Fighting for second chances

Through Notre Dame’s Inspired Leadership Initiative, Marty Whalen turned a second act into second chances for formerly incarcerated people.

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  • Three people walk and talk through a lush, grassy field with wildflowers between rows of solar panel arrays on a bright sunny day.

    Article

    Fighting for second chances

    Through Notre Dame’s Inspired Leadership Initiative, Marty Whalen turned a second act into second chances for formerly incarcerated people.

  • Notre Dame student-athlete Lily Fenton with long dark hair poses in a green Notre Dame long-sleeve shirt featuring the ND logo against a dark background.

    Article

    Fighting online abuse using AI

    With athletes noting increases in cyberstalking and harassment, Notre Dame is leveraging the power of AI to identify and stop abuse.

  • Notre Dame professor Alfonso Pedraza-Martinez, with dark curly hair and a beard, wearing a slate blue blazer over an open-collar white shirt against a vibrant blue and green background.

    Podcast

    How a business school is helping the clean water crisis

    Faculty from Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business use data analytics, humanitarian operations, and community partnerships to improve access to clean water.

The Golden Dome of the main building on the University of Notre Dame's campus against a blue sky.

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The month in photos, October 2026.

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  1. Three people walk and talk through a lush, grassy field with wildflowers between rows of solar panel arrays on a bright sunny day.

    Article

    Fighting for second chances

    Through Notre Dame’s Inspired Leadership Initiative, Marty Whalen turned a second act into second chances for formerly incarcerated people.

  2. Notre Dame student-athlete Lily Fenton with long dark hair poses in a green Notre Dame long-sleeve shirt featuring the ND logo against a dark background.

    Article

    Fighting online abuse using AI

    With athletes noting increases in cyberstalking and harassment, Notre Dame is leveraging the power of AI to identify and stop abuse.

  3. Notre Dame professor Alfonso Pedraza-Martinez, with dark curly hair and a beard, wearing a slate blue blazer over an open-collar white shirt against a vibrant blue and green background.

    Podcast

    How a business school is helping the clean water crisis

    Faculty from Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business use data analytics, humanitarian operations, and community partnerships to improve access to clean water.

  4. Pope Francis holds a yellow Notre Dame sign while posing with the University of Notre Dame men's and women's basketball teams, coaches, and staff dressed in formal attire on marble steps inside the Vatican.

    Photo Essay

    Notre Dame Basketball heads to Rome for the Eternal City Tip-Off

    From South Bend to the Seven Hills

  5. Golden sunlight glows over the mist-covered surface of St. Mary's Lake at sunrise, reflecting the silhouetted Golden Dome and Basilica of the Sacred Heart in the distance.

    Photo Essay

    October's golden glow

    The month in photos, October 2026

  6. A researcher wearing safety goggles, a lab coat, and blue nitrile gloves uses tweezers to lower tubing into a glass flask filled with clear liquid.

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    Fighting to prevent infections

    Notre Dame researchers have created a novel catheter adaptation that prevents infections before they begin.

  7. Fireworks burst over Notre Dame's Golden Dome and Basilica at dusk.

    Photo Essay

    Happy new year!

    The month in photos, September 2026

  8. A Catholic priest wearing a black clerical shirt and collar reaches up to lay a basketball into a hoop in an indoor gymnasium.

    Podcast

    Bookstore Basketball

    Faith, community, and the court.

  9. A young child in a pink shirt and red skirt drinks clean water directly flowing from an outdoor hand-operated water pump.

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    Fighting for universal access to clean water

    More than 700 million people lack access to clean water, but research from the University of Notre Dame is helping organizations optimize how they manage, maintain, and build water pumps to reduce water scarcity.

The What Would You Fight For? campaign is supported in part by a generous gift from David and Debra Delahanty.