What Would You Fight For?

United by our commitment to the common good, the global Notre Dame community builds bridges between the world we know and the world we desire. What would you fight for? For us, it is not just a question. It's a call to action.

A yellow and navy electronic handheld scanner sits on a lab table next to exposed wiring and circuit boards, while two blurred lab workers in blue coats converse in the background. A teacher wearing a bright blue hoodie and patterned skirt stands over young students sitting at wooden desks in a classroom, helping them with their schoolwork. Close-up of a researcher wearing blue nitrile gloves using a pipette to transfer liquid into small sample vials resting on a metal lab counter.

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  1. 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.

  2. Two researchers in red helmets operate search-and-rescue equipment among concrete rubble. One stands holding a controller while another kneels with a yellow tank backpack near a portable console display.

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    Fighting for robotic search and rescue

    Notre Dame engineer develops vine robot to help first responders after disasters

  3. A grandfather kisses the forehead of his granddaughter in a wheelchair wearing sunglasses as they share a quiet, affectionate moment outdoors.

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    Fighting for nonverbal communication

    Notre Dame researchers are developing AI technology designed to help caregivers interpret the nonverbal communication of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities.

  4. Aerial view of the classical, domed former Gary City Hall building with a 'Welcome to Gary' sign on the front lawn.

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    Fighting for community regeneration

    Gary, Indiana, has been a song lyric, a cultural hub, a stigma, a city to rush past, but now it is poised to revitalize, thanks in part to Notre Dame's School of Architecture.

  5. Silhouette of a person in a green shirt with arms crossed looking out over a densely built, hazy cityscape.

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    Fighting to educate children in Ghana

    Soccer opened doors for student-athlete Daniel Boateng, so he’s leveraging the sport to offer opportunities for kids in his native Ghana.

  6. A gloved hand holds a petri dish with purple liquid drops, and a pipette is dispensing more liquid into one of the drops.

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    Fighting to cure brain cancer

    To better understand glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, a Notre Dame researcher thought outside the box—and off planet Earth.

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