Applications Open for Rome Seminar 2020
The Rome Global Gateway is glad to announce the opening of the application process for the Rome Seminar 2020 which will take place from June 10 to July 5th, 2020. Participants at the Vatican Library Every summer since 2011, the Rome gateway has hosted this unique research opportunity for graduate...
Notre Dame International introduces two new faculty research grants for 2019-2020
Notre Dame International’s faculty research grant cycle is now open and more opportunities are available internationally for the 2019-2020 cycle. Two new grants have been created through generous University benefactors, including the Wine Family Beijing Global Gateway Research Grant Program…
Students invited to explore opportunities abroad during annual Study Abroad Week
Notre Dame International is hosting a series of events to help connect students with resources and information on study abroad opportunities around the world. Study Abroad Week kicks off Monday, September 9. Throughout the week, students are encouraged to participate in signature events, information sessions, and social opportunities.…
Notre Dame Professor advocates for Italian "Dante Day" in Interview with Corriere della Sera
Professor Zygmunt G. Barański was recently interviewed by the major Italian daily newspaper, Corriere della Sera.
Notre Dame president co-signs climate change accords with energy and investor executives at Vatican summit
Executives from among the world’s leading energy producers and investors concluded two days of Vatican-sponsored dialogue on energy transition Friday (June 14), with — for the first time — most signing statements of support for carbon pricing and disclosures on climate change risk.
A dose of culture and context: How a tarantula spider teaches cultural diversity in Italy
When students come from campus to Rome for the summer programs, they have a shorter amount of time to spend in the city and truly immerse themselves in the atmosphere, culture, contradictions and beauties of it, compared to their colleagues during the academic year.…
Rome Global Gateway receives new designation as Italian research institution
The Rome Global Gateway's location is in the heart of Rome, just steps from the Colosseum
The University of Notre Dame’s Rome Global Gateway has been recognized by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research…
2019 study abroad photo contest now open
Hillary Alamene’s photo from the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem won first place win the 2018 photo contest Notre Dame International’s study abroad photo contest is now accepting submissions for the 2019 cycle. Undergraduate students are encouraged to share their study abroad experiences and stories through engaging and inspiring photos. The...
How a summer program allows engineering students to conquer the eternal city
Every year, during the months of June and July, Rome flocks with engineering students from the University of Notre Dame. Since 2014, students have been coming every semester for a six-week summer program at the Rome Global Gateway. More than 270 students have participated in over six years. All engineering...
Marching for climate change while interning in Rome
Meilin Scanish, a junior at the University of Notre Dame, is interested in working in international law in and wanted to gain international work experience. After having the chance to travel to Nepal and Qatar for conferences on the conciliation of traditional Islamic theology and modernity, and to France to...
Daria Borghese presents her book: "Palazzo Borromeo. L'Ambasciata d'Italia presso la Santa Sede"
Daria Borghese, who teaches the All Roads lead to Rome course at the Rome Global Gateway, presented at Palazzo Borromeo the second edition of the book "Palazzo Borromeo. L'Ambasciata d'Italia presso la Santa Sede" during the seminar conducted by architect Enzo Pinci: "Pirro Ligorio and the Roman factories…
Third year architects take three of five top honors at Historical Dwellings Idea Competition in Rome
First prize designs by Oddo, Parks, Salazar, and Spence. This past week, third year architecture students enjoyed the fruits of months of hard work as they closed out their academic year in Rome with final reviews, exams and a public exhibition of their work. On Friday May 3rd, eleven of...
The School of Architecture marks 50 years of the Rome Studies Program at the Rome Global Gateway
The School of Architecture is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Rome Studies Program at the Rome Global Gateway on April 10-13, 2019.
For the last 50 years, every third-year student in the School of Architecture has lived these experiences as part of the Rome Studies Program.…
David Mayernik live-streaming fresco painting demonstrations
David Mayernik, associate professor in the school of architecture and graduate of Notre Dame 83', is a fresco evangelist. He recently conducted from the Rome Gateway a live-streamed video demonstration of the fresco painting process for Professor Marius Hauknes’ course on campus, Pictures on Walls: Murals and Mosaics in the Medieval...
Luca Codignola publishes book on blurred nationalities across the North Atlantic, 1763-1846
Luca Codignola, senior fellow of the Cushwa Center for the History of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame…
Professor Ingrid Rowland publishes book on the divine spark of Syracuse
Ingrid D. Rowland, professor in the department of history and the school of architecture at the University of Notre Dame, published her latest book entitled “The Divine Spark of Syracuse." The book focuses on the figures of Plato, Archimedes, and Caravaggio, disclosing the role that Syracuse, a Greek cultural outpost...
Study abroad students in Rome volunteer at annual Pontifical Academy for Life conference
Chris Kreienkamp, Grace Schippers, Hannah Gillespie, Megan Welborn, and Conor Fitzpatrick in front of the Vatican after the conference Seven students, studying abroad for the semester at the Rome Global Gateway, volunteered in February with the press office for the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) conference during the 25th General...
School of Architecture’s DHARMA team presents Vatican Belvedere Courtyard Documentation at Architecture Conference in Rome
Professor Krupali Krusche from the School of Architecture discussed and exhibited the work on the documentation and representation of the Vatican Belvedere so far completed with her Digital Historical Architectural Research and Material Analysis (DHARMA) team and composed of graduate and undergraduate students: Avani Agrawal, Margaret Zhang, Metaya Tilahun, Noah...
International students, scholars receive free tax assistance through collaborative program
Navigating the tax system is complicated enough for many people living in the United States, but it can be particularly complex for international students, scholars, and faculty. Swarnali Sharma had a difficult case after she filed as a J-1 Research Scholar from India. Sharma did everything right; she filed in...
Researchers can now apply for Global Gateway Faculty Research Awards
The program, funded by Notre Dame Research, Notre Dame International, and the Keough School for Global Affairs, aims to highlight the University’s Global Gateways for the advancement of research and scholarship at Notre Dame.