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On Monday, as part of Impact Journalism Day Universities, student newspapers from 20 renowned universities, united by Sparknews, are collectively sharing stories about 30 student initiatives that aim to address serious social and environmental problems.

A Duke University medical student's NGO aims to expand career development options in science, technology engineering and math for youth in Nigeria.

The organic waste of coffee drinking is an environmental headache. Coffee may keep us awake in lectures, but coffee waste ends up in landfills, contributing to greenhouse gases and further increasing the wasteful output of human activities.

Sciences Po Refugee Help brings together asylum-seekers and students who are passionate about helping refugees in an effort to “bridge the gap between those in need and those willing to act.”

For those of us living in Paris, the terrorist attacks on the eve of Nov. 13, 2015, shook us to our very core. For some, it was our first confrontation with violence aimed at everyone and no one.

Five groups of four to six University of Pittsburgh students are trying to answer a question — not an essay prompt or a physics problem, but a puzzle left unsolved for more than 20 years: Who murdered Stephanie Coyle?

Since its inception almost two years ago, CS+Social Good — a Stanford University student group aimed at harnessing computer science for positive impact in underserved communities — has helped shift campus conversation about technology toward tech’s role in social change.

UC Berkeley students are developing a website and mobile app to connect campus students experiencing mental health issues with other students who face similar experiences.

Butterfly Medical, a social-impact startup, has developed a device to treat urinary blockage from noncancerous enlargement of the prostate.