Students compete for a “trip of a lifetime” in the Galápagos Islands
Two College of Science faculty members are inviting students to compete and apply for a trip to the Galápagos Islands. Six students will be chosen to trace the steps that Charles Darwin took on his path to discovery. The week-long trip takes place August 3-9 and is open to Notre...
ND community invited to 4th Annual Walk the Walk Week
The Notre Dame community will mark the beginning of the fourth annual Walk the Walk Week and Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration on Sunday, January 20 with a Candlelight Prayer Service, led by Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., in the Main Building Rotunda at 11:00 p.m. All are welcome to this interfaith service.…
Beyond the Dome: Notre Dame's commitment to internationalization
To prepare students for leadership roles in a changing global landscape, we are bringing Notre Dame to the world and the world to Notre Dame….” -President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. There is power in that statement. Intention. The message is also tangible. The University’s commitment to internationalization is demonstrated...
Burns appointed as honorary professor at top Chinese university
Peter Burns, Henry J. Massman professor, concurrent professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and director of the Center for Sustainable Energy and director of the Actinide Center of Excellence, was appointed as an Honorary Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong University in China.
U.S. Department of State reminds U.S. citizens traveling to Europe of holiday season threats
In the wake of the December 11 attack at a Christmas market in Strasbourg, France, the U.S. Department of State has reinforced information and advice for U.S. citizens traveling to Europe during the holiday season on travel.state.gov…
Notre Dame International announces faculty research grant recipients for fall 2018
Fifteen collaborative research grants were awarded to Notre Dame faculty and research partners around the world. Notre Dame International released the list of recipients for the 2018 fall grant cycle for the Asia Research Collaboration Grant…
Record number of Notre Dame students receive Gilman Scholarships to study abroad
The U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship has been awarded to five Notre Dame students who will be studying abroad in spring 2019. This is a record number of recipients for the University in a single application cycle. Among the selected students: • Junior Seth Cattanach of...
Notre Dame’s Sofia Carozza, Katie Gallagher named 2019 Marshall Scholars
They are the University’s eighth and ninth Marshall Scholars overall and two of 10 Notre Dame students awarded one of the prestigious open-discipline British scholarships — Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell and Gates Cambridge — since 2013.
Maps of Rome: The Frutaz project
The Scientific Committee looking at the first map of modern Rome by Matteo Greuter, 1618 In 1962, Monsignor Amato Pietro Frutaz published Le Piante di Roma, three large folio volumes published by the Istituto di Studi Romani (Institute of Roman Studies), which served as a completion of a project begun in...
Notre Dame, University of São Paulo collaboration continues with forum on freedom of speech
Freedom of speech is a relatively new concept in Brazil, guaranteed in the 1988 constitution after years of dictatorship. But it’s under attack in the country, mirroring an erosion throughout the rest of the world, according to journalists, human rights advocates and legal scholars who gathered Nov. 8 for the...
Center for Social Concerns convenes Jerusalem conference on Catholic social tradition and the environment
The University’s Center for Social Concerns will convene “Listening to the Earth: Thinking About Ecology in the Holy Land,” a conference at the Notre Dame Jerusalem Global Gateway, Nov. 18-20.
Applications for the Naughton Fellowships now open
The University of Notre Dame has opened its annual competition for the Naughton Fellowships. The prestigious international fellowships provide funding for exceptional students with an aptitude for the STEM disciplines to complete research or study in Ireland or at Notre Dame (ND).
Strengthening ties in India
Provost Visits Mumbai, New Delhi
Celebrating a half-century of Notre Dame Law in London
Notre Dame Law School embarked on a unique experiment in legal education in the fall of 1968.
Instead of spending the 1968-69 academic year at the South Bend campus, 20 members of the Law School’s second-year class would study in London.
Mothers of Mexico’s missing accept 2018 Notre Dame Award
A grassroots group of mothers searching for their missing loved ones in Mexico’s Gulf state of Veracruz received the 2018 Notre Dame Award Tuesday for their tireless work on behalf of victims of drug violence and dedication to seeking truth.
Father Jenkins to present Notre Dame Award in Mexico to Colectivo Solecito
A grassroots group of mothers searching for their missing loved ones in Mexico’s Gulf state of Veracruz will be honored Tuesday (Oct. 16) by the University for tireless work on behalf of victims of drug violence and for dedication to seeking truth.
2018 Global Gateway Faculty Research Award recipients announced
Notre Dame Research and Notre Dame International have provided three research groups with grants from the Global Gateway Faculty Research Awards (GGFRA) program for 2018. The GGFRA program was developed to highlight the potential of the University of Notre Dame’s Global Gateways for the advancement of research and scholarship at...
Hannah Hemphill named academic director of the Jerusalem Global Gateway
Notre Dame International is pleased to announce that Dr. Hannah Hemphill has been appointed academic director of the University of Notre Dame’s Jerusalem Global Gateway. Hannah Hemphill will provide academic oversight to Notre Dame undergraduates, as well as create pathways for Notre Dame faculty, post-docs, and graduate students to extend the...
Notre Dame to bring Michiana organizations, Latin American entrepreneurs together for third year
The University of Notre Dame will welcome 14 new business and social entrepreneurs from across Latin America and the Caribbean for the 2018 Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Professional Fellows Program.
Life in Rio: A student’s perspective on NDI’s newest Brazil program
Gabrielle Brookins is a junior studying business analytics in the Mendoza College of Business with a minor in Africana studies. The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native is the first student with Notre Dame International to study abroad in Rio de Janeiro. She writes about what life was like in Rio and the...