Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response
Updates and Information for the Notre Dame Community
Updated: March 27, 2020 at 3:16PM
Each Friday, the Office of Public Affairs and Communications posts a review of the preceding week. The reviews include a summary of events and news that took place as the University responds to the coronavirus pandemic.
Each morning Father Jenkins walks from his apartment on campus to his office under the Dome. In a Spring Town Hall meeting, live-streamed this afternoon, he commented on the stunning beauty of campus in full bloom today, but also how “it’s empty without you.”
Fr. Jenkins: Lives in disarray, then “peace be with you.” Fr. Jenkins delivered an Easter message of hope from inside the Basilica that was seen by over 25,000 viewers this week.
FOX Business News today asked Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., president, to reflect on the separations caused by coronavirus during Passover and Easter. He discussed the opportunity for prayer and reflection in this difficult time and, while apart, remind friends and family why we love them. See the broadcast here…
Dear Notre Dame Community,
This week, Fr. Jenkins contacted the Class of 2020 on Tuesday to update them about the conferral of degrees on May 17 and ideas for a commencement celebration during Memorial Day weekend 2021. He said that a student committee would soon be convened…
The transition from in-classroom instruction to distant teaching and learning went smoothly this week. There was also more clarity about policies as they pertain to grades, employment, tenure track and other issues of importance to students, faculty and staff.