Notre Dame expands particle physics partnerships in Chile
In January 2015, the Notre Dame QuarkNet Center received its second Luksic grant from Notre Dame International to enhance the Masterclass Institutes Collaborating in the Americas (MICA), a collaboration between Pontifica Universidad Católica (PUC) in Santiago, Chile, and the University of Notre Dame particle physics education and outreach programs. Adam...
Notre Dame London Alumni Club Receives Two Awards
We are pleased to announce that the Notre Dame Club of United…
Entrikin Attends Japan Conference on Study Abroad
On March 20, 2015, the U.S. – Japan Bridging Foundation and the U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Caroline B. Kennedy, invited a small group of university officials from Japan and the United States for a one-day conference.
Faculty Delegation Explores Conditions of U.S. and U.K. Education Ventures in China
As announced on February 25, 2015, J. Nicholas Entrikin, Associate Provost and Vice President for Internationalization, and Jonathan Noble, Assistant Provost for Internationalization, Asia, led a faculty delegation to China March 9–15, 2015.
Notre Dame produces Liam Neeson-narrated documentary to remember Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising
The University of Notre Dame will play a major role in the international celebration of the centenary of Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising, which was announced Tuesday (March 31) in Dublin by Taoiseach Enda Kenny. A documentary television series, “1916: The Irish Rebellion,” produced by Notre Dame’s Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish...
Brand Lectures on Governance of Jews in Medieval England
On March 4, 2015 the London Global Gateway hosted Paul Brand, Emeritus Fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford, for a discussion of…
Nanovic Institute hosts Inaugural Barrett Family Lecture in Dublin, Ireland
Mr. Peter Sutherland, S.C., will offer the inaugural Barrett Family Lecture in Dublin, Ireland on Monday, March 16, 2015. His lecture is entitled “European Integration and the Rise of Nationalism,” and will follow a meeting at Notre Dame’s O’Connell House with the Notre Dame students studying abroad in Dublin this semester...
Former Irish President Mary McAleese to join the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies and Notre Dame Law School as Visiting Fellow
Mary McAleese, former President of Ireland, will join the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies…
Shakespeare’s Globe Artistic Director to Give Annual Wells Lecture
On March 23, 2015, the London Global Gateway will host the fourth
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Robson Shares Insight into Bank of England: Past, Present, and Future
On March 2, 2015 the University of Notre Dame London Global Gateway and Notre Dame Club of United Kingdom – London hosted the ninth biannual Notre Dame Alumni-Student Lecture at Fischer Hall. This semester’s speaker was Mark Robson, Head of Statistics and Regulatory Data Division at the Bank of England.
Investigating aggressive, lethal breast tumors of Kenyan cancer patients
Maggie Kerper came to college interested in science, but really developed a passion for the field after taking her first college-level science classes. After transferring to Notre Dame as a sophomore, she found ways to explore science outside of the classroom.
Father Theodore Hesburgh of Notre Dame dies at age 97
Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., president of the University of Notre Dame from 1952 to 1987, a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross and one of the nation’s most influential figures in higher education, the Catholic Church and national and international affairs, died at 11:30 p.m. Thursday (Feb....
Five-Member Faculty Delegation Heading to China over Spring Break
As part of Notre Dame’s ongoing exploration of a possible collaboration with Zheijiang University in their new International Campus in Haining, China, Notre Dame International will lead a five-member faculty…
Black Charts Influence of James Bond on British National Identity
On February 17, 2015, Notre Dame’s London Global Gateway welcomed British historian Jeremy Black (University of Exeter) to Fischer Hall, where he gave an engaging talk on the books and films of James Bond. Black focused on the representation of the cultural nature of the Cold War and the importance...
Program on Constitutional Structure Hosts Conference, "The Common Law in an Age of Regulation"
The Program on Constitutional Structure hosted a conference, “The Common Law in an Age of Regulation," on February 6, 2015, at the Notre Dame London Law Centre. The world's legal systems that claim the common law as their heritage operate today in an age of increasing statutory and administrative...
Notre Dame among top producers of Fulbright students
Ten University of Notre Dame students have been awarded Fulbright grants in the 2014-15 program, placing the University among the top-producing universities in the nation. The U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program, Fulbright recently announced the complete list of colleges and universities that produced the most 2014-15 U.S. Fulbright...
University of Notre Dame Hesburgh Libraries launch CurateND
The University of Notre Dame and the Hesburgh Libraries announce the launch of CurateND, a multifaceted research repository and portal designed to manage and preserve Notre Dame research and associated data so that it can be globally discovered, accessed and shared. CurateND will help to illuminate the University’s research mission,...
Medieval schoolbook, computational chemistry summer school among nine projects awarded funds for international research
Notre Dame International has awarded Global Collaboration Initiative grants to nine Notre Dame faculty engaged in research with colleagues at universities around the world.
Notre Dame Hosts Business Students from Top-Ranked Chinese University
The University of Notre Dame expanded its reach in global education with the arrival of 35 students from Tsinghua University, a top-ranked school located in Beijing, China.
Notre Dame QuarkNet Center expands masterclasses in Chile
A year ago, Notre Dame International awarded the Notre Dame QuarkNet Center an Andrónico Luksic grant to create the Masterclass Institutes Collaborating in the Americas (MICA). Program directors Mitchell Wayne, professor of physics, and Kenneth Cecire, QuarkNet national staff teacher, used the funds to create a collaboration between Pontifica Universidad...
$3 million gift from Susan Scribner Mirza to establish Notre Dame’s first endowed professorship in Islamic studies
The University of Notre Dame announced Wednesday (Jan. 21) its first ever endowed professorship in Islamic studies, established with a $3 million gift from alumna Susan Scribner Mirza of Greenwich, Connecticut.
U.S. State Department Updates Worldwide Travel Caution
In light of terrorist activity in Europe—and the U.S. State Department's update to the October 2014 Worldwide Travel Caution—Notre Dame International reminds Notre Dame travelers, especially students in Study Abroad programs, of the following resources and preventative safety measures:
Video: Chinese Professor on Applying Pedagogical Theories to Language Instruction
“If you teach a student to learn to swim, you must put the student in the water. The same philosophy we can apply to the classroom teaching,” said Yongping Zhu, associate professor and chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures.