University of Notre Dame News

Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson said Saturday that he thinks the company is close to returning to the S&P 500 index.

The Trail of Tears was devastating to the Great Lakes Potawatomi who had lived for hundreds of years in the region.

"Since I was a small child, I've wanted to go into medicine," she said. "My aunt is a nurse, and she was always telling stories about working in a hospital." The aunt may have helped ignite her interest.

The Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, who served as president of the University of Notre Dame for 35 years, will mark his 70 years as a priest by taking part in a Jubilee Mass on Friday, the day before he turns 96 years old.

More than 3,000 graduates filed into Notre Dame stadium Sunday morning for commencement ceremonies.

In order to remain at the top of his game - preparing students majoring in sports management for careers in the sports industry - Madonna University Assistant Professor Kevin King recently graduated from the Sports Management Institute executive training program.

ERIE INSURANCE OPENS: It did not command a major headline in the Erie Daily Times in 1925 when Erie Insurance opened for business.

General Motors Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson addresses graduates of the Mendoza School of Business at the University of Notre Dame.

Phish keyboardist Page Samuel McConnell was born on this day, May 17, in Philadelphia, back in 1963 - making him the first of the four members of Phish to blow out the candles of a 50th birthday cake.

Mary Bevilacqua couldn't imagine giving up her art to pursue science, or sacrificing her science for an art career.

NCSL Webinars allow attendees to participate in meetings taking place around the world from the comfort of their desk.

Northwestern University President Morton Schapiro will deliver the commencement address this year at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary's 156th Commencement ceremony.

In this undated photo provided by the Philadelphia District Attorney's office, Dr.

Scientists' assertion that the advance in therapeutic cloning announced on Wednesday could not and would not pave the way to cloning a baby did little to assuage critics of the research.

Local pedestrians and motorists are getting used to a new-style traffic signal recently installed on Twyckenham Drive east of the University of Notre Dame .

Now, as an adult and a theologian, she wants to set the record straight. Notre Dame theologian Candida Moss has written a book calling out American and Western European Christians Christians for crying wolf about persecution - both in the early church and today.

A Philadelphia abortion provider found guilty of first-degree murder has agreed give up his right to appeal in exchange for avoiding a possible death sentence, Philadelphia's district attorney's office announced Tuesday.

Thomas L. King of Cambridge, a junior at the University of Notre Dame, was presented a $500 scholarship by the General Electric Co.

The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. with hors d'oeuvres and dessert prepared and served by MCHS students, under the direction of Zan Higgins.

The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that 24 of its partners nationwide have completed a business school Partner Development Program and received Certificates in Executive Management - including two Phoenix partners, Intellectual Property partner Jessica L. Franken and Corporate Services partner Leezie Kim, respectively.