‘Recognizing Christ in the vulnerable’: University President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., celebrates Mass for immigrants and immigration reform
On Monday evening (Dec. 1), Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., president of the University of Notre Dame, presided and preached at a Mass for immigrants and immigration reform at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. The Mass was held in response to a special message published Nov. 12 by the...
Sustainability Research Fellows present findings on sustainable practices from Europe
On October 30, 2025, the Nanovic Sustainability Research Fellows came together to share their findings from their semester-long research projects conducted across Europe. This session was chaired by Eamon Ryan, Ireland’s former Minister for the Environment, Climate, and Communications…
Telling stories from the Shannon Seminar on Storytelling
Remotely nestled within Connemara in the west of Ireland lies Kylemore Abbey, a place with its own storied history. For the purposes of this story, it becomes the setting of a unique, insightful, and productive academic experiment. In conjunction with the Laura…
Bronze Age monument discovered on Oileán Acla in Co Mayo
A rare example of a ritual Bronze Age monument has been discovered on Oileán Acla in Co Mayo. The stone alignment had been hidden by ancient trees which were flattened by Storm Éowyn earlier this year. The discovery was made during an archaeological field trip with US students from the…
Green Sod Summer School 2025: “Sustainability is about community”
This August, Notre…
Yeats and the arts take center stage at Notre Dame Kylemore’s ‘Threshold’
W.B. Yeats, playwright, poet, founder of the Abbey Theatre, and winner of the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature, among other accolades, was front and center in conversation, art, and spirit at Notre Dame Kylemore’s Threshold Festival. Mirroring Yeats’ own breadth of work across creative writing, literary…
Three writers awarded Notre Dame Kylemore Residencies 2025
The Irish Writers Centre and Notre Dame Kylemore are delighted to announce that three writers have been awarded a five-day residency on the beautiful grounds of Kylemore Abbey (Co. Galway) this April. The writers are Sadhbh Moriarty, Róisín Ní Neachtain, and Michelle Nic Pháidín. …
Southern voters would consider big changes to institutions in a united Ireland
Public open to new structures to accommodate a changed reality Voters in the Republic would consider “significant changes” to the political institutions in the South in the event of a united Ireland,…
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...
A Wider Path to Notre Dame
More than 100 international students arrive at Notre Dame each August for their first year of college. Some…
A Notre Dame Summer Engineering student returns to Kylemore to model the unique Gothic chapel
Evan Johnston first visited Kylemore with the 2023 Summer Engineering & Environmental Science Program. While here, he visited the iconic Kylemore Gothic chapel. Little did he know he would get to know it much more intimately in the future! …
ND Global Leadership Team awarded Presidential Team Irish Award
The Global Leadership Team (GLT) has been awarded the Presidential Team Irish Award on behalf of Notre Dame…
First-year Arts & Letters students experience learning abroad through Glynn Family Honors Program
First-year University of Notre Dame students visit Ireland during their Glynn Family Honors Program seminar in spring 2024.…
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…
Historic three-day celebration culminates in Inauguration of Notre Dame’s 18th President, Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C.
For only the third time in the past 70 years, the University of Notre Dame inaugurated a new president Friday (Sept. 13) during the formal investiture of Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., as the University’s 18th president. The Convocation and Inauguration Ceremony, held in Purcell Pavilion, was the culmination of...