What Would You Fight For? 20 Years of Storytelling

Celebrating 20 years, the What Would You Fight For? (WWYFF) campaign has showcased Notre Dame’s fight to build a better world and the hope it inspires. Hear reflections on the enduring influence and future evolution of this storytelling.

A reception will follow where WWYFF faculty and their teams will be available to share their research and speak with attendees. Review the full list of faculty presenters.

Large bags and backpacks will not be permitted.

Featuring

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Moderator: Mike Tirico
Host and Play-by-Play Announcer, NBC Sports

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Rob Hyland
Coordinating Producer, NBC Sunday Night Football

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Lindsay Schanzer '11
Supervising Producer, NBC Sports

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Meenal Datta
DeFlorio Collegiate Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

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Lauren Eglite '28
Chemical Engineering Major

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Opening Remarks: Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C.
President, University of Notre Dame

List of Faculty Presenters

Faculty Name(s)	Fighting For Project
Nicole Achee and John Grieco	Fighting Mosquito-Borne Diseases
Wendy Angst	Fighting to Grow the Good in Business
Beth Archie	Fighting to Understand the Scientific Impact of Community
Brandon Ashfeld and Tengfei Luo	Fighting for Water Sustainability
Al Cerrone and Rob Nerenberg	Fighting for Those with Cystic Fibrosis
Jane Cleland-Huang	Fighting for Intelligent Solutions that Save Lives
Ann Marie Conrado	Fighting for Opportunity
Marianne Cusato	Fighting for Community Regeneration; Fighting to Design a Better Home
Meenal Datta	Fighting to Cure Brain Cancer
Tracy Kijewski-Correa	Fighting to Protect our Community; Fighting to Build Bridges
Ian Kuijt and Bill Donaruma	Fighting for our Cultural Heritage
Patrick Turner (for the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities)	Fighting to Improve Education Policies; Fighting to Create Economic Opportunity
Marya Lieberman	Fighting to Protect the Sick
Nicole McNeil	Fighting for Equal Education
Nosang Myung and James Rudolph	Fighting for Faster Virus Detection
Rahul Oka	Fighting for Displaced People
David Richter	Fighting to Improve Hurricane Forecasts
Tom O'Sullivan	Fighting for Breast Cancer Patients
Jim Schmiedeler	Fighting to Walk Again
Cody Smith	Fighting to Repair the Body
Krupali Uplekar	Fighting to Preserve our Heritage
Tim Weninger	Fighting the Spread of Misinformation
Joannes Westerink	Fighting the Effects of Natural Disasters
Fanny Ye	Fighting to Combat the Opioid Crisis
Pinar Zorlutuna	Fighting for the Human Heart

Originally published at forum2025.nd.edu.