnwood, Ill./Niles West) was selected by the Seattle Storm with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2015 WNBA Draft …read more.

By WILLIAM G. GILROY Notre Dame University The prevailing views on millennials are well-known, having been repeated frequently by the popular media and echoed by “back in my day” parents. Millennials are narcissistic. Millennials are entitled and don’t want to pay their dues. Millennials need hand-holding at work and are high-maintenance. Millennials are job-hoppers. However, …read more.

SOUTH BEND – Junior guard Jewell Loyd was chosen as the recipient of both the Notre Dame Monogram Club Most Valuable Player and Woody Miller Player of the Year awards, it was announced Tuesday night during the 2014-15 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball Awards Banquet in the Joyce Center Fieldhouse. In addition, four other Fighting Irish players …read more.

Aaron Neville, a four-time Grammy Award-winning singer and musician, will receive the University of Notre Dame’s 2015 Laetare Medal, the oldest and most prestigious honor given to American Catholics, at Notre Dame’s 170th University Commencement ceremony Sunday, May 17. “Aaron Neville proudly embraces and honors his faith through his God-given musical talents,” said Notre Dame’s …read more.

SOUTH BEND – The University of Notre Dame athletics department will eliminate all service charges and fees connected with purchasing tickets for all athletics events, effective with the 2015-16 athletic seasons. This includes season renewals, football lottery applications as well as single-game ticket purchases made online, over the phone or at the Murnane Family Ticket …read more.

SOUTH BEND – University of Notre Dame women’s basketball junior guard Jewell Loyd announced Wednesday evening that she will forego her senior season with the Fighting Irish and place her name under consideration for the 2015 Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) Draft. Loyd is eligible to enter this year’s Draft due to a league provision that …read more.

TAMPA – Geno Auriemma and his UConn Huskies are a perfect 10. The Hall of Fame coach joined some elite company in UCLA’s John Wooden after tying the Wizard of Westwood with his 10th NCAA Tournament title. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis and Moriah Jefferson each scored 15 points Tuesday night to lead the Huskies to a 63-53 victory …read more.

By Mike Monaco for the South Bend Cubs SOUTH BEND – Less than 24 hours after arriving to town from spring training in Arizona, the South Bend Cubs topped the University of Notre Dame, 5-3, in a seven-inning exhibition game Tuesday night at a chilly Four Winds Field. After three hitless and scoreless innings for …read more.

The South Bend Symphony Orchestra announces the third performance of its 2014-15 Masterworks Series at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 25 at the Morris Performing Arts Center. Maestro Tsung Yeh conducts Beethoven’s colossal Ninth Symphony, widely regarded as one of the greatest works of Western classical music. Known as the “Choral Symphony” for its revolutionary use of …read more.

TAMPA — Notre Dame is heading back to the women’s national championship game thanks to a timely putback from an unlikely source. Madison Cable’s only basket of the game lifted Notre Dame to a 66-65 victory over Final Four newcomer South Carolina in the national semifinals on Sunday night. All-American Jewell Loyd scored 22 points …read more.

After 17-plus years of performing more than 100 concerts annually, releasing eight studio albums and selling more than 3.5 million tracks online, Umphrey’s McGee might be forgiven if they chose to rest on their laurels. But then that wouldn’t be consistent with the work ethic demonstrated by the band, which consistently attempts to raise the …read more.

Notre Dame star Jerian Grant, after leading Notre Dame to its first trip to the Elite 8 since 1979,  has been named a first team All-American by the Associated Press. Grant is joined on the first team by Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky, Duke’s Jahlil Okafor, Kentucky junior Willie Cauley-Stein and Ohio State freshman D’Angelo Russell. At Notre …read more.

By ANDREA NEAL If he could see it now, Father Edward Sorin would surely marvel at what has become of Notre Dame du Lac, Our Lady of the Lake, the Catholic university he founded in 1842. These days it’s called simply Notre Dame, of course, but for Sorin the lake that inspired the name was …read more.

NOTRE DAME, Ind. — For the 20th consecutive season, and the 22nd time in school history, Notre Dame has earned a berth in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship, having received the Atlantic Coast Conference’s automatic berth into this year’s field by winning its second consecutive ACC Championship title last week. The Fighting Irish are the No. …read more.

NOTRE DAME, Ind. — As the Atlantic Coast Conference season comes to a close, the two-time ACC champion and second-ranked University of Notre Dame women’s basketball team continues to add awards to its trophy case. On Tuesday, the Fighting Irish picked up two major individual honors when junior guard Jewell Loyd (Lincolnwood, Ill./Niles West) was named the ACC …read more.

SOUTH BEND – Shane Walsh scored the winning goal in the fifth overtime to lead UMass to a 4-3 victory over Notre Dame in the longest game in NCAA Division I ice hockey history. The first-round Hockey East tournament matchup lasted 151 minutes, 42 seconds, ending early Saturday morning and surpassing the previous mark of …read more.

This Friday and Saturday, approximately 850 female collegiate students and professionals will gather at the University of Notre Dame for the 2015 Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Region H Conference, highlighting women engineers’ unique place and voice within the engineering industry and bringing a significant economic impact to the area. Hosted by the Notre Dame …read more.

Former President Jimmy Carter, former first lady Rosalynn Carter and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will be among the dignitaries who will speak Wednesday evening at a tribute to Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., the president of the University of Notre Dame from 1952 to 1987 who died Thursday at age 97, the University’s …read more.

By KARA BROOKS Office of Governor Mike Pence Governor Mike Pence is directing flags at state facilities statewide to be flown at half-staff in honor of Father Theodore Hesburgh, whose leadership, wisdom and vision on matters of human and civil rights, education, and diplomacy helped to better this nation and our world. Flags should be …read more.

(Photo courtesy of Notre Dame) A funeral mass for Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., will be celebrated at 2 p.m. March 4 in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the Notre Dame campus. Hesburgh was the president of the University of Notre Dame from 1952 to 1987. Rev. Thomas O’Hara, C.S.C., will preside. Rev. …read more.

Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., president of the University of Notre Dame from 1952 to 1987, a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross, and one of the nation’s most influential figures in higher education, the Catholic Church, and national and international affairs, died at 11:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, at Holy Cross House …read more.

NASHVILLE, Tenn., – Representatives from the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl announced earlier this month that this year’s game between Notre Dame and LSU, played on December 30 at 2 p.m. CST, delivered a 3.4 US HH rating on ESPN and an average of 5.3 million viewers. This was the second highest rating ever …read more.

Former Notre Dame football standouts Jerome Bettis and Tim Brown were elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Saturday night. Brown was a finalist for the sixth straight time, while Bettis was a finalist for the fifth consecutive year. Brown, the 1987 Heisman Trophy winner and a 2009 inductee into the College Football Hall …read more.

During the first 10 weeks of the 2014-15 Atlantic Coast Conference women’s basketball season, University of Notre Dame junior guard Jewell Loyd and freshman forward Brianna Turner took turns earning weekly accolades from the conference, with one garnering either ACC Player or Freshman of the Week honors in seven of those 10 weeks. On Monday, Loyd …read more.

SOUTH BEND – The Harlem Globetrotters’ Smile Patrol are set to make some child smile this Monday at the Memorial Children’s Hospital in South Bend. Flight Time Lang of the world famous Harlem Globetrotters will visit children at the hospital at 1:45 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12, as part of an outreach program through the Globetrotters’ …read more.

SOUTH BEND – Area baseball fans will get a chance to meet a Hall of Famer up close later this month. Craig Biggio, who was just voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame earlier this week, will be the guest speaker Jan. 26 at the Meet the Team Dinner for the Notre Dame baseball team. …read more.

SOUTH BEND – Taya Reimer, according to multiple media reports, has played her last basketball game for the University of Notre Dame. Reimer did not travel with the women’s basketball team to Miami Thursday night for “personal reasons” according to a Notre Dame spokesperson.  The No. 4 Irish lost 78-63 to snap their 30game road …read more.

SOUTH BEND – Fans planning to attend the home men’s basketball and hockey games at Notre Dame on Saturday night are encouraged to arrive early to make parking more convenient. The two Irish home athletic events begin at virtually the same time—the 13th-ranked Notre Dame men’s basketball squad faces third-ranked and unbeaten Virginia at 6 p.m. …read more.

[weaver_youtube ClAXX9xlkaI rel=0]   NASHVILLE, TN – Anything can happen in the postseason, there are no guarantees and always plenty of surprises. That was the case Tuesday at the Franklin American Music City Bowl when the No. 23 ranked Louisiana State Tigers met on the gridiron with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In the end …read more.

By WILLIAM G. GILROY Notre Dame University A large body of research has established the fact that individual investors are concerned not only with the performance of their investments, but also with the risk of how much they could lose if their investments perform poorly. But what about professional fund managers? A new study by …read more.

College isn’t cheap. There’s no doubt about that. And with the class of 2015 about to be up to their ears in college applications, the esteemed finance publisher Kiplinger has offered up its list of best college values in the nation. And a number of Hoosier schools made the list. “We salute this year’s top …read more.

SOUTH BEND – Baseball legend Mark Grace will headline the inaugural South Bend Cubs First Pitch Banquet presented by ABC-57 and News/Talk 95.3 MNC on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at the DoubleTree by Hilton in downtown South Bend. Doors open at 7 p.m. The First Pitch Banquet will bring area coaches together for a unique …read more.

Shakespeare at Notre Dame recently announced its 2015 season. Offering a subscription of plays for the first time in the organization’s history, the 16th season will include one tragedy, two comedies, and one romantic fairy tale, all following the theme: “Love, Loss, and Laughter.” The year kicks off Feb. 11 with Macbeth performed by Actors …read more.

By KATELYN SIMON Marketing and Sales Manager, South Bend Symphony The South Bend Symphony Orchestra highlights percussion in the second performance of its June H. Edwards Chamber Series, conducted by Maestro Tsung Yeh, at the Notre Dame DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11. The concert will open with a delightful orchestral …read more.

No matter the opponent, no matter the situation, University of Notre Dame women’s basketball junior guard Jewell Loyd  just keeps on producing. Following stellar efforts against two top-10 opponents last week, Loyd was chosen as the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Week, earning that honor today following a vote of the conference’s Blue Ribbon Panel, …read more.

The Notre Dame football team will not have too far to travel for its bowl destination. The struggling Irish, who lost their final four games of the regular season, will play LSU in the Music City Bowl in Nashville on Dec. 30. The game will kickoff at 3 p.m. and will be televised by ESPN. …read more.

SOUTH BEND – Morgan Tuck scored a career-high 25 points and Kiah Stokes added 18 rebounds to help No. 3 UConn beat second-ranked Notre Dame 76-58 on Saturday in the Jimmy V Classic. When the two teams met last April in the national championship game, the Huskies came away with a 79-58 victory. Both teams were unbeaten at …read more.

(Photo courtesy of Notre Dame) Head of Visual Development at Marvel Studios, Ryan Meinderding, a Notre Dame alum, will give a lecture on his work with comic book and film designs. “It’s like a dream come true,” said Meinderding in a 2012 interview with www.comicbookmovie.com. “When I was drawing Captain America when I was a …read more.

LOS ANGELES – Cody Kessler passed for 372 yards and threw two of his six touchdown passes to George Farmer, leading Southern California to a 49-14 victory over Notre Dame in the 85th edition of the intersectional rivalry Saturday. Adoree Jackson, Darreus Rogers and Nelson Agholor also caught TD passes in a dynamic first half …read more.

By William G. Gilroy Notre Dame University Prolific bestselling author James Patterson released a new children’s book on Nov. 24, and it has a distinct University of Notre Dame feel. House of Robots, co-written by Patterson and Chris Grabenstein, takes place in South Bend and features illustrations from the University’s annual National Robotics Week event …read more.

Kosciusko County’s Chamber of Commerce will welcome special guest Jack Swarbrick Jr. to it’s annual Chamber Membership Banquet on Wednesday, Jan. 21 at the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center at Grace College. Swarbrick serves as both the athletic director and vice president of Notre Dame and has been the catalyst for many important initiatives at the university. …read more.

Alex Coccia, a 2014 University of Notre Dame graduate, and Jacob Burnett, Wabash College class of 2015, have been selected to the American Rhodes Scholar Class of 2015. Burnett, Mishawaka, Ind., and Coccia, a Columbus, Ohio native, learned yesterday they were among 32 students in the nation to be named a Rhodes Scholar. The 32 winners …read more.

SOUTH BEND – Louisville didn’t panic when Notre Dame, aided by a 61-yard punt return, scored two quick touchdowns early in the third quarter to take the lead. The Cardinals answered with a pair of touchdowns of their own, stopped Notre Dame at the 9-yard line and avoided overtime when Notre Dame’s Kyle Brindza missed …read more.

SOUTH BEND – Notre Dame made way too many mistakes to beat even a team struggling as much as Northwestern. It started with a blocked extra point that was returned for a two-point conversion by the Wildcats. Twice Notre Dame turned the ball over in the second half on plays that started at the 5-yard line. …read more.

TEMPE, Ariz. – Any slim chance that still remained of making it into the college playoff at the end of the season for the Notre Dame football team wilted in the desert Saturday. The Irish, done in by their own mistakes, were manhandled 55-31 at Arizona State. The No. 11 ranked Sun Devils turned five …read more.

SOUTH BEND – Notre Dame middle linebacker Joe Schmidt is out for the season because of a fractured ankle that will require surgery, Irish Coach Brian Kelly announced Sunday. Schmidt was injured during Notre Dame’s 49-39 win over Navy Saturday night in Landover, Maryland. A former walk-on, Schmidt earned a scholarship at Notre Dame and …read more.

The good news is that I hit on every pick last week, a perfect 7-0. The bad news is that many of my picks went against local teams. So, it was a relatively bad week for the local athletes. The best news, however, is that I was successful in beating Ink Free’s very own Mike …read more.

GRAPEVINE, TX – It’s brand new, and plenty of people are already talking and complaining. The NCAA unveiled its first of seven Top 25 rankings Tuesday night, which will ultimately have the top four teams placed into a much-desired playoff to determine its national champion. The selection committee will ultimately pick the four teams to …read more.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — For a few seconds, it looked as if Everett Golson and Notre Dame had another streak-busting victory, this time against the defending national champions from Florida State. As the fifth-ranked Fighting Irish celebrated an apparent go-ahead touchdown with 13 seconds left, flags flew. The call: offensive pass interference. The touchdown was gone. Golson’s last …read more.

Ink? We don’t need no stinking ink! Okay, so technically all of my picks articles have been “ink free” but this one is extra ink free since it’s the first picking action to be on our new site. It’s also not called the Ink Free News edition because, well, none of what I’m doing here …read more.

SOUTH BEND – Everett Golson threw three touchdown passes and No. 6 Notre Dame remained unbeaten with a 50-43 victory Saturday over North Carolina. The 50-43 victory Saturday, the highest-scoring game in the 84-year-history of Notre Dame Stadium, wasn’t secure for the sixth-ranked Irish until Ben Koyack recovered the Tar Heels’ onside kick with 47 …read more.

Young Tigers Football and Cheerleading of Warsaw will be hosting the Notre Dame and Florida State football game on a jumbo-tron Sat., Oct. 18. This event is free to the public and will offer concessions. No alcohol will be permitted on the premises. The game viewing will be held at Fribley Field, located at 700 …read more.

SOUTH BEND – Everett Golson saved his best for last Saturday. That was just enough too to give his Notre Dame football team a hard-fought 17-14 win over Stanford at Notre Dame Stadium. Golson connected on a 23-yard touchdown toss to tight end Ben Koyack with just 1:01 to play for the win. The game …read more.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Everett Golson shook off a slow start to have a record-setting performance Saturday night. The Notre Dame quarterback passed the No. 8 Irish past Syracuse 31-15 at MetLife Stadium. Golson hit on 32-39 passes for 362 yards and four touchdowns. Golson set a school record by completing  25 straight passes as …read more.

University of Notre Dame graduate Mark Gallogly and his wife, Lise Strickler, have made a $10 million gift to the University to endow the Reverend James E. McDonald, C.S.C., Center for Student Well-Being. “The health of our students is an utmost priority, and the McDonald Center will enable us to more effectively and comprehensively support …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS – The annual Shamrock Series was anything but a sham for the Notre Dame football team on Saturday night. The Fighting Irish met at Lucas Oil Stadium in the state’s capital to take on in-state rival Purdue for the 86th time. The visiting Boilermakers did everything in their power to keep things close but …read more.

It’s a Friday edition of Nick’s Picks! Last weekend was so bad, I decided to take another day just to recover. But it’s now a new week and everybody gets to start fresh. We are all 0-0 this week, at least that’s how I’m thinking about it. Seriously, it was a rough week for prep …read more.

NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Nearly 80 years ago, a talented young British filmmaker named Alfred Hitchcock directed the classic thriller, “The 39 Steps.” And while one doesn’t expect Muffet McGraw to be perched in a director’s chair behind a camera, the Hall of Fame head coach will look to help the University of Notre Dame women’s basketball team …read more.

[weaver_youtube GjEnCjsupAA rel=0]   [weaver_youtube vTR42Jzv11Q rel=0]   SOUTH BEND – Notre Dame definitely got the last laugh versus Michigan. The Irish, in the final scheduled meeting versus their rival, mauled the Maize and Blue 31-0 Saturday night. Notre Dame dominated the final meeting of the historic series in historic fashion. The shutout was the …read more.

This is THE week. I hate to raise the bar too high but this might be the greatest weekend of football that we have all season. Yes, I am serious, Kosciusko. How could it get any better? Notre Dame/Michigan, NorthWood/Concord, Warsaw/Plymouth, the NFL returns and Tom Wogomon returns to Syracuse. I don’t know how to …read more.

SOUTH BEND – Everett Golson looked better after a year off than he ever did in helping Notre Dame get to the national championship two seasons ago. In his first game back after missing last season for academic impropriety, Golson threw touchdown passes of 75 and 53 yards and became just the third Notre Dame …read more.

I’ve never tripped and fallen. I just randomly attack the floor…and win. Full disclosure: I was not attacked by a pterodactyl, nor was anybody. I just really needed a good title for my article and I knew “pterodactyl” would draw people in. So, thanks for stopping by and keep reading! Things just keep getting better. …read more.

Ivy Tech Community College’s North Central region (South Bend, Goshen and Warsaw) will hold its spring commencement ceremony at the Joyce Center’s Purcell Pavilion at the University of Notre Dame at 6 p.m. Friday, May 9. Ivy Tech President Thomas Snyder is scheduled to give remarks and confer the degrees and certificates for graduates as …read more.

Being a homeowner can be an awfully stressful job. There’s routine maintenance, home improvement projects, keeping track of all the items in the home, and a slew of other things to keep up with. Oddly enough, all of these tasks and items are usually locked inside the head of a homeowner. Surely, in this age …read more.

WINONA LAKE – When one thinks of basketball, the state of Indiana usually has a say in the matter. Immediately, it’s easy to point to ‘Hoosiers’ with local celeb Steve Hollar ready to fight as Rade Butcher, Bob Knight ready to fight anyone, or Muffett McGraw’s Fighting Irish women emerging as a legitimate contender year …read more.

Undergraduate tuition at the University of Notre Dame will increase 3.8 percent for the 2014-15 academic year to $46,237. The rate of increase matches that of the previous three years, which was the lowest since 1960. With average room and board rates of $13,224, total student charges will be $59,461. In a letter to parents …read more.

Super Bowl weekend is finally upon us and I have taken the liberty of setting aside a special article to preview this year’s NFL title match. This will be an exciting game full of some very big personalities and memorable moments. So, without further delay, let’s get down to business. NOTE: I did my homework …read more.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The University of Notre Dame and Loyola University Chicago are joining forces in a multidisciplinary cancer research collaboration. The goal of the alliance is to provide direct support for revolutionary new cancer research, with the ultimate objective of making cancer a more manageable, and potentially curable, disease. “This will enable world-class …read more.

Well, Kosciusko County, we once again find ourselves facing the wrath of Friday the 13th. Back in September we waded through the superstition and possibility of untimely death during this cursed day and made it out alive. Today we will have our superstitions at the forefront of our thoughts as we go about our daily …read more.

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! It is finally time to serve the stuffing, pumpkin pie (extra Cool Whip, please), cranberry sauce (for reasons that I still have not figured out) and turducken! Thanksgiving is truly a special time of year. Bickering family members, dry turkey, mediocre football and crazed moms hurdling one another to grab the last …read more.

This week is going to be a little different, I have an itch to rant. In 2014 the Big Ten Conference will be adding Rutgers University (and the University of Maryland, but nobody cares about that right now) and I have a problem with this addition. In the past year Rutgers has been hit with …read more.

As far as Kosciusko County is concerned, football season is over. No more Wildcats, Warriors, Vikings, Trojans and after last Friday, no more Tigers. Yes all of our favorite local prep gridiron stars have been eliminated. In fact, just one Northern Lakes Conference team remains in the fall postseason, the Concord Minutemen, perhaps better known …read more.

Happy Halloween! I am back with another amazing set of picks for your reading delight. A lot of trick ‘r’ treating was canceled tonight so I pushed off the article a little more for two reasons. The first reason is because I was at the office all day and quite frankly I believe the place …read more.

Apologies for the late post. I am just trying to compete with the local news broadcast. We all know who is more entertaining. I am happy to say that last week certainly lived up to the hype. The local prep teams gave us a few good games to talk about. Notre Dame and USC put …read more.

Well, does it? Can a weekend of sports possibly have more stuffed into it? Three local prep teams are playing for conference titles, two League Championship Series will come to a close in the MLB Playoffs. Boys and girls cross country and soccer teams will be competing for regional titles. USC and Notre Dame renew …read more.

This week, I am thinking pink. No, it is not Breast Cancer Awareness Month quite yet but that is not stopping me and it is certainly not stopping the Wawasee and Warsaw volleyball teams. Tonight the two rivals will square off in the Tiger Den for the 2013 DIG PINK game. Both teams will be …read more.

 Ahoy, mateys! Today is the day we have pined for all year, International Talk Like A Pirate Day! Yes, it is an official holiday and, yes, you should participate in the festivities. While I would like to write my entire article in pirate lingo, I do not want to annoy you readers. When I annoy …read more.

[weaver_youtube ibv4dj7OGbM rel=0] WEST LAFAYETTE – It is not how you start, it is how you finish. The Purdue Boilermakers played an excellent three quarters on Saturday evening, taking a 17-10 lead over No. 21 ranked Notre Dame into the fourth quarter. It all went down hill from there. The Irish scored to start the …read more.

Nationally recognized cheese carver and Guinness Book of World Records holder, Sarah “The Cheese Lady” Kaufmann will come to South Bend Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 14-15, to help kick off the football season in a big cheesy way! Kaufmann will carve live in Martin’s Supermarket, 2081 S. Bend Ave., as shoppers watch, ask questions and get …read more.

Tickets for the Chicago Blackhawks’ training camp sessions at the Compton Family Ice Arena at Notre Dame go on sale tomorrow (Aug. 21) at 8:30 a.m. (ET). Fans can purchase tickets for $10 at und.com/tickets, at Notre Dame’s Murnane Family Ticket Office or by calling (574) 631-7356. Ticket limits may apply. The Blackhawks, who have …read more.

MARION – The University of Notre Dame announced today that the football team will open its 2013 training camp on Monday, Aug. 5 in Marion, Ind., at the Shiloh Park Retreat and Conference Center. The Irish will go through their acclimatization portion of training camp. Notre Dame will ultimately conduct four practices on site before …read more.

SOUTH BEND – The Chicago Blackhawks announced today that the team will open its 2013-14 training camp at the University of Notre Dame on Thursday, Sept. 12. All Blackhawks practices will be held at Compton Family Ice Arena from Sept. 12 through Sunday, Sept. 15, before returning to the United Center on Monday, Sept. 16, …read more.

The University of Notre Dame and the NBC Sports Group have renewed their historic football partnership for 10 years, through the 2025 season. The renewal extends the landmark partnership, which began in 1991, to 35 years. Per the extension, which begins with the 2016 season, the NBC Sports Group retains global media rights on all …read more.

At a time when the national dialogue about higher education is centered on cost and value, Saint Mary’s College is proud to announce the Four-Year Graduation Promise. Starting in the fall with the incoming Class of 2017, students who follow the promise’s guidelines are guaranteed to graduate in four years or the college will pay …read more.

Last Fall, the American Heart Association announced a new local initiative called “Men of Heart”, aimed at raising awareness surrounding men’s heart health. Heart disease is the number one killer in America with more than 2,500 heart attacks and 2,100 strokes occurring each day. Mike Brey, head coach of the men’s basketball team at the …read more.

For the second year in a row, the University of Notre Dame is the No. 4 “dream college” among parents of college applicants, the Princeton Review reported in its annual “College Hopes and Worries” survey. Released Thursday, March 21, the rankings are, in order, Stanford University, Harvard College, Princeton University, Notre Dame, Massachusetts Institute of …read more.

The World Health Organization says health care workers’ willingness to practice in underserved areas, such as rural, remote or poor regions, is a major challenge in achieving equitable access to health care. The Indiana University School of Medicine says some of its students are, indeed, willing and now will be even better equipped to work …read more.

A new $3.5 million fund at the University of Notre Dame has been established to help launch student-led ventures and further strengthen the educational component of the University’s E.S.T.E.E.M. Graduate Program. The funds for the program will be from gifts made to the University by John Jeuck, the former dean of the University of Chicago …read more.

Notre Dame’s Department of Film, Television and Theatre presents Shadows of the Reef, a Lenten meditation, Feb. 21 to March 3, in the Philbin Studio Theatre. This production, featuring a cast of Notre Dame students alongside South Bend community members and Chicago professionals, is written and directed by Anton Juan, senior professor of directing and …read more.

An assistant professor of sport and fitness marketing at Indiana University says if the University of Notre Dame wins the Bowl Championship Series title game tonight, the school’s already-strong brand will hit an “all-time high.” Antonio Williams tells Inside INdiana Business, even if the Fighting Irish lose to the University of Alabama tonight, the school …read more.

The American Heart Association awarded more than $1.7 million to researchers at universities in Indiana in 2012 to fund new studies in the fight against heart disease and stroke. Combined with existing grants, the American Heart Association is investing more than $4.4 million in research in Indiana. Sixteen new studies were funded in Indiana this …read more.

Soldier Field in Chicago will become home to the Notre Dame hockey team. At least for one day next February. It was officially announced today (July 11) that the home of the Chicago Bears will play host to the Hockey City Classic. The collegiate doubleheader is slated for Feb. 17. Notre Dame will face Miami …read more.

Skylar Diggins will once again don the red, white and blue to represent her country in international basketball competition. Diggins, the former South Bend Washington hoops superstar and current Notre Dame senior, was chosen for the USA Basketball 3 X 3 National Team Sunday night. Diggins will compete in the inaugural FIBA 3 X 3 …read more.

A quartet of Wawasee Middle School girls had the chance to work their basketball skills under the watchful eye of one of the most successful programs in the country. From left, Harmony Schlabach, Hannah Lamle, Aubrey Kuhn and Wynter Rhoads had the chance to work with University of Notre Dame women’s head basketball coach Muffett …read more.

WINONA LAKE, IND. – Grace College scholarship figured prominently into a unique new title from Pickwick Publications (Wipf and Stock) published early this April. “The Activist Impulse” features numerous pieces of research and commentary on the history and intersection of the Anabaptist and evangelical movements in North America and was co-edited by Grace’s own Dr. …read more.