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…
An international student’s perspective: Marching in the Band of the Fighting Irish
Beatriz de Campos Silva is a sophomore from São Paulo, Brazil, majoring in Physics in Medicine with a minor in the Glynn Family Honors Program. She plays the…
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: Thaïs Burmeister Pires
This story is part of Notre Dame International's series titled "Women…
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…
From Brazil to Rome: A Notre Dame student’s experience with the new study abroad locally program
In early July, Nicole Marinho…
Pedro Navarro: Finding home in Sorocaba and Knott Hall
Pedro Navarro, originally from Sorocaba, Brazil, is majoring in chemical engineering. He shares his story as part of the International Student Reflection…
How an international student helped Admissions connect to students around the world
Tamima Levinsohn Mourad, a senior studying psychology and Spanish with a minor in business economics, was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but grew…
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…
Finding a common language through dance in Brazil
Godsee Joy is a senior from Silver Spring, Maryland, currently studying economics and peace studies with a minor in data science. While at the University of Notre Dame, she has been heavily…
Business in Brazil: How an international student created a platform to connect students to high-tech jobs
Brazilian native Laura Henares is a sophomore at the University of Notre Dame, currently studying international economics, German, and international development studies. This international student has…
LL.M. Spotlight: Fernanda Gianesella Bertolaccini
Fernanda Gianesella Bertolaccini wants her voice to be heard. An activist in her native Brazil, Bertolaccini focuses on how private companies…
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…
The four greatest life lessons that Notre Dame taught me: An iLED student's perspective
Ruth Di Rada is a fifteen-year-old from Brazil. Earlier this year, she received an Ismart scholarship to study at the University of Notre Dame. While on campus, she participated…
Startup scene in São Paulo: Three students share stories from their internships
Daniela Bohrt spent part of her summer interning at Gaveteiro.com.br Brazil’s growing technology and startup sector is proving increasingly attractive to Notre Dame students. While the technology and ecommerce…
Life in Rio: A student’s perspective on NDI’s newest Brazil program
Gabrielle Brookins is a junior studying business analytics in the Mendoza College of Business with a minor in Africana studies.…
Finding Joy in the internship experience abroad
Joy (far right) is pictured with her new friends at GuiaBolso As the world’s ninth largest economy and sixth most populous country, opportunities abound in Brazil for those brave enough to chance them.…
Why not him? Pedro Navarro's story
Navarro and his mother From a young age, the importance of education was impressed upon Pedro Navarro, a junior chemical engineering student from Brazil. His mother is a Portuguese teacher and saw firsthand the discrepancies…
Full circle experience: A recent graduate reflects on significance of Brazilian commencement speaker
Catarina Stella Daltro was set to graduate on May 20, 2018. Six months before the big day, she learned the news that Brazilian Judge Sérgio Moro was set to receive an honorary degree and serve as principal speaker at the University of Notre Dame’s 173rd commencement ceremony. She wrote about the experience and discussed...