Main Building after a snow shower. Photo by Barbara Johnston/University of Notre Dame.

Because of severe weather, the University of Notre Dame will close at 7 p.m. Tuesday (Jan. 29) and reopen at 1 p.m. Thursday (Jan. 31).

Student dining halls will remain open with extended hours. Lower levels of the Hesburgh Library will remain open for 24 hours daily, as will LaFortune Student Center. However, food vendors at both locations will be closed.

The Basilica of the Sacred Heart also will be closed.

Special parking arrangements will be made to accommodate essential personnel staffing these facilities.

Notre Dame last closed due to weather Jan. 27-28, 2014.