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ND Dublin and AIG Ireland host Global Cybersecurity Symposium

The University of Notre Dame Dublin, in collaboration with AIG Ireland, hosted the 2023 Global Cybersecurity Symposium. Held at AIG Ireland’s headquarters, the event attracted over 250 attendees, including C-Suite executives, academic leaders, and government representatives from Ireland, the United States, and Europe. This symposium provided a platform for key...
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Faces of Ireland: Rosie Giglia '17

When Rosie Giglia ’17 decided to study Irish language and literature while a student at Notre Dame, she opened a world of possibilities that ultimately led her to pursue her advanced degree in neurology and clinical medicine on the Emerald Isle.
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Faces of Ireland: Mariana Silva '21

Mariana Silva ’21 has studied environmental issues all over the globe, from Ecuador to Uganda. Now, her research focus is understanding water movements in Irish bogs in hopes of restoring areas that bore the brunt of industrialized peat harvesting.
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Faces of Ireland: Mary McGraw '17

Award-winning photographer Mary McGraw '17 serves as the digital marketing and media manager at Galway International Arts Festival, one of the leading cultural events in Ireland and Europe.
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Faces of Ireland: Conal Fagan '21

Conal Fagan ’21, the first Irish native to serve as the official Notre Dame leprechaun, returned home to Ireland to continue his mission of using sports as a means for social change.
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Faces of Ireland: Jean Mag Fhinn '17

Jeaic Mag Fhinn '17 lives, works, and plays entirely in Irish, feeling welcomed by the community and making the Emerald Isle his home.
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Patrick Griffin admitted as honorary member to Royal Irish Academy

Patrick Griffin, the Thomas Moore and Judy Livingston Director of the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies in the Keough School of Global Affairs and the Madden-Hennebry Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, was admitted to the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) as an honorary member in a ceremony...
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Miguel Coste: 2023 Invocation

Miguel Coste was named salutatorian of the 2023 University of Notre Dame graduating class. A neuroscience and behavior major in the College…
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A Bog's Life

As Ireland contemplates its energy future, a Notre Dame student works to restore its ecological past. On a typical gray, rainy day along Ireland’s west coast, Tom Nee leads a group of Notre Dame students around the grounds of his sheep farm along the Killary Fjord. On the far side of...
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Junior Kendra Lyimo named 2023 Beinecke Scholar

As a Beinecke Scholar, Lyimo plans to study art and art history with the goal of advancing scholarship around East African art and its ideas and expanding access to East African art through teaching and outreach.
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From Dublin to London to D.C., American studies major pursues research, internships, and coursework focused on improving affordable housing for urban communities

In just the past year, Notre Dame junior Jasmine Mitchell has studied in Dublin, London, and Washington, D.C. In each location she’s traveled to, Mitchell has studied how localities are addressing affordable housing, and she hopes to eventually bring innovative solutions back to urban communities in the United States. Because no...
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East and West, Notre Dame in Ireland Episode 2: Common Home

In episode two, we explore Notre Dame students' work on environmental issues in Ireland. None is more pressing than the role of bogs, a quintessential feature of the Irish landscape. They've been plowed over for generations to harvest the underlying peat for fuel. As the practice is phased out, one...
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East & West: Notre Dame in Ireland

Between Dublin and Kylemore, Notre Dame is able to offer a singular breadth of experience on the Emerald Isle that redefines the traditional meaning of a study abroad program to include cultural fluency, a way of understanding another way of life that leads to global thinking and global citizenship.