Much of what we consider to be "science" excludes the wealth of indigenous knowledge. This is knowledge which has been acquired through generations of interaction with the land, and which is deeply coded in indigenous language, making efforts to preserve indigenous knowledge necessarily ones of language preservation as well.
Join us for a 10-minute video tour of the indigenous history of Mni Sota Makoce, the place many of us call home. We will teach you a little bit about places and history you never learned in K-12 education.
In the land of clear waters, the waters aren’t so clear anymore. As inhabitants of Mni Sota Makoce, we have inherited beautiful landscapes rich with resources — what will we leave behind for future generations?
Lug Kawm Nrug Kuv Txug Haiv Neeg Dakota hab Haiv Neeg Ojibwe
HEALED is a multidisciplinary and integrative approach created to address the growing rise in non-communicable diseases, specifically diabetes, in Kampala, Uganda. By centering our curriculum on decreasing binge drinking in order to promote the health of male entrepreneurs aged 18-29, we hope to help mitigate some of the risk factors of diabetes that can be caused by alcohol abuse.
No Shame in the Brain is a storytelling website that allows members of the Somali community in Rochester who have been affected by the opioid epidemic to share their story. Through this website, we hope that stigma will become a nonissue when it comes to addiction and getting help.
Young Somali women in Kismayo, Somalia, participating in the Naag Nool Scholars program will have the opportunity to be mentored and learn directly from successful female professionals in Somalia. The goal of this program is to close the gender gap of employment in Kismayo, Somalia through education, training and high-quality mentorship.
Accessibility to life-saving kidney dialysis treatment is very limited in Uganda and the use of peritoneal dialysis (PD) could help alleviate some of the financial burden associated with receiving dialysis treatment. PD CARE aims to educate patients and their families on what peritoneal dialysis is and why the patient needs the treatment, as well as train them on how to clean and monitor the patient's catheter to prevent peritonitis. By empowering and educating patients, this project aims to reduce some of the financial and cultural barriers associated with peritoneal dialysis in order to make dialysis treatment more accessible for patients.
Each semester, student groups across various Grand Challenge Curriculum (GCC) courses participate in the Classroom to Community Workshop. This workshop serves as an exciting opportunity for students to share group projects being developed in current GCC courses. In response to COVID-19, this page was created as a virtual workshop for students to share their projects despite social-distancing. Thank you for taking the time to view these works.
E4E is about empowering the people of Chad through access to energy. Our goal is to overall improve the livelihood, health, and growth of Chadian citizens and communities through innovative thinking and community participation, while fulfilling the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.