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Margaret Fosmoe @mfosmoe.bsky.social · 35m

Forty-eight years later, the woman in that photo, Dr. Mary Blazek Buckingham ’80 (shown below in 2025), and photographer Paul Joyce '77, '79M.S., reflect on that era:

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Photo by Matt Cashore '94

Margaret Fosmoe @mfosmoe.bsky.social · 49m

In May 1977, Notre Dame student photographer Paul Joyce took a photo at a campus picnic that would become an iconic image of the 35-year presidency of Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh.
It came to be known as "The Girl Who Danced with Father Hesburgh."

A Step Back in Time:
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Margaret Fosmoe @mfosmoe.bsky.social · 2h

Annie (Cragg) Sterle '13 is a medical miracle. There’s no other way to explain what happened five and a half years ago, after she nearly died while giving birth to her first child.

By Rachel Blount ’84:

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For the Lost Time | Notre Dame Magazine | University of Notre Dame

Medical miracle Annie Sterle ’13 survived deadly childbirth complications but mourned the precious moments she could not recover.

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Margaret Fosmoe @mfosmoe.bsky.social · 4h

The next concert to be held in Notre Dame Stadium:

Country music star Luke Combs will appear Saturday, April 18, 2026.

Tickets go on sale Friday Oct. 17.

Margaret Fosmoe @mfosmoe.bsky.social · 5h

Notre Dame President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, CSC, ’87 traveled to Japan in August as part of a pilgrimage of peace to mark the 80th anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Campus Notebook:
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Reposted by Margaret Fosmoe

Margaret Fosmoe @mfosmoe.bsky.social · 3d

“Notre Dame plays a significant role in this extraordinary chapter in our history. It's one of the good guys."

--Timothy Egan, author of "A Fever in the Heartland," about the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana in the 1920s

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History Lessons | Notre Dame Magazine | University of Notre Dame

Author details 1920s rise of the Ku Klux Klan and the clash with Notre Dame students.

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Margaret Fosmoe @mfosmoe.bsky.social · 21h

How will the U.S. tax law adopted this year impact the University of Notre Dame?

ND faces a much larger tax on investment income, but pledges to protect financial aid, research and its Catholic mission.

Winds of Change:
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Margaret Fosmoe @mfosmoe.bsky.social · 1d

The USAID cuts further hamstrung Notre Dame's Pulte Institute for Global Development, which lost nearly all its funding -- $20M of the roughly $32M in eliminated or reduced research grants across the University since the Trump administration took office.

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Where the Money Went | Notre Dame Magazine | University of Notre Dame

The Pulte Institute refocuses its mission after federal funding cuts thwart projects in progress.

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Margaret Fosmoe @mfosmoe.bsky.social · 1d

Today’s view:

Main Quad from Main Building

#NotreDame

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Margaret Fosmoe @mfosmoe.bsky.social · 1d

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Junior Mines Archives To Develop Encyclopedic Interhall Football Bible | Notre Dame Magazine | University of Notre Dame

When Notre Dame junior John Egan suffered a compound leg fracture during an interhall football game in October 1926, physicians said it was the worst bone break they had ever seen. Egan was in St. Jos...

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Margaret Fosmoe @mfosmoe.bsky.social · 1d

"I thoroughly enjoyed the article about junior Gray Nocjar and his Interhall Football Bible, which brought back fond memories of playing for Stanford Hall my freshman year."

We get mail.

Letters to the Editor:

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Margaret Fosmoe @mfosmoe.bsky.social · 1d

A landmark atop Grace Hall at Notre Dame

We're #1:

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Margaret Fosmoe @mfosmoe.bsky.social · 1d

"In May 2024, I received an email through MyHeritage. The message read, “Hi, apparently we’re sisters. While I’m still a bit in shock, I’m happy to get to know you! Are you willing too?"

By Darragh Hannan ’08:

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Making Sense of Identity | Notre Dame Magazine | University of Notre Dame

A sister I never knew upended my understanding of myself, my birth family and my Korean heritage.

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Margaret Fosmoe @mfosmoe.bsky.social · 2d

ICYMI:
Have you seen the exhibit yet?

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Margaret Fosmoe @mfosmoe.bsky.social · 2d

2 p.m. Sunday Oct. 12 at The History Museum in South Bend.
$5 per person

Details here:
www.historymuseumsb.org/event/rockne...

#Rockne

Margaret Fosmoe @mfosmoe.bsky.social · 2d

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Margaret Fosmoe @mfosmoe.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago-based Ratboys is the most prominent rock band to come out of Notre Dame in more than 20 years.

By Mike Jordan Laskey ’08, ’10M.A.:

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Ratboys, Plural | Notre Dame Magazine | University of Notre Dame

The evolving indie band that began at Notre Dame keeps its ‘variety show’ on the road.

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Margaret Fosmoe @mfosmoe.bsky.social · 2d

Student artists are restoring aging statues and cleaning monuments in Cedar Grove Cemetery, the 182-year-old cemetery at the University of Notre Dame.

By Michelle Cuneo:

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Part of Something Grander | Notre Dame Magazine | University of Notre Dame

Photography by Matt Cashore ’94…

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Margaret Fosmoe @mfosmoe.bsky.social · 2d

Another classic from Matt Cashore ‘94:

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Margaret Fosmoe @mfosmoe.bsky.social · 2d

Today’s view:

The scene across St. Joseph’s Lake from the courtyard at Moreau Seminary & Scholasticate

Margaret Fosmoe @mfosmoe.bsky.social · 2d

ICYMI:

Margaret Fosmoe @mfosmoe.bsky.social · 7d

We're #1:
In 1988, residents of Grace Hall at Notre Dame constructed a #1 sign atop their residence hall.

The details behind that lighted sign:

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(Photo by Matt Cashore '94)

Margaret Fosmoe @mfosmoe.bsky.social · 2d

Since January, deep cuts to federal funding, and the foreboding prospect of more, have disrupted work at universities around the country -- Notre Dame included.

By Jason Kelly '95:

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The ‘Why’ Axis | Notre Dame Magazine | University of Notre Dame

In a tumultuous time for academic research, Notre Dame vice president Jeff Rhoads emphasizes the mission at the heart of the University’s work.

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Margaret Fosmoe @mfosmoe.bsky.social · 3d

There's a new leprechaun in town.

Campus Notebook:
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Reposted by Margaret Fosmoe

Erin Blasko @erinblasko.bsky.social · 3d

With support from Anthem, Notre Dame researcher Joyce Adams is partnering w/ Beacon Health System to pilot a postpartum care model in the South Bend-Elkhart region, offering care, education and support for women from delivery to one year post-birth.
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Eck Institute investigator to strengthen postpartum care for Indiana mothers

Yenupini Joyce Adams, associate professor of the practice and maternal health lead for the Eck Institute for Global Health at the University of Notre Da...

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Margaret Fosmoe @mfosmoe.bsky.social · 3d

“Notre Dame plays a significant role in this extraordinary chapter in our history. It's one of the good guys."

--Timothy Egan, author of "A Fever in the Heartland," about the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana in the 1920s

magazine.nd.edu/preview/1abf...

History Lessons | Notre Dame Magazine | University of Notre Dame

Author details 1920s rise of the Ku Klux Klan and the clash with Notre Dame students.

magazine.nd.edu

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