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Notre Dame to dedicate new center in Connemara, Ireland

August 22, 2016

The new Notre Dame Center at Kylemore Abbey in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland, will be dedicated on Aug. 25 (Thursday) with a Mass in the abbey’s Gothic Chapel, an academic convocation and a blessing of the center’s headquarters in Kylemore’s Saint Joseph Hall.

Fourteen Fulbright finalists place Notre Dame among top-producing universities in US

February 22, 2016

The Fulbright program is the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program. It awards a one-year postgraduate fellowship for research, study or teaching English abroad. During their fellowship, scholars will work, live and learn in their host country.

Notre Dame expands its Rome program with purchase of a villa for new student residence

January 27, 2016

The University of Notre Dame has purchased a villa in central Rome to be used as a student residence hall for Rome Global Gateway programs.

Notre Dame to host Global Forum: Asia in Hong Kong

October 21, 2015

The University of Notre Dame will hold Global Forum: Asia in Hong Kong Oct. 23-25, including the first-ever gathering of all the Notre Dame clubs of Asia.

Irish prime minister launches new Notre Dame program at Kylemore Abbey

September 29, 2015

Ireland’s prime minister, Taoiseach Enda Kenny, officially marked the commencement of work Monday (Sept. 28) on the University of Notre Dame’s new academic programming initiatives in the iconic Kylemore Abbey, Connemara, County Galway. The Taoiseach unveiled a lintel stone over the center at the Abbey.

Notre Dame’s Irish Seminar moves from Ireland to Argentina

June 24, 2015

One of the flagship programs of the University of Notre Dame’s Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, its annual Irish Seminar, will be held this year in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Yudhoyono, former president of Indonesia, speaks at Notre Dame on Islam as force for peace, democracy

June 19, 2015

Dr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono with Rev. John Jenkins, C.S.C. H. E. Dr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, former president of the Republic of Indonesia, spoke at the University of Notre Dame’s inaugural Asia Leadership Forum last week at the invitation of Notre Dame president Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.

Notre Dame produces Liam Neeson-narrated documentary to remember Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising

April 01, 2015

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...

Notre Dame among top producers of Fulbright students

February 12, 2015

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...

Letting Asia in on a musical secret

September 16, 2014

Peter Smith, professor and chair of music at the University of Notre Dame, wryly confesses a suspicion that the University’s Department of Music might be “a bit too well-kept a secret.” He notes with satisfaction, even pride, that the students who come here to study music learn very quickly of...