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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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,…
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…
NDI protocol officer helps build international relationships
Originally published on NDWorks. Catherine Wilson is a self-confessed etiquette geek. “I really do like the Emily Post thing,” she says. “When I was 5 years…
Notre Dame, international since the beginning
Since its inception, the University of Notre Dame has been a global school. It was founded by a French priest and brothers in 1842 with money raised in Europe, and as soon as 1850 was enrolling international students. In the decades that followed, more than 100 students would come…
Locked in for the night: A student shares her experience inside the Holy Sepulchre
Eva and two other students spent a night in the Holy Sepulchre for a night of prayer and refection Eva Napierkowski is a junior studying neuroscience…
"A life-changing education:" Armando Sanchez reflects on his time in London
Sanchez in Trafalgar Square with a classmate Armando Sanchez participated in the London…
A letter of thanks to Ireland
Khaoula Morchid is a Notre Dame alum (17’) and a former Naughton Fellow (18’) who completed her masters in Transport, Engineering, Policy and Planning at Trinty College…
A lullaby from cell 382
Commers Macartan and Sam X. Zhuang are two architecture students and musicians from the University of Notre Dame. Macartan plays the piano and Zhuang is a singer. While in Rome, they…
The cinematic and literary representation of Italian postwar architecture
Alberto Lo Pinto is a Mellon Post-doctoral scholar in Italian Studies at the Rome Global Gateway through December 2018. Born and raised in Rome,…
Service experience abroad helps psychology and Spanish major discover her post-graduation path
Juliana Ison has always had a passion for service. Even before coming to Notre Dame, she had already spent 1,000 hours volunteering. It wasn’t until a service trip to Chile this summer, however, that the senior saw how her majors — psychology and Spanish — could blend with a career...
Notre Dame Provost Tom Burish addresses Notre Dame Club of India in Mumbai
As part of his visit to India this week, Notre Dame Provost Thomas G. Burish spoke to a gathering of approximately 60 members of the Notre Dame Club of India in Mumbai. Burish, who is in the country to further develop Notre Dame’s ties to it, focused his remarks on...
Notre Dame president blesses souls of the missing and departed at one of Mexico’s largest criminal mass grave sites
Father Jenkins concelebrated the Mass, officiated by His Excellency Bishop Luis Felipe Gallardo Martín del Campo of Veracruz, as part of the University’s honoring the Colectivo Solecito de Veracruz — the mothers who discovered the graves — with the 2018 Notre Dame Award.
An international student's perspective: It began with an Idea
Nicole Lee is a Greater China Scholar and part of the class of 2022. From Malaysia, Lee grew…
The Insider Project: Vulnerability of heritage buildings in New Zealand
A team of sixteen undergraduate students spent one week over the summer of 2018 in New Zealand, inspecting historic buildings for earthquake vulnerabilities and potential economic impacts to the local communities.…
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…
Expand your professional experience in Asia
He Duan interned at IBM in Shanghai over the summer of 2018 Notre Dame International offers students the opportunity to learn firsthand how businesses and organizations…
The Insider Project: Exploring ethnic identity and self-esteem in Vietnam
Tony Do with two other student research assistants at Imperial City, Hue, the former imperial capital of Vietnam. Notre Dame senior Tony Do didn’t know what to expect when he landed in Vietnam for the first…
A social experience in Jerusalem
Hardy participated in the Jerusalem Global Gateway Summer Program When Brandon Hardy goes abroad, he takes a large…
From jazz clubs to buskers: A music student’s experience of London
Alex Mansour playing piano for London staff The elegant, drifting echoes of piano and cello became a welcome soundtrack to London’s Fischer Hall last semester. The program was hosting…
Social design course challenges students from Notre Dame and India to use creativity to tackle a global problem
When Kacey Hengesbach began her undergraduate career at Notre Dame, she didn’t imagine that it would include traveling 8,000 miles to Ahmedabad, India. But thanks to a new course created by Neeta Verma, she had the chance to spend three weeks there last summer, working collaboratively with students from India’s National Institute...
7,817 miles away: A Greater China Scholar prepares for life on campus
Nicole Lee will be attending the University of Notre Dame this fall, along with ten other students from the GCS program.