It's impacted every century and every country. Now, Notre Dame researchers are working to create a world intolerant of poverty.
Poverty. It's one of humankind's greatest challenges. No century or country has escaped its reach. At Notre Dame, we're working to understand why.
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When the FIFA World Cup 2026 games kick off this week, bringing global attention to cities across North America, communities from Boston and Miami to Toronto, Dallas and Los Angeles will come together for one of the world’s largest sporting events. In these same cities, the University of Notre Dame’s Urban...
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In this episode of Notre Dame Stories, a Mendoza College of Business professor joins Jenna Liberto to talk about setting goals with purpose, finding work that aligns with your values, and building enough stillness into life to hear what matters most.
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Notre Dame economists help determine how to remediate the substance abuse epidemic.
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Goodwill wants high school education accessible for all ages—Notre Dame economists are providing the data to get there.
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By collaborating with policymakers, local leaders, and global networks, Notre Dame is bridging the gap between poverty research and real-world impact. Learn how Notre Dame is driving change—and why this work matters.
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The University of Notre Dame announced today that its Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) will serve as the national evidence partner for Right at Home, a new cross-sector initiative led by Destination: Home to stop homelessness before it starts. LEO will provide the research backbone for the initiative...
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Rev. Stephen M. Koeth, C.S.C., works in his Decio Hall office. The assistant history professor is writing a book on the Catholic Church’s role in the public housing efforts of the 20th century. (Photo by Jon L. Hendricks/University of Notre Dame) At a recent University of Notre Dame reunion, Rev....
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In 1970, nearly half of all Black individuals in the U.S. resided in a large city. Over the past 50 years, that number has fallen to merely 25 percent, while the share living in the suburbs of large cities rose from 16 to 36 percent. This demographic shift is as...
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The University of Notre Dame’s Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) is working with Catholic Charities Fort Worth (CCFW) and Goodwill Industries of Michiana to replicate CCFW’s Padua program in the Michiana region — marking the first-ever Padua mission site in the nation.
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In recent years, Nepal has been heralded as a global leader in community-based forest conservation. By handing over nearly a third of its nationally owned forest to local villagers in the 1980s, the country reversed years of deforestation and effectively doubled its forest cover. However, a new study from the...
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For more than 40 years, a Supreme Court ruling has guaranteed access to public education regardless of immigration status. Notre Dame migration scholar Amy Hsin warns that reversing it would harm the U.S. workforce and child welfare.
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How do family dynamics, schools, and the justice system shape inequality across generations and communities?
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In partnership with the University of Notre Dame’s Poverty Initiative, the College of Arts & Letters has launched an interdisciplinary research endeavor aimed at building and disseminating evidence that will inform policy to strengthen families, support parents and improve child well-being. Led by Melissa Kearney, the Strengthening Families Research Initiative has...
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A new homelessness prevention toolkit is now available to help cities and counties across the country take a proactive approach to reducing homelessness. Developed through a collaboration among Notre Dame's Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO), Results for America and Destination: Home, this toolkit equips communities with a data-driven...
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The University of Notre Dame is launching a bold new Poverty Initiative to develop and advance innovative solutions to help vulnerable populations and to train a new generation of leaders committed to the fight against poverty.
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Since the COVID-19 pandemic, rates of chronic absenteeism have nearly doubled across the nation for students in kindergarten through grade 12. This increase was tied to the mode of instruction during the early years of the pandemic. In particular, schools that employed virtual learning as the primary teaching mode during the...
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A new study by a team of Notre Dame researchers makes a significant contribution to understanding the factors that influence how young elementary school students respond to reading interventions in fragile and low-income contexts. It has important implications for addressing educational inequities and improving learning outcomes to create opportunity and...
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Communities across northern Nigeria are chronically stressed by conflict and climate change, with many residents living below the international poverty line. How can policymakers help them prepare for economic shocks? Notre Dame global affairs students students have researched answers, providing insights that can inform poverty-fighting policies.
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4 Keough School researchers investigate how forests can provide not only environmental benefits for communities but also serve as pathways out of poverty. Funded by Notre Dame's Poverty Initiative.
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Notre Dame's 'Graduating from Learning Poverty' project partners with local organizations in Kenya, Senegal, and Uganda to improve education outcomes. Through collaborative research with Building Tomorrow and regional partners, the initiative studies sustainable, scalable interventions to address learning challenges in sub-Saharan Africa and create pathways out of poverty.
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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded $75 million to a consortium of leading global institutions, including the Pulte Institute for Global Development at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, to enhance the effectiveness of poverty alleviation programs through research.
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Water insecurity is one of the most pressing global crises caused by climate change. In fact, half the world’s population is projected to live in water-scarce regions by 2050, and some 700 million people will be displaced by water scarcity as early as 2030, according to the United Nations. Pacific...
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The incidence of low birth weight rose sharply in India amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research from Santosh Kumar, associate professor of development and global health economics at Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs.
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At Notre Dame Law School, the Eviction Clinic gives students real-world experience.
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For seven hours, Notre Dame alumna Kelsey Young ’09 sat in NASA mission control, listening as astronauts described the Moon in real time from a vantage point no human had ever experienced before.
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The Robinson Community Learning Center stands as a lasting symbol of trust, partnership, and shared purpose between Notre Dame and its closest neighbors.
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The collaboration supports research, education, and action to build a more just, sustainable future.
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The American family has changed dramatically over the past four decades, raising urgent questions about marriage, economic stability, and child well-being.
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The humble piety of Notre Dame cobbler Brother Columba inspires a canonization push.
