How an Arts and Letters student’s many passions — from literature and psychology to music and film — translated into his senior thesis and career path
On the way to graduating with majors in Spanish and music, senior Peter Sabini has rekindled old intellectual flames, discovered new passions, and found a future that combines them all. Sabini has studied abroad in Toledo, Spain, scored music in a studio in New York City, and is now translating 40...
Reclaiming the Faith: ND center in Ireland honors new saint
The entrance to the Newman University Church and the Notre Dame-Newman Centre for Faith and Reason in Dublin. Steve Warner, a renowned expert in liturgical music, and Rev. William Dailey, C.S.C., are attempting to revive an urban Irish parish that faces the same challenges as modern Catholicism across the world....
The Insider Project: Sustainable performance in heritage architecture
Julio Cesar Perez-Hernandez, Associate Professor of the Practice, School of Architecture, led the trip to Cuba.
During fall break of 2018, ten undergraduate students and three faculty and staff from Notre Dame’s College of Engineering…
London Alumni Series: How an experience abroad helped boost Nicole Sganga's journalism career
Nicole Sganga ’15 spent the summer of 2013 camped outside St Mary’s hospital in Paddington London, waiting for Kate Middleton and Prince William to make an appearance with Prince George, the first royal baby in almost 30 years. She was not there waving flags with the royalist crowd. Instead, she was...
How an African Muslim immigrant developed his passion for creating — through filmmaking, acting, and photography — at Notre Dame
Naj Harrabi describes himself as someone who needs to create — whether it’s writing stand-up comedy, directing a play on campus, submitting original films in student film festivals, or even designing new courses. “There’s really nothing I can think of that’s pushing me, other than this inner impulse to do...
Encounter ND: New collaboration strengthens ties in Asia, welcomes new students
The Beijing Global Gateway welcomed more than 50 members of the Notre Dame community as part of Encounter ND.
Notre Dame International, in collaboration with the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies and the Notre Dame Alumni Association…
Fusing faith and action: Community Based Learning (CBL) celebrates 10 years in Ireland
CBL orientation day, Spring 2015, where participants meet their mentors and learn a little about the site where they will volunteer for the semester.
2019 marks ten years of collaboration between the Notre Dame Dublin Global Gateway…
International Summer Undergraduate Research Experience program connects international scholars to Notre Dame faculty
The International Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (iSURE) program is expanding to include even more university partners around the world. Last spring, Notre Dame International entered into a new partnership with Cummins College of Engineering for Women, Pune…
Over promise, over deliver: Lessons learned from the Global Professional Experience program
Zhang spent her summer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) in Beijing
Attina Zhang, originally from Nanjing, China, is a rising junior with a double major in sociology and applied and computational mathematics and statistics…
From London’s Squares, and Rome’s Piazzas: The University of Notre Dame’s architecture in Europe
Rome’s skyline
When Margaret Derwent Ketcham was a third year student of architecture in Rome, the predominant palette of the city was a terracotta orange. Today, the hue is different.
“It has been gradually changing to a light blue, white palette,” says Ketcham. “It just changes the whole look of it.” …
London Alumni Series: Usi Abugo realizes adventure is the best way to learn
Usiwoma Abugo ‘08 is probably the only oculoplastic surgeon who is instafamous. With nearly 17,000 followers, Abugo has had major success achieving her own career goals and helping others achieve theirs. Her time at the London Global Gateway allowed her to shift her focus, and instead of learning about medicine, she spent...
How Notre Dame taught a scholar from India to smile
It was a picturesque morning in September following mass at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart when Pooja Ranade first realized that she was smiling. “It wasn’t a natural thing for me,” reflects Ranade. “But I remember feeling so calm and happy – I wanted to hold on to that...
Living out a dream: Artistic immersion in London
In her application for the London Global Gateway, Rachel Mills’ described a daydream that she often had in South Bend. The fantasy scenario involved her exiting the tube station into Trafalgar Square, and walking the through crowds of buskers, commuters and tourists to reach her place of work: the National...
Holi festival 2019: Blending culture with color
More than 200 students showed up in white shirts to participate in the Holi festival More than 500 pounds of vibrant color was thrown into the air as part of an ancient Indian spring festival. While students had a lot of fun splashing brilliantly colored dyes on each other, there’s...
A community of layers: Discovering Notre Dame, in Rome
The Rome Global Gateway, one of five operated by Notre Dame International, focuses on providing students and scholars research opportunities, taking advantage of the unique combination of cultural, political, historical and religious layers that make Rome what it is today.…
Easter in Jerusalem: Finding the “Holy” in the Holy Land
Born and raised in San Francisco, California, Whitney C. Lim is a junior studying abroad in Jerusalem, Israel, for the spring semester. She is a theology major, with double-minors in sustainability…
Host family provides “perfect introduction” to Santiago for study abroad student Brendan Markey
Brendan Markey is pictured with his host mom, Leticia Larraín Junior Brendan Markey was playing a game of pick up basketball when he fell and broke his wrist. As a study abroad student in Santiago, Chile, his parents were more than 5,000 miles away and weren’t able to help. It...
The School of Architecture marks 50 years of the Rome Studies Program at the Rome Global Gateway
The School of Architecture is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Rome Studies Program at the Rome Global Gateway on April 10-13, 2019.
For the last 50 years, every third-year student in the School of Architecture has lived these experiences as part of the Rome Studies Program.…
How a study abroad experience in Ireland led to innovative cancer research
Jenna Koenig’s first love was solving mysteries. She felt compelled to piece together leads and unravel complex puzzles. There was excitement behind the chase, as it ultimately led to discovery. This fascination was followed by her love of science and biology. It was only natural that Koenig was drawn to...
Business in Brazil: How an international student created a platform to connect students to high-tech jobs
Brazilian native Laura Henares is a sophomore at the University of Notre Dame, currently studying international economics, German, and international development studies. This international student has already lived in the United States, South Africa and Germany, and believes a global perspective can only contribute to one’s intellectual and practical pursuits. Currently...
For anthropology major Grace Garvey, exploring other disciplines is key to research success
Grace Garvey’s academic curiosity isn’t confined to one subject area. Her interest in human migration manifests in all sorts of different disciplines. She’s an anthropology major who is working closely with an American studies professor on her senior thesis. For her capstone project in the Hesburgh Program in Public Service,...
Colombia beyond 'Narcos'
Ruiz and students enjoy the view overlooking Medellín. Jason Ruiz, associate professor of American Studies, won funding from Notre Dame International’s Insider Project for “Beyond Narcos: From the war on drugs to the coming peace." His project involved taking a group of students over fall break to two Colombian cities, where they studied several forms of...
For Puerto Rico native Jay Rivera-Herrans, choosing a major he loved wasn’t easy. He turned that struggle into an original musical.
Like the character he created, Jorge “Jay” Rivera-Herrans is exuberant and tenacious, but no one could mistake him for a cop out. A junior film, television, and theatre major, he has written the book, lyrics, and music for a new musical — Stupid Humans, which opens Thursday and runs through March 3...
LL.M. Spotlight: Yue Yu
After working for three years as a senior associate in the merger and acquisition transaction services department for Deloitte Financial Advisory in China, Yue Yu decided it was time for a career change. She wanted to go somewhere outside her native country. Yu graduated in 2015 from Central University of...
LL.M. Spotlight: Raphael Ng’etich
Raphael Ng’etich of Kenya has known that he wanted to study and teach law since he was in high school. As a law student at Strathmore University in Nairobi, he jumped at opportunities to serve as a teaching assistant for several professors. He also worked as an undergraduate research assistant...
From battle plans to lesson plans
In September 2018, 27 Master of Finance and Accounting graduates walked across the stage at Balkh University in Afghanistan
In 2016, a $1.15 million grant funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) was secured by the Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development…
London alumni series: How an experience abroad ignited Robert Costa's passion for politics
Since graduating from the University of Notre Dame in 2008, Robert Costa has become a national political reporter for the Washington Post, a political analyst for NBC News, and the host of television show "Washington Week" on PBS. He considers his time abroad in London a formative experience that helped shape his entire career.
An international student’s perspective: Tackling my first American football season
Physics major Nicole Lee is a Greater China Scholar and Hesburgh-Yusko Scholar. Originally from Malaysia, she grew up in Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai and Hong Kong. She intends on becoming a writer or journalist, using her platform to raise awareness on key issues around the globe to effect change. During her time at the University of...
Traveling internationally for Notre Dame? There’s a registration for that.
The University urges faculty and staff traveling abroad for work to register the travel at ndi-tr.nd.edu. Registration is mandatory for undergraduate students traveling internationally on University-sponsored travel, and is strongly encouraged for graduate students, faculty and staff.…
Building international exchanges with athletics in Chinese higher education
ND fencing coaches gave a series of clinics and camps in China In 2016, the University of Notre Dame entered into a partnership with the Federation of University Sports China (FUSC), the national organization for university sports in Beijing. This unique athletic collaboration has brought some of the biggest leaders...