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Rupert Goold delivers the 14th Annual Notre Dame London Shakespeare Lecture

I will endeavour to at least speak personally and from what little experience I have gathered directing Shakespeare, for my current production of Hamlet at the RSC marks my 15th go in one form or another—and with three of the plays, Hamlet included, I've attempted them more than once...
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University of Notre Dame wins award for excellence in campus internationalization

In recognition of its outstanding commitment to internationalization both on campus and across the globe, the University of Notre Dame has been selected to receive the 2025 Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization. Named for the late Sen. Paul Simon, a longtime proponent of international education, the award is given...
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A Wider Path to Notre Dame

More than 100 international students arrive at Notre Dame each August for their first year of college. Some…
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President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., Inaugural Address

A Catholic university, according to my predecessor and brother in Holy Cross, Father Ted Hesburgh, “should be a bridge across all chasms that separate modern people from each other.” Now, when I reflect on those words, I see a problem and an opportunity. The problem is clear: Those chasms…
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Notre Dame confers honorary degrees at academic convocation in Rome

At an academic convocation on Monday (Jan. 29) at its Rome Global Gateway, the University of Notre Dame conferred honorary degrees on three distinguished leaders: Barbara Jatta, director of the Vatican Museums; Bishop Brian Farrell, L.C., secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity; and Roberto Benigni, an internationally acclaimed...