Bethany Land Institute

When Nobel laureate Maria Ressa was arrested for cyberlibel in the Philippines she turned to Notre Dame Law professor Diane Desierto.As the director of the Law School’s new Global Human Rights Clinic, Desierto has fought for human rights primarily in the Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries. She's working to foster community amongst Notre Dame Law students and human rights defenders across the world."Notre Dame is one place that has genuine freedom to do all of it and be all of it. Where we strive to realize the human rights outcome.”Learn more: https://go.nd.edu/f5eceb

In Spring 2023, 12 University of Notre Dame Architecture students traveled to Paris, France, for a week-long deep dive into every aspect of the rebuilding of the Cathedral Notre-Dame.The spring break trip allowed them to take a behind-the-scenes look at one of the world’s most anticipated and closely watched restoration projects—and gain invaluable insight into the field of historic preservation.Read more: https://go.nd.edu/b9d4de

G.K. Chesterton, one of the premier English Catholic intellectuals of the 20th century, spent the month of October 1930 on campus at Notre Dame as a visiting professor.Today, a collection of his possessions adds a new dimension to the University’s presence in London. Learn more: https://go.nd.edu/e561bd

"On October 27,2023, as part of the 2023-24 Notre Dame Forum on the “Future of Democracy,” University of Notre Dame President, Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., hosts a fireside chat with Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) and Senator Todd Young (R-IN). They discuss strategies for cultivating civility and bipartisanship in a time of polarization and gridlock.Learn more at forum.nd.edu."

Opioids, specifically fentanyl, are currently the leading cause of death for adults ages 18 to 45. They are highly accessible, available even on mainstream social media, and often lethal. Fentanyl is also often used as a filler in other drugs, so many people don’t even know they’re taking it.Illicit drug markets are constantly evolving with technology, making them difficult to track and stop. Fanny Ye, associate professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, is developing a robust, AI-powered framework to dismantle the systems that allow for opioids to be sold on both social media and the dark web.Learn more: https://go.nd.edu/b35248

When COVID-19 hit in 2020 it sent Notre Dame students to their homes across the country and locked down Ian, a 10-year-old diagnosed with leukemia who was paired with Notre Dame Men's Lacrosse through the Fighting Irish Fight for Life program, in his house.To connect, Max Manyak '23 began sending Ian videos every day, eventually getting his teammates involved. The videos had a profound effect on Ian and his nurse at Beacon Children's Hospital asked if they could create more videos for other patients.That's when Pediatric Pep Talk was born.Learn more: https://go.nd.edu/52d74d