Janice Poorman, director of formation and field education and professor of the practice in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, died Wednesday (March 10) after a courageous battle with breast cancer. She was 68. Full Story…

The Worker and Family Support Subcommittee at the Ways and Means Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives invited Jim Sullivan, the Gilbert F. Schaefer College Professor of Economics and co-founder of the Wilson Sheehan Lab For Economic Opportunities at the University of Notre Dame, to testify at its upcoming hearing “Health Profession Opportunity Grants: Past Successes and Future Uses.” Full Story…

The University of Notre Dame women’s rowing team will host a drive-thru hygiene product drive for local K-8 students from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday (March 20) in the parking lot south of Alumni Stadium, on the southeast side of campus near Twyckenham Drive and Angela Boulevard. Full Story…

The University of Notre Dame’s Center for Social Concerns will hold its sixth biennial Catholic social tradition conference March 25-27. Full Story…

Carla Harris, vice chairman of wealth management and senior client adviser at Morgan Stanley — as well as a celebrated gospel singer, speaker and author — will be awarded the University of Notre Dame’s 2021 Laetare Medal, the oldest and most prestigious honor given to American Catholics, at the 176th University Commencement Ceremony on May 23 (Sunday). Full Story…