Global Partners Conference: Building bridges with India
This fall, Notre Dame Global launched its inaugural Global Partners Conference on the University of Notre Dame’s campus in South Bend, Indiana, bringing institutional partners from around the world together to share ideas on global education,…
São Paulo climate conference affirmed mutual desire for global, interdisciplinary collaboration
Conversations, ideas, and future collaborations bloomed at “Bridging…
‘Recognizing Christ in the vulnerable’: University President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., celebrates Mass for immigrants and immigration reform
On Monday evening (Dec. 1), Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., president of the University of Notre Dame, presided and preached at a Mass for immigrants and immigration reform at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. The Mass was held in response to a special message published Nov. 12 by the...
Notre Dame Global laid the groundwork for research collaborations at the Global Partners Conference
Research is the vehicle that moves knowledge forward. At the University of Notre Dame, faculty members and student scholars not only conduct extensive research, but are also the connectors who extend the reach of that research beyond the borders of the University’s campus in South Bend. One…
Conference in Rome underscores theology’s crucial role in migration research and policy
Mass migration has become an urgent issue in all regions of the world, and one of the most challenging issues of our time. Factors such as war, poverty, and climate change are driving vulnerable people to leave their homelands, and feeding a growing backlash in countries that are receiving…
A Fragile History
Notre Dame students dig into Chinese ceramics history during reconstruction workshop …
Sustainability Research Fellows present findings on sustainable practices from Europe
On October 30, 2025, the Nanovic Sustainability Research Fellows came together to share their findings from their semester-long research projects conducted across Europe. This session was chaired by Eamon Ryan, Ireland’s former Minister for the Environment, Climate, and Communications…
Pope Leo XIV receives Notre Dame leadership in private audience
University of Notre Dame President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C. — accompanied by John Veihmeyer, Chair of the Board of Trustees, and his wife, Beth; Rev. Austin I. Collins, C.S.C., vice president for mission engagement and Church affairs; and Ann M. Firth, vice president and chief of staff — was...
Internationally recognized physician Tom Catena to visit Notre Dame
Physician, humanitarian and medical missionary Dr. Tom Catena will visit the University of Notre Dame on Nov. 12 (Wednesday) to deliver the 2025 Rev. Bernie Clark, C.S.C., Lecture at 5 p.m. in the Eck Visitors Center Auditorium. Catena’s lecture, titled “Hope and Healing,” is also part of the 2025-26 Notre Dame...
What does it look like to live ‘Laudato Si’’? You can see it in rural Uganda
When Emmanuel Katongole was growing up in rural Uganda, his family’s life centered on a 3-acre plot of land where they grew coffee, beans, maize, bananas and other food crops. A nearby spring, accessible by a short…
Telling stories from the Shannon Seminar on Storytelling
Remotely nestled within Connemara in the west of Ireland lies Kylemore Abbey, a place with its own storied history. For the purposes of this story, it becomes the setting of a unique, insightful, and productive academic experiment. In conjunction with the Laura…
ND Rome hosts “Il Giubileo e Roma immaginata nel mondo – The Jubilee: The Image of Rome in the World”
On October 13, 2025 Notre Dame Rome will host the conference Rome and the Jubilees, 1300–2025, concluding at 4:00 p.m. with an open conversation between the Capitoline Superintendent Claudio Parisi Presicce and the Director of the Vatican Museums, Barbara Jatta.
Notre Dame’s Kellogg Institute partners with Vanderbilt University to launch 2025-26 democracy survey
The University of Notre Dame’s Kellogg Institute for International Studies and Vanderbilt University’s Center for Global Democracy are partnering to advance one of the world’s leading surveys on attitudes toward democracy. Starting in October, the Center for Global Democracy, with support from the Kellogg Institute, will conduct the 2025-26 round...