When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the world watched in disbelief and horror as one sovereign nation invaded another.The University of Notre Dame has had a long relationship with the Ukrainian Catholic University, the first Catholic university in the post-Soviet world. When our colleagues, our partners and our friends were in danger, we asked how we could help.Professors Bill Donaruma and Ian Kuijt traveled to Ukraine to teach students on the ground the tenets of archeology and film so they could begin to document their important cultural sites, which are under constant threat.Learn more: https://go.nd.edu/0a0a45
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