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SMC students studying in Rome to return to the U.S., remain off campus for 14 days

Observer Staff Report | Saturday, February 29, 2020

Saint Mary’s students studying abroad at John Cabot University in Rome for the spring semester will be sent home, vice president for student affairs Linda Timm announced early Saturday morning in a campus-wide email. The announcement follows a report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the State Department, escalating the advisory against non-essential

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‘We are all freaking out’: Notre Dame suspends Rome program due to coronavirus

Claire Rafford | Friday, February 28, 2020

This report was updated Friday at 10:04 p.m. Notre Dame is suspending its Rome programs and bringing the 106 Notre Dame students currently studying abroad in the Italian capital back to the United States, the University announced in an email to students Friday evening. The move comes as the coronavirus has proliferated through Italy. The

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How I became a new urbanist and why you should too

G. Matthew Molinsky | Thursday, February 6, 2020

During a six-week stint abroad in Rome, I fell in love with the European city. I lived in a two-bedroom apartment on the second floor of a seven-story apartment building in the neighborhood of Garbatella. Every day, I made the 15-minute commute by metro to the Notre Dame Global Gateway, located a few blocks from

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The fountains of Rome

Sara Schlecht | Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Rome is filled with fountains, some of them famous but many of them not. Numerous monumental fountains appear in movie scenes and on lists of “must-see” sites around the city. Even more fountains are located in less notorious piazzas and on random city blocks. These are often much smaller. Walking past some of them, it

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New Rome villa enhances study abroad experience

Alexandra Muck | Friday, September 8, 2017

In 2016, Notre Dame purchased a villa in Rome to serve as a site for the Rome Global Gateway Program, and this fall marks the first semester Notre Dame students are living in the villa while studying abroad in Rome. Villa rector Justin Bartkus, a double Domer from the class of 2010 and the class of

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Students embrace summer study abroad programs

Kelli Smith | Wednesday, August 30, 2017

This past summer, some students set their sights beyond the United States. Some turned to China, Israel or the United Kingdom. Others looked to Russia, Ireland or South Africa. A handful focused on France, Brazil or Italy. Despite the diverse range of locations, they all had something in common: all were part of Notre Dame International’s (NDI)

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American, not Roman

Letter to the Editor | Monday, May 1, 2017

I value the democratic process. I think the type of government the Founding Fathers established in the Age of Enlightenment is something to be marveled at as well as protected. The beauty in the government they created was that it was the amalgamation of some of the best attempts at democratic nations of the past.

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Students celebrate Easter Mass at the Vatican

Katie Galioto | Wednesday, April 19, 2017

ROME — The alarm was set for 4 a.m. on Easter morning. Juniors Annie Richelsen, Elizabeth Crimmins and Derek Meyer — all studying abroad in Dublin for the semester — got up, got dressed and began the trek to St. Peter’s Square with a couple other students from the Ireland brigade. The group arrived at the Vatican

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Saint Mary’s student discusses mental illness at Justice Friday

Sydney Doyle | Monday, January 30, 2017

Senior Julianne Olivieri shared her story of her battle with mental illness on Friday as part of the Justice Friday series at Saint Mary’s. Oliveri began her presentation with a recollection of her time abroad and her struggle with depression while across the sea from her family, in Rome. Oliveri said she felt like she

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CSC faculty start Catholic Social Tradition research lab

Emily McConville | Monday, January 23, 2017

The principles of Catholic Social Tradition (CST) are broad, encompassing such ideas as solidarity, care for creation and rights of workers. Implementing those principles can be difficult, visiting professor of Catholic Social Tradition and community engagement Clemens Sedmack said. Sedmack and Bill Purcell, an associate director in the Center for Social Concerns, began to develop

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