The class-action lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in Chicago on Sunday, accuses Notre Dame and 15 other top universities of engaging in price-fixing to artificially inflate the cost of attendance for students receiving financial aid.

The University of Notre Dame has reinstated a mask requirement for all students, staff and campus visitors as the omicron variant fuels a surge in COVID-19 cases across the country.

University of Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly is being hired away by Louisiana State University. Kelly became the winningest coach in Notre Dame history earlier this year, surpassing Knute Rockne.

A $50 million gift to the University of Notre Dame to support undergraduate financial aid is the largest of its kind in the school's history, officials said Tuesday.

To mark the 175th anniversary of the school, the University of Notre Dame will hold a walk of more than 300 miles this year to replicate the pilgrimage the school's founders undertook in 1842.

The project is seen as a milestone in Notre Dame's growth as a research university and in the growth of South Bend's high-tech economy.

The legislation comes after ESPN filed a lawsuit claiming Notre Dame Security Police violated public records laws.