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The year in pictures, 2024

By University of Notre Dame

December 26^th, 2024

Curating a year-in-review photo gallery is not as easy as it looks! There's a year's worth of images of Masses, student life, research, athletics events, Notre Dame history, and scenics. What do you leave out? This collection is a small selection of images from each month which caught my eye and, in most cases, haven't been seen in other photo essays or stories.

-Matt Cashore, Photography Program Director

JANUARY

January 20: Students enjoy a snowball fight on South Quad shortly after returning to campus for the spring semester. (Photo by Mary Kate McGuirk)

January 18: Student Government and the Black Student Association hosted the second annual Black Excellence Dinner in the Dahnke Ballroom. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

January 20: Rehearsal for “ASHE: A Celebration of Voices,” presented by UZIMA! Drum and Dance at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

FEBRUARY

February 1: Pope Francis meets with a Notre Dame delegation at the Vatican. (Photo by Vatican Media)

February 15: Students pet Órla, the comfort dog, at the Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at LaFortune Student Center. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

February 20: Senior Emma Zainea puts a virtual reality headset on Ella Batz, a senior who participated in the VR piano performance anxiety study in the Department of Psychology at Corbett Family Hall. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

MARCH

March 21: Assistant Professor Jenny Padilla studies Latino family relationships at the William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

March 23: Student Ella Trigiani rakes mulch in the backyard of a home in South Bend during Back the Bend, an annual day of service in and around South Bend organized by Notre Dame Student Government. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

March 25: The Notre Dame women’s basketball team plays Ole Miss in the second round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament at the Purcell Pavilion. Notre Dame won 71–56 to advance to the Sweet 16. (Photo by Mary Kate McGuirk)

APRIL

April 8: A 97 percent solar eclipse darkened the skies over campus. (Photo by Chris Schindler)

April 11: Museum of Biodiversity in the College of Science. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

April 20: Head football coach Marcus Freeman took time just before kickoff to visit students from two South Bend Empowerment Zone schools (Coquillard and Wilson) who attended the 2024 Blue-Gold Game. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

MAY

May 17: Thomas Burman, director of the Medieval Institute, touches the head of a graduate with a Gospel Book during the Medieval Institute graduation ceremony in the Dillon Hall chapel. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

May 9: Workers move a house—once the home of famed football coach Knute Rockne—from St. Vincent Street six-tenths of a mile west to an empty lot on North Foster Street. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

May 19: President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., receives an honorary degree at the 2024 Commencement Ceremony, his last as president. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

JUNE

June 29: Towering cumulus clouds behind the Golden Dome. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

June 18: Painters scrape away paint and plaster to reveal sections of the original murals on the ceiling of Washington Hall, which underwent a substantial renewal in the summer of 2024. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

June 27: Dancers perform during a dress rehearsal for the ballet “Raffaella” at the Morris Performing Arts Center. The Stroik family commissioned the ballet in memory of their daughter, Raffaella Stroik. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

JULY

July 27: Notre Dame Stadium hosted an international friendly football (soccer) match between Chelsea and Celtic. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

July 15: Demolition of Fisher Hall in preparation for two new South Quad residence halls. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

July 23: A bumblebee flies over a patch of wild bergamot at the designated “pollinator prairie,” where Indiana native plants and flowers were planted on the west side of campus near the WNDU television station. (Photo by Barbara Johnston)

AUGUST

August 23: Incoming first-year student Jayden Wang moves in to Dunne Hall during Welcome Weekend. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

August 24: The Transformational Leaders Program hosted a welcome breakfast during Welcome Weekend. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

August 23: Pasquerilla West residents greet incoming first-year students during move-in. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

SEPTEMBER

September 13: Notre Dame President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., greets Presidents Emeriti Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., and Rev. Edward “Monk” Malloy, C.S.C., after the Inauguration Mass. (Photo by Peter Ringenberg)

September 13: Performer and bandleader Jon Batiste held a celebratory concert in the Purcell Pavilion following the Inauguration Ceremony. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

September 10: Participants in the annual ND110 event climb 110 flights of stairs in Notre Dame Stadium to experience the physical toll faced by first responders at the World Trade Center on 9/11. (Photo by Angela Santos)

OCTOBER

October 25: Notre Dame Avenue reopened after a summer-long project to re-pave and widen pedestrian walkways, including the creation of the Link Trail connecting downtown South Bend to campus. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

October 12: Cheerleaders carry flags after a Notre Dame touchdown against Stanford. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

October 11: Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Notre Dame President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., participate in a conversation titled “The Perils of US Isolationism,” part of the 2024–25 Notre Dame Forum. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

NOVEMBER

November 23: Members of the Notre Dame Marching Band trumpet section play the alma mater at the end of the 2024 Shamrock Series pregame Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

November 15: Kate Biberdorf, popularly known as “Kate the Chemist,” who joined the Notre Dame faculty as professor for the public understanding of science, gives a demonstration to the College of Science Advisory Council. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

November 11: Tae Davis (7) goes up for a dunk against Buffalo. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

DECEMBER

December 12: “Lights out” break in the second half the women’s basketball game against UConn. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

December 8: Sunset behind the campus skyline. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

December 6: Michelle Thaller, former communicator at NASA, gives the fourth annual Christmas Lecture, presented by the College of Science, at the Century Center in South Bend. (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Oh, but wait! There's more!

You think we'd leave out photos of the historic first-ever campus site College Football Playoff game? No way!

Dec. 20: Fireworks go off over Notre Dame Stadium as the Irish take the field for the College Football Playoff first round game against Indiana.

Dec. 20: Matt McClellan came from Notre Dame's Land O' Lakes property to help clear snow in Notre Dame Stadium the morning of the game.

Dec. 20: Stadium grounds crews clear snow from the field the morning of the game.

Dec. 20: ESPN College Gameday broadcast from the Library Lawn.

Dec. 20: Quarterback Riley Leonard (13) celebrates after a touchodown.

Dec. 20: Head coach Marcus Freeman celebrates after Notre Dame defeated Indiana 27-17 in the first round of the College Football Playoffs.

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