Notre Dame Global in Photos: August 2025
Notre Dame students dove into the fall semester, embracing cultural, academic, and community experiences all around the world. Pre-med students joined programs in Puebla and Mexico City, while a group in Santiago explored Pablo Neruda’s seaside home in Isla Negra. Rome began with a Mass celebrated…
Notre Dame Global in Photos: July 2025
From soaring above Teotihuacan in a hot air balloon and examining Dante’s legacy in London, to engaging in a capoeira workshop in Portugal and discussing resilience in Croatia, July highlighted the depth of Notre Dame’s global engagement. In Mexico and China, Global Research Experience students took…
Notre Dame Global in Photos: May 2025
In May, the University of Notre Dame's global network and its partner institutions engaged in immersive learning, cultural exchange, and meaningful collaboration. From the bustling streets of Kathmandu to the river communities of Panama, students explored sustainability, migration, and energy systems…
Notre Dame Global in Photos: April 2025
Notre Dame students engaged in global learning and community across continents. In Rome, they examined Baroque architecture with exclusive access to Borromini’s Chapel of the Three Magi. Mexico City hosted Notre Dame’s first off-campus Rally for newly admitted Mexican students. In northern Chile,…
Notre Dame Global in Photos: March 2025
The Notre Dame Liturgical Choir performed in Latin America for the first time in its 52-year history. Notre Dame São Paulo and Undergraduate Admissions welcomed 43 newly admitted Brazilian students into the University community. Migration Week in Mexico blended academic dialogue with cultural immersion,…
Notre Dame Global in Photos: February 2025
Dissertation research fellows in Rome explored historic sites in Tivoli, while Notre Dame's Greater China Scholars celebrated the Lantern Festival under the Dome. Students were immersed in rural Chilean culture as they traveled to Lemuy Island in southern Chile. Vice President & Associate Provost…
Notre Dame Global in Photos: January 2025
Notre Dame signed its first ever discipline wide dual Ph.D. program agreement in Santiago. University alumni and staff focused on student recruitment in Mexico City and São Paulo, celebrated Republic Day in Mumbai, and cheered on the Irish in Beijing and Shanghai. Delegates from the Law School traveled…
Notre Dame Global in Photos: December 2024
Award-winning writer Amitav Ghosh visited Dublin to speak on climate change and Booker-listed author Mike McCormack inspired writers in the West of Ireland. Notre Dame's Global Engagement Programs team gathered international students from 18 different countries to celebrate a transformative semester.…
Notre Dame Global in Photos: September 2024
Notre Dame's Global Leadership Team, composed of 19 leaders located on five continents, gathered on the football field to accept the Presidential Team Irish Award. The Study Abroad Team and NDG program staff led identity panels and peer-to-peer storytelling events for students during the University's…
Notre Dame to confer honorary degrees at academic convocation to be held at Rome Global Gateway
At an academic convocation on Jan. 29 at its Rome Global Gateway, the University of Notre Dame will bestow honorary degrees on three individuals who have dedicated their careers to nurturing ecumenical dialogue, promoting the preservation and accessibility of art and cultural artifacts and bringing powerful stories to life in...
ND students in Rome join l'Arche Italy in tandem bike ride
On October 15th, 2022, ND Rome students had the opportunity to participate in the last leg of a Bologna-Rome bicycle pilgrimage organized by the communities of L’Arche in Italy, with the participation of various Italian civil society organizations active in the…
Study abroad is "stronger than ever"
Ever since sending students home mid-semester in spring of 2020, Notre Dame’s study abroad team has been working to get students…
Notre Dame Pre-College in Italy: High School Students Immersed in the Eternal City
A group of 18 rising high school students just returned home after spending two weeks abroad with…
School of Architecture Alumnus to teach Spring 2022 students in Rome
Melissa Slavin in Rome in 2001 Melissa…
NDI features stories of women who empower in the world of sustainability
"Sustainability is a way of understanding the world, recognizing the role each one of us plays in it as a part of an interconnected…
Students expand international learning through the Virtual Global Professional Experience
“You’re not going to get a better internship than this program,”says Notre Dame sophomore Fritz Holzgrefe. In a time when internships are scarce, and international opportunities…
“Whatever you start, you finish:” Jerome Bettis re-enrolls at Notre Dame, takes virtual course in Rome
In 2020, Jerome Bettis re-enrolled at the University of Notre Dame to complete his bachelor’s degree in…
Student Reflection: Remote in Rome, Summer in South Bend
Gabriella Hanahan is a senior studying Italian and Film with a minor in Business Economics at the University of Notre Dame. She is involved in the Dome yearbook as a Content Editor and spends her…
What Are the Global Gateways? Notre Dame’s Global Presence Offers Resources for Undergraduate Students
Growing up in Austin, TX, with the city’s large Spanish-speaking population, Natalie Reysa ‘21 developed a passion for learning the Spanish language. …
After Raphael: In conversation with David Mayernik and Ingrid Rowland
David Mayernik and Ingrid Rowland on Via Giulia, Rome, near the site of Raphael's planned residence. In April 2021, scholars…
New research pieces together Piranesi’s books — from the backs of drawings
While early modern artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi has been principally known for his drawings and etchings of ancient Rome, new research from Heather Hyde Minor, professor of art history at the University of Notre Dame, reinterprets Piranesi’s artistic oeuvre by flipping the works over and reading what is written on...
A Semester, Interrupted: International Student Stories
As the pandemic first exploded in the United States in early spring, international students had to make a tough call: Should they find a way to stay on campus or return…
From Brazil to Rome: A Notre Dame student’s experience with the new study abroad locally program
In early July, Nicole Marinho Vieira Weiss found…
Students stay connected to Rome through virtual internships
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing institutions to define new ways to stay connected and engaged, like using technology to overcome physical boundaries. Notre Dame students who studied abroad in Rome have also been affected by this new normal. Despite the physical distance, the Rome Global Gateway has…
Connected to Rome: Spring 2020 student continues internship virtually
Margaret (Maggie) Dosch ‘21, originally from South Bend, Indiana, is an art history and Italian studies major with a minor in studio art. During the spring 2020 semester, she served as…
A painting a day keeps COVID-19 away
Though travel is not currently possible due to the global pandemic, Professor of Architecture at the Rome Global Gateway Ettore Mazzola has found a unique and beautiful way to transport his students across Italy during the quarantine.…
Human Lines: Unveiling refugee experiences through a new web documentary
Danait, an Eritrean refugee, courageously shares her experience integrating into her new home in Italy. (Photo taken by Max Hirzel, Human Lines photographer.)…
The Advocate: Amid quarantine, Notre Dame undergrad aids Italian healthcare workers
Paolo Mazzara ’23 moved to the U.S. from Italy with his family two years ago, a move he said was part of a long-term family plan. His father studied in the states as an undergrad, and always intended to bring his family here from their home in Monza, a city...