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On June 18, 2015, the Rome Global Gateway—in co-sponsorship with the Archivio di Stato di Roma—hosted a lecture by the acclaimed German theater and opera director Peter Stein.

Notre Dame travelers have likely heard about cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in both South Korea and China.  Notre Dame International (NDI) is monitoring this situation.

Notre Dame International will launch four new short-term Study Abroad programs for summer 2015: South Africa for Student-Athletes, Summer Greece, China Summer Language Program, and Global Gateway seminars for rising freshmen. This expansion of program offerings marks progress toward NDI’s—and the University’s—goal to provide every eligible undergraduate with an opportunity...

More than 40 academics and industry experts will gather at the London Global Gateway May 1-3, 2015, to analyze behavioral influences on trust, inequality, and ethics and to share ideas on what precipitates unethical behavior in individuals, organizations, and society—and the consequences that follow in its wake.

United States Secretary of State John Kerry addresses attendees of Foro de Rectores on Thursday, April 9, 2015 Notre Dame…

  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.

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.

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…

Notre Dame International has awarded Global Collaboration Initiative grants to nine Notre Dame faculty engaged in research with colleagues at universities around the world.

    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.

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:

Senior Nicole Sganga spent part of summer 2014 traveling in Myanmar and reporting with New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof after winning the “Win a Trip with Nick” contest. While in Myanmar, she wrote and video-d her way through encounters with Rohingya Muslims living under protracted persecution in internment camps....

Halal meat is now available in Notre Dame student dining halls, thanks to a cooperative effort between Notre Dame dining staff, Muslim undergraduate students, and Notre Dame International.

For Ukrainian scholars attending this week’s conference at Notre Dame’s Rome Global Gateway, the topics to be discussed became lived realities over the past year—realities that led to civil disobedience, public protests, and the loss of a colleague, who was killed by a sniper while protesting in February 2014.  Rev....

Notre Dame International is pleased to announce the completion and signing of the Notre Dame Undergraduate Student International Travel Policy.  

What does a private American Catholic university have in common with government-run Chinese universities? Plenty, if the recent activities of Notre Dame International are any indication. …