How picking up a guitar helped connect a study abroad storyteller to a new language
The Study Abroad Storytellers program is an opportunity for current study abroad students to share their stories with prospective…
Study abroad is "stronger than ever"
Ever since sending students home mid-semester in spring of 2020, Notre Dame’s study abroad team has been working to get students…
NDI features stories of women who empower in the world of sustainability
"Sustainability is a way of understanding the world, recognizing the role each one of us plays in it as a part of an interconnected…
Students expand international learning through the Virtual Global Professional Experience
“You’re not going to get a better internship than this program,”says Notre Dame sophomore Fritz Holzgrefe. In a time when internships are scarce, and international opportunities…
What Are the Global Gateways? Notre Dame’s Global Presence Offers Resources for Undergraduate Students
Growing up in Austin, TX, with the city’s large Spanish-speaking population, Natalie Reysa ‘21 developed a passion for learning the Spanish language. …
Women Who Empower: Estela Rojo
This story is part of Notre Dame International's series titled "Women…
First Chilean Fulbright Studies Home Country's 'New Normal'
Chile – once among the most prosperous and stable countries in Latin America – is at an inflection point. In October 2019, protests over a hike in public transit fares turned violent and escalated into mass demonstrations about deeper social and economic problems within the country: stagnant…
A Semester, Interrupted: International Student Stories
As the pandemic first exploded in the United States in early spring, international students had to make a tough call: Should they find a way to stay on campus or return…
Santiago alumni series: How an experience abroad led to unexpected opportunities for Erin Aucar
Erin Aucar '16 currently works for Notre Dame's Meruelo Family Center for Career Development in Washington, DC. She writes about her study abroad experience in Santiago…
Meet Jaime Signoracci: NDI's travel security and risk management expert
In June 2014, a plane landed hard at the Kabul International Airport. It was after dark and the flight crew needed medical attention. The plane suffered…
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,…
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,…
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…
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...
Heavy Metals: The search for rare stars that could unlock a mystery of the universe
Astrophysicist Timothy Beers only needs 100 stars out of the 100 billion in the universe to help prove one of the longest-held theories in the field. Finding those stars, however, is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
A stellar partnership
A collaboration between the University of Notre Dame and the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile has faculty and students alike seeing stars.