Fighting to improve hurricane forecasts
At Notre Dame, we fight.
To challenge what is accepted. To champion what matters.
We are the Fighting Irish. United not by what we oppose, but by our commitment to the common good, What would you fight for? is not just a question. To the global Notre Dame community, it's a call to action.
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Fighting to serve others before self
Notre Dame student-athlete brings his experience as an officer in the Air Force to both campus and the gridiron, exemplifying excellence and mission-driven leadership in every aspect of life.
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Fighting for religious liberty
Notre Dame Law School advocates for religious freedom across faiths, defending a foundational right through innovative research, active scholarship and enduring service.
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Fighting for NICU babies and their families
Notre Dame innovators have led neonatal intensive care research for more than 40 years, improving outcomes for premature infants around the world.
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Fighting to combat the opioid crisis
Computer science professor advances artificial intelligence to dismantle the complex networks that create and traffic deadly opioids.
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Fighting to combat America’s mental health crisis
Notre Dame is building a new clinic to advance research, education, and clinical care to address mental health issues.
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Fighting to improve education policies
Notre Dame economists are providing the necessary data to make high school education accessible to learners of all ages.
Addressing pressing challenges
Discovery at Notre Dame is grounded in ethical inquiry and a commitment to human flourishing. Across disciplines, our faculty and students are leading where they are needed most, working with partners around the globe to bring scholarship to bear on the world’s most urgent challenges.
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What makes us distinctive
Academic excellence
At Notre Dame, academic rigor and ethical reflection go hand in hand—preparing students to meet complex global challenges.
Research
Our teacher-scholars and students grapple with enduring, fundamental questions about human existence and meaning, and develop effective solutions to our most urgent challenges.
Global
Notre Dame’s reach spans the globe through international partnerships and cross-cultural learning.
Community
At Notre Dame, we cultivate a true sense of belonging, honoring the dignity and unique gifts of every person.
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Our University photographers share a little of what they’ve photographed during move-in, welcome weekend, and the start of classes.
“We aspire to become the leading global Catholic research university—called to push the frontiers of human knowledge and cultivating, in the words of our mission statement, ‘a disciplined sensibility to the poverty, injustice, and oppression that burden the lives of so many.’”
