SOUTH BEND - When the University of Notre Dame's new 14-story library building opened 50 years ago this fall, its south exterior wall was blank. There was no "Touchdown Jesus" image to be seen until ...

JOE RAYMOND | THE ASSOCIATED PRESSThe Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C, president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame, talks about his experiences over 90 years of life at his desk in the Hesburgh ...

SOUTH BEND — A renovation project has begun to update the University of Notre Dame's 52-year-old main library by adding new technology to support digital research. The $10 million initial phase of the ...

The Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C, president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame, talks about his experiences over 90 years of life at his desk in the Hesburgh Library on the campus of the ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – A steady stream of mourners has passed through Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame to pay respects to the late Rev. Theodore Hesburgh. Hesburgh served 35 ...

The death of Holy Cross Fr. Theodore Martin “Ted” Hesburgh, the University of Notre Dame’s longest-serving president, late on Thursday at age 97 has finally closed the door on the American Catholic ...

W.E.B. Du Bois Library on the UMass Amherst campus (left); the "Touchdown Jesus" mural on the Hesburgh Library on the Notre Dame campus. (File photo / Nick O'Malley, MassLive.com) Notre Dame ...

SOUTH BEND — Freezing rain fell Tuesday as mourners lined up to pay final respects to the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, the famed longtime University of Notre Dame president who died Thursday at age 97.

During his 35-year tenure as University of Notre Dame president, the Rev. Theodore Hesburgh carried through on bold ideas that supporters say reshaped a college known mostly for its football team into ...

SOUTH BEND — Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh on Monday told a story about a place where black people could not register to vote, had to ride in the back of public buses, could not attend integrated schools ...

Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, who in 35 years as president of the University of Notre Dame raised the academic stature of a school mainly known for football, opened enrollment to women and changed the ...