Health and Society
Fighting to Create Economic Opportunity
A degree from a reputable community college has the potential to lift people out of poverty, but 60 percent of community college students drop out before they graduate. The...
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Fighting for Those Touched by Cancer
One out of every three people receiving treatment for cancer also struggle with anxiety and clinical depression. Even when cancer patients survive the disease, they suffer from...
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The Once and Future Liberal Arts
Richard Brodhead, president of Duke University, explored “The Once and Future Liberal Arts” in a talk as part of the 2014-15 Notre Dame Forum on November 4 in the Hesburgh...
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Fighting to Improve Trauma Care
Each year in the United States, trauma accounts for 37 million emergency room visits and is the leading cause of death for people under age 45. Biochemist Frank Castellino’s...
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Understanding Ebola
The outbreak of the Ebola virus in Africa has raised international concerns over the deadly disease. In this session, Robert Stahelin, an adjunct associate professor of chemistry...
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Fighting to Design a Better Home
When Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy ripped through the coastal communities of the United States, they left over 1.5 million homes in ruins. Collapsed roofs lined the streets. Walls...
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Fighting to Build Bridges
Senior engineering student Luis Llanos knows firsthand how showing compassion and offering support can give people a brighter future and real hope for a prosperous life. When...
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Fighting for Equal Education
Students’ success in math determines their future success in school and in life. It’s no secret that students in the United States lag behind their global peers in math. On...
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Fighting to Protect the Sick
Researchers develop high-tech paper test cards to determine if medicines are genuine, leading to safer treatment of illness around the world. In Eldoret, Kenya, the harm imposed...
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Fighting to Cure Prostate Cancer
Hundreds of thousands of lives could be saved thanks in part to the research of Biological Sciences Professor Mark Suckow, who is developing prostate cancer vaccines from an...
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Fighting to Stop Tuberculosis
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame are Fighting to discover compounds and develop drugs to treat neglected diseases that affect billions of the world’s most vulnerable...
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Fighting for a More Generous World
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame are taking a leadership role in providing individuals and organizations with the insights and tools to make the world a more generous...
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