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NDWorks Weekly Campus news for faculty and staff

November 26, 2024

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Athletics

Fighting Irish kicker brings his military leadership onto both campus and the gridiron

When Marcus Freeman, the Dick Corbett Head Football Coach, led the Fighting Irish to a win over Army Saturday in New York City, walk-on kicker Eric Goins was on the field. Read more about how this US Army Signal Corps officer turned Notre Dame graduate student is bringing lessons learned in the military to his experience here on campus.

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Notre Dame Stories

AI for the common good: why expert Nitesh Chawla is so optimistic about the future

Nitesh Chawla is the founding director of the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society. At a time when AI is dominating the national conversation, he is adamant that this emerging technology can not only be used for good, but also the human impact is precisely where the conversation should begin.

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Campus

Consider United Way on Giving Tuesday

It’s Giving Tuesday, the biggest day of the year in nonprofit fundraising. It’s also the last week of the 2024 United Way campaign at Notre Dame. Here’s something you may not know: When you invest in United Way, you are giving to several nonprofits. Learn about the “united way” used to tackle poverty.

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Strategic Framework

Democracy Initiative awards 40 Democracy Catalyst Grants to projects across campus

This latest round of multi-year investments will support research and education projects led by faculty and students and convenings that will bring together prominent democracy scholars from around the world.

“I am impressed by the vibrant community of democracy scholars at Notre Dame. These 40 Democracy Catalyst projects range across the University and include faculty and students at every level who are conducting cutting-edge research, creating new opportunities for students, and convening thought leaders across the disciplines to tackle the biggest issues facing democracy around the world.” —David Campbell, Democracy Initiative director and the Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy

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