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Kate Casper | Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Call it my cute, American ignorance, but I really believed Italian grocery stores would accommodate my need for ready-made vodka sauce. I really believed I could walk into Fantasia on Via di S. Giovanni and purchase a jar of that heavenly mix of onion, basil, tomato, garlic, parmesan and — you guessed it — vodka.
Sophia Michetti | Wednesday, September 28, 2022
I had a lot of expectations about how my study abroad was going to go, and none of them came to fruition the way I thought they would. Now, this isn’t to say I didn’t have the best time of my life — I definitely did. That being said, my study abroad experience taught me
Observer Staff Report | Thursday, September 22, 2022
Fr. Richard “Dick” Warner died Wednesday at the age of 83 at Holy Cross House, according to a University press release. Warner was a part of the Congregation of Holy Cross since 1962, the same year he graduated from Notre Dame, the release said. Warner became a part of the University’s Board of Fellows and
Ryan Peters | Tuesday, May 11, 2021
The School of Architecture’s Rome Studies Program will take place in a shortened form over the summer, according to the dean of the School of Architecture, Stefanos Polyzoides. The program typically consists of third-year architecture students spending the entire academic year in Rome, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic students were not able to travel
Dasha Kudriavtseva | Monday, November 2, 2020
When you see the pink-colored poster for the Italian series “Baby,” the last thing you’d imagine is a story of underage prostitution inspired by real events, but the third season of the Netflix show continues to unravel the dark, hidden lives of a pair teenagers. The main character ‘baby,’ Chiara (Benedetta Porcaroli), is dissatisfied with
Elizabeth Prater | Wednesday, October 7, 2020
The Nanovic Institute for European Studies hosted a virtual lecture Tuesday titled “Raphael in Rome,” where Ingrid Rowland, professor at Notre Dame’s School of Architecture, led a virtual lecture from her home in Rome and discussed some of her research of Raphael’s work in the Eternal City. The first half of the lecture commenced with
Adriana Perez | Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Between study sessions, doctoral candidate Susanna De Stradis takes breaks at a small, private courtyard cafe of the Vatican Apostolic Archive to drink coffee, meet other scholars and “zoom back to the present day.” De Stradis recently started conducting research into the Vatican’s archives for her dissertation during her third year as a doctoral student
Trinity Reilly | Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Third-year architecture students learned they would not be spending the fall semester in Rome in mid-June, due to difficulties caused by COVID19. Junior Ava Longoria said many students were upset upon hearing the news, but largely unsurprised. “I was definitely disappointed, but with everything happening, I didn’t really expect to go,” Longoria said. “I knew
Maeve Filbin | Friday, March 27, 2020
For weeks, they’ve been watching the world from their apartment window. Beneath them, the streets of Rome are empty, except for the rare passerby carrying groceries or walking a small dog. Saint Mary’s junior Zoe Ricker and sophomore Sarah Tschida are two students who opted to remain in Rome when the College officially suspended the study
Mia Marroquin | Friday, March 20, 2020
For many students, a semester abroad is characterized by months of growth and adventure, but those who studied abroad this semester had their experiences cut short as COVID-19 spread internationally. Due to the fast-paced nature of the virus, many students’ semester abroad came to a halt seemingly overnight. “There had been speculation that we would