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Celebrating Excellence: The Greater China Scholars Weekend 2025

On March 15, 2025, amidst a snowstorm in Beijing, Notre Dame Global (NDG), Notre Dame Hong Kong, and Notre Dame Beijing successfully hosted the Greater China Scholars Weekend 2025 at the ND Beijing office. After five years of being virtual, this year marked the…
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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...