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Book club ‘elevates’ language for Spanish-speaking Catholic school students

Published: December 18, 2018

The book club is the latest in a long line of Notre Dame-backed programs and initiatives aimed at improving educational outcomes for primary and secondary students in the South Bend-Elkhart region.

With an eye on global health, student returns to parents’ homeland

Published: November 26, 2018

Rowland, Ashley

When Eunice Agyapong ‘19 traveled to Ghana for the first time as an adult, she didn’t expect to be surprised by what she saw in her parents’ homeland. But she was.

The ivory tower meets real-world dialogue about Latinos and immigration in ‘Life’s Loteria’

Published: November 12, 2018

Paloma Garcia-Lopez

Three renowned experts on immigration, and the social, political and cultural narratives about Latinos in the media will participate in a panel discussion titled "Life’s Loteria: Immigration Narratives in Academia, Journalism, and Media."

Letras Latinas director participates in the Dodge Poetry Festival

Published: October 25, 2018

Institute for Latino Studies

As part of the Institute for Latino Studies’ academic program, the Letras Latinas initiative provides scholarly activities, brings emerging writers to campus to engage with students, and often partners with other Notre Dame departments and national organizations.

Potawatomi Language and Culture Night

Published: October 22, 2018

Erin Blasko

Zada Ballew, a Potawatomi citizen and a senior in the College of Arts and Letters, said, “As both a member of the Pokagon Band of the Potawatomi and a student at the University of Notre Dame, I am honored to have the chance to share my culture with my classmates.

Student Safety Summit draws nearly 100 to talk to local police

Published: October 11, 2018

Erin Blasko

The event featured Q&A with local law enforcement, covering topics such as safety on an open campus, bias in policing and blue-light emergency phones.

An international student's perspective: It began with an idea

Published: September 28, 2018

Nicole Lee

Nicole Lee, Greater China Scholar and part of the class of 2022, gives students around the world inspiring insight into the life of an international student.

National Hispanic Heritage Month events on campus

Published: September 17, 2018

Luis R. Fraga

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Special Olympics athletes from South Bend, Ann Arbor to compete in flag football game

Published: August 30, 2018

Erin Blasko

Special Olympics Notre Dame is a non-profit service club for Notre Dame students that provides year-round training and competition in a variety of sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities in the South Bend area, consistent with the Special Olympics movement.

From jazz clubs to buskers: A music student’s experience of London

Published: August 17, 2018

Colleen Wilcox

Describing music as “a way to experience community," Alex Mansour stepped away from his life in South Bend and threw himself into the dynamic and limitless musical culture of England’s capital city.

Grant to help Riley students develop affordable housing in South Bend

Published: December 18, 2018

Erin Blasko

The $125,000 grant will allow the students to build a home for a low- to moderate-income family in a part of the city where access to quality, affordable housing and financing is limited.

2018 Accessibility Awareness Day

Published: November 21, 2018

Rosalyn Wells

Accessibility Awareness Day is an annual event that offers architecture students the opportunity to explore accessibility issues in the built environment.

Statement by Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., on mass shooting of worshipers at Pittsburgh synagogue

Published: October 28, 2018

Notre Dame News

“In the days ahead, Notre Dame will look for ways to mourn in solidarity with our friends and to address the venomous hatred directed at them because of their faith and identity,” Jenkins said.

Bower Doctor of Musical Arts program empowers students to re-energize sacred music in church and academy

Published: October 23, 2018

Carrie Gates

Music has the power to inspire, to sustain, and to build community. And students and alumni of Sacred Music at Notre Dame’s Calvin M. Bower Doctor of Musical Arts program are playing a vital role in re-energizing the church and the academy through sacred music.

Notre Dame Provost Tom Burish addresses Notre Dame Club of India in Mumbai

Published: October 18, 2018

Ted Fox

While speaking to a gathering of approximately 60 members of the Notre Dame Club of India in Mumbai, Burish focused his remarks on the University’s interest in admitting more students from India, noting that they currently represent the fastest-growing group of international students at Notre Dame.

Master’s student awarded for human rights work in Uganda

Published: October 10, 2018

kroc.nd.edu

Victoria Nyanjura, a student in the Master of Global Affairs, International Peace Studies program, is a first place recipient of the Navarra International Solidarity Award. The award recognized Nyanjura’s work to advocate for women and children in Gulu, Uganda.

Tashi Kyil monks return to Notre Dame to create peace mandala

Published: September 25, 2018

Jessica Sieff

The visit continues "the ecumenical monastic tradition begun between Thomas Merton and the Dalai Lama,” said Dominic Vachon, director of the Ruth M. Hillebrand Center for Compassionate Care in Medicine.

The Insider Project: Exploring ethnic identity and self-esteem in Vietnam

Published: September 05, 2018

Colleen Wilcox

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…

Class of 2022: Intellectually and globally diverse, dedicated to service and leadership

Published: August 24, 2018

Erin Blasko

Both intellectually and globally diverse, the class of 2,070 first-year students includes more than 600 international students or U.S. students of color and nearly 160 first-generation students.

Keough School introduces new undergraduate global affairs major

Published: August 16, 2018

Ti Lavers

A supplementary major in global affairs, designed for students interested in exploring contemporary global issues, will be offered to this year’s incoming class of 2022.

Record number of Notre Dame students receive Gilman Scholarships to study abroad

Published: December 07, 2018

Colleen Wilcox

Gilman Scholars receive up to $5,000 to apply toward their study abroad or internship program costs. The program offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue academic studies or internships abroad, thereby gaining skills critical to our national security and economic competitiveness.

Notre Dame ranked No. 2 in the nation for study abroad participation

Published: November 13, 2018

Colleen Wilcox

By the time they graduate, 73.7 percent of Notre Dame undergraduate students will have participated in study abroad.

Latino spirituality through leadership: A road to the V Encuentro

Published: October 25, 2018

Lauren Melancon

As part of the Institute for Latino Studies’ Cross Cultural Leadership Program, sophomore Aaron Benavides took part in an eight-week summer service learning experience at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, D.C.

Celebrating a half-century of Notre Dame Law in London

Published: October 23, 2018

Kevin Allen

More than 1,500 budding Notre Dame Lawyers have gone to England to deepen their understanding of the roots of American law, to explore international career opportunities, and to forge lasting bonds with classmates.

Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion announces inaugural events

Published: October 17, 2018

Chloe Mccotter

"Religions engage people where they live, affecting their sensibilities and attitudes toward migrants, the poor, politics, health, the family and more,” notes Scott Appleby, Marilyn Keough Dean of the Keough School of Global Affairs.

Through her lens: Art alumna captures untold story in Kylemore

Published: October 01, 2018

Colleen Wilcox

Growing up in a traditional Irish and Catholic family, Mary McGraw was always fascinated by Ireland. During her sophomore year at Notre Dame, she applied to the Inside Track program, spending time at both the Dublin Global Gateway and Kylemore Abbey Global Centre. As an artist, she was drawn to the landscape and the story behind the Kylemore castle.

For history major Micah Johnston, a year of service was a ‘master class’ in relationship building

Published: September 19, 2018

Emily McConville

Now a senior program office for IREX in Washington, D.C., Micah Johnston '06 spent his first year after graduation volunteering for the Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly in Chicago. He learned how to have patience in building relationships with people of different backgrounds and life experiences — close connections, he found, take time to develop.

Notre Dame Stories: Helping the Most Vulnerable

Published: September 05, 2018

Andy Fuller

Two Notre Dame students signed up to spend their summer at a shelter near the US-Mexico border, helping migrant families who are seeking asylum. But they didn’t know the role that shelter would play when the immigration issue exploded.

Why Gender Studies?

Published: August 23, 2018

Linnie Caye

Pamela Wynne Butler, associate director and director of undergraduate studies in the Gender Studies Program, discusses the Gender and Culture in American Society course she teaches as part of the Summer Scholars program.

A legacy shared: Maria Irene Fornés, mother of Latinx theatre

Published: August 15, 2018

Lauren Melancon

Honoring the legacy of Maria Irene Fornés, mother of Latinx theatre, the annual Fornés Playwriting Workshop aims to pass Fornés’ unique writing style on to a new generation of Latinx theatre artists.