Kennedy Scholars meet Rome International Scholars to discover the layered history of the city
Elizabeth Gonzalez and her classmates in Rome When Elizabeth Gonzalez first enrolled in the Kennedy Scholars Seminar in London, she was expecting to learn research skills to further her senior thesis. After spending a weekend visiting world class historical sites in Rome, meeting the Rome International Scholars, and even spending...
London students make pilgrimage to Fr. Moreau's diocese
This past October, twelve Notre Dame students from the London Global Gateway traveled to Le Mans, France, on a pilgrimage to follow in the footsteps of Blessed Basil Moreau, the founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross. After arriving in northwest France, the pilgrims departed on foot to explore...
'Read My Lips': Student Wellbeing Abroad
“If your lips could speak for themselves, what would they say?”
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 back into the program. Their efforts have been successful; upcoming study abroad numbers will exceed pre-pandemic enrollment. A total of 824 students studied abroad in the 2019-2020 academic school...
Notre Dame London Summer School returns
This summer Notre Dame London welcomed its first batch of Summer School students since 2019! The London Summer Program offers Notre Dame students the opportunity to study in the UK’s bustling capital city for 6 weeks. For undergraduate students unable to commit to a full semester abroad, the summer program...
Learning East Asian Ways of Life in London
When Notre Dame students apply to spend a semester in London, they are often anticipating the traditional London experience. They can’t wait to take photos with red post boxes and black cabs. They are excited to look out for members of the Royal Family near Buckingham Palace, or to visit...
Who owns the past? Notre Dame London students visit the Society of Antiquaries
Professor Fay Stevens’ Archaeology and Ethics course pushes students to look to the past to understand the present, and classroom discussions are weaved alongside visits to famous heritage sites in London and the United Kingdom.
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 and complex web of societies, economies, and ecosystems," says Sofía Del Valle, a 2019 master of global affairs graduate in the Keough School of Global Affairs…
Anglo-American reflections on G.K. Chesterton
In recent months, Ronan Doheny, an archivist with a background in Modern Irish and Church history, has begun working on the G.K. Chesterton Collection at the Notre Dame London Global Gateway. At the same time Trish Bredar, an academic focusing on British literature of the long nineteenth century, has been working as the Chesterton...
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 are even scarcer, a statement like this one stands out. Holzgrefe, one of the 128 students who participated in Notre Dame’s Virtual Global Professional...
A look into London: Experience a day in the life of a London student
Abby invites us to join her on a typical day in London. From spectacular study-room views to class theater visits, she gives us a glimpse of some of the highlights London has to offer.
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.
As a Notre Dame student, she majored in political science…
Notre Dame students learn what it means to be a global citizen through virtual internships
Team meeting at C3 In the last few months, working from home has become normal for office workers across the globe. When Notre Dame students enrolled in the Fall 2020 London Program were told that the program would not be going ahead, they were not surprised, but no less disappointed. However, there was...
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 to their home countries to wait for the situation to resolve itself? The crisis intensified in many locations across...
Beauty in the aging hands of strife: A reflection on “Every Street”
Andrews in Vienna during fall break 2019 Joe Andrews studied in London during fall 2019, and he spent fall break visiting some of Europe's capital cities. Like most students, he was struck by the beauty and history he encountered on his trip, but he also noticed the poverty and deprivation that often...
Immersed from afar: Canceled study abroad programs got creative to keep students connected
An Irish scone bake-off went viral. A TikTok challenge inspired kicking toilet paper like a soccer ball. An assignment to develop a literary walking tour of London became a walking tour for people in quarantine. Eleanor the Chihuahua became an Instagram celebrity.…
Valedictorian is first researcher to access Chesterton Collection at London Global Gateway
Stiller by Tower Bridge in London Brady Stiller, recently named valedictorian at the University of Notre Dame for the class of 2020, describes his journey to where he is today as “fortuitous." As humble as Stiller is, it is clear that the main reason for his success is not good fortune,...
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 damage, so the crew needed to stay overnight in Kabul until another aircraft could be flown in. Jaime Signoracci, who was only in her...
Dr. Brian Donley '86 teaches students about the business of empathy
Dr. Brian Donley ‘86 practices what he preaches. As the inaugural director of the Cleveland Clinic London, due to open in 2021, Donley is devoted to continuing the clinic’s mission to foster a compassionate culture and create a patient-focused healthcare system. In order to achieve this, Donley knows he must...
London Alumni Series: A class in London helps Jess Krauss reframe the past, and her future
Krauss today When Jess Krauss was planning her academic career at Notre Dame, London was high on her list of priorities. Attracted by the parliamentary internship, she felt that London would help her on her track to becoming a lawyer working in the government. What she didn’t realize was that an...
London Alumni Series: How a class in London put Lily Falzon on a different track
When Lily Falzon started at Notre Dame, she thought she wanted to be a doctor. Five years later, she graduated with a bachelor of arts in sociology, a minor in Chinese, and a scholarship to study at Yenching Academy of Peking University in Beijing.…
London Alumni Series: How an experience abroad helped boost Nicole Sganga's journalism career
Nicole Sganga '15 spent the summer of 2013 camped outside St Mary’s hospital in Paddington London, waiting for Kate Middleton and Prince William to make an appearance with Prince George, the first royal baby in almost 30 years. She was not there waving flags with the royalist crowd. Instead, she was...
Vanesa Miseres retraces the footsteps of travelers between Latin America and Europe
Vanesa Miseres is becoming a regular feature at the London Global Gateway. After receiving a Global Gateway Research Award in 2018, she spent a semester in London researching the connection between European and Latin American history and literature. It was during this visit that she was inspired to create a course on...
In London’s Squares, and Rome’s Piazzas: The University of Notre Dame’s architecture in Europe
Rome's skyline
When Margaret Derwent Ketcham was a third year student of architecture in Rome, the predominant palette of the city was a terracotta orange. Today, the hue is different.
“It has been gradually changing to a light blue, white palette,” says Ketcham. “It just changes the whole look of it.” …
London Alumni Series: Usi Abugo realizes adventure is the best way to learn
Usiwoma Abugo ‘08 is probably the only oculoplastic surgeon who is instafamous. With nearly 17,000 followers, Abugo has had major success achieving her own career goals and helping others achieve theirs. Her time at the London Global Gateway allowed her to shift her focus, and instead of learning about medicine, she spent...
Living out a dream: Artistic immersion in London
In her application for the London Global Gateway, Rachel Mills described a daydream that she often had in South Bend. The fantasy scenario involved her exiting the tube station into Trafalgar Square, and walking the through crowds of buskers, commuters and tourists to reach her place of work: the National Gallery....
Shifting mindsets: A student learns the power of creative thinking
Bozzo with friends in Greenwich Dominic Bozzo is a computer science major, a subject that has always required him to think analytically. It may seem surprising then, that he spent his semester in London as an intern at a top design agency. “I work with 20 people who all have...
A global perspective: Notre Dame London Law students at the United Nations
Halfway through their semester in London, Notre Dame law students stepped out of the classroom and headed to the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, discovering what their studies look like in practice. The three day trip was a feast of experiential learning, and students debated topics with UN officials, analyzed...
London alumni series: How going off course led Tom Coyne to a career as an author
When Tom Coyne 99’ was nineteen years old, he thought about his future in terms of major, grades, graduation, and job. Now a bestselling author, screenwriter and English professor, Coyne points to his semester in London as the reason he veered off the predicted path.
Experiencing London through literature of the fantastic
The London Global Gateway strives for students to experience London as its own classroom. This can be through trips to museums and specific cultural sights, or through street art, music and theater. This semester, Eliza Harris took a course in "London Literature of the Fantastic" with Professor Hadas Elber-Aviram, which enabled her to see London through...