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Stew News, Holidays 2023, University Of Dayton. Rivers Institute

Stew News: The Newsletter of the University of Dayton Rivers Institute

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How Science Education Impacts The Religious Beliefs Of Students, Sahithi Kunisetty, Alexa Neal, Benjamin Ravas

Content presented at the Roesch Social Sciences Symposium

This is a literature review exploring the conflict between science and religion. It seeks to understand how a science education influences a student's level of religious beliefs. Furthermore, it provides reasons as to why one would have less access to a science education, and how religion can restrict one from learning about science.

Stakeholder Perceptions Of Community Garden Features, Samantha Trajcevski

Content presented at the Roesch Social Sciences Symposium

The presentation discusses the study currently being conducted on stakeholder perceptions and attitudes towards greenspaces. This is completed through the identification of different uses and features to maximize use of the space and stakeholder engagement in the community garden. To better understand stakeholder opinions, we utilized a creative qualitative research method combining photovoice and interviews/focus groups. We conducted eight in-depth semi-structured interviews and four focus groups. Multiple interviewees agreed that the Dayton View Triangle lacks access to a green space. Most believed that a garden would offer social cohesion. Understandably, most participants were concerned about who would manage the garden …

2023 Program: Raymond A. Roesch, S.M., Social Sciences Symposium, University Of Dayton

Roesch Social Sciences Symposium Programs and Other Materials

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Faith's Role In Patients' Approaches To Healthcare Decisions, Maeve Chawk, Colin Fitzgerald, Andrew Ganninger, Grace Sorrentino, Justina Zolikoff

Content presented at the Roesch Social Sciences Symposium

This is a literature review focusing on faith’s role in breaking down financial and cultural barriers to healthcare.

Through our research and analysis, we have found that faith-based approaches to healthcare break down the barriers that deter people from seeking treatment. Although there are different types of barriers that communities face, they all prevent individuals from receiving the care they deserve. Through increased support from their faith community, individuals are more likely to seek out help without any reservation.

Program: Unearthly Shadows, University Of Dayton

Production Programs

Unearthly Shadows is a unique dance theater experience that is more than just a performance; It is an immersive event meant to envelop you completely, transforming you from a passive observer into an active participant in the story.

Program: The Moors, University Of Dayton

Production Programs

The Moors is a contemporary feminist play by Jen Silverman that, like much of Silverman’s work, deals with themes of women pushing back against the circumstances they find themselves in. The Moors takes place loosely in the 1840s in a world inspired by Victorian England and the Brontë sisters.

Cover, Table Of Contents, Table Of Figures, Donald V. Chase

Textbook: Methods for Solving Hydraulic Networks

Cover and front matter for Methods for Solving Hydraulic Networks

Stew News, November 2023, University Of Dayton. Rivers Institute

Stew News: The Newsletter of the University of Dayton Rivers Institute

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1: Introduction, Donald V. Chase

Textbook: Methods for Solving Hydraulic Networks

Chapter 1 of Methods for Solving Hydraulic Networks: Introduction

• 1.1: Brief Definition of Network Elements
• 1.2: Conservation of Mass
• 1.3: Conservation of Energy - Loops and Tank Paths
• 1.4: Alternate Formulation of the Energy Equation

2.1: Matrix Solution Of The Continuity Equations, Donald V. Chase

Textbook: Methods for Solving Hydraulic Networks

Chapter in Methods for Solving Hydraulic Networks

2.2: Methods To Solve Hydraulic Networks - Manual Solution, Donald V. Chase

Textbook: Methods for Solving Hydraulic Networks

Chapter in Methods for Solving Hydraulic Networks

2.3: Gradient Terms In The Energy Equation, Donald V. Chase

Textbook: Methods for Solving Hydraulic Networks

Chapter in Methods for Solving Hydraulic Networks

2.4: Hardy-Cross Method, Donald V. Chase

Textbook: Methods for Solving Hydraulic Networks

Chapter in Methods for Solving Hydraulic Networks

2.5: Simultaneous Path Adjustment Method, Donald V. Chase

Textbook: Methods for Solving Hydraulic Networks

Chapter in Methods for Solving Hydraulic Networks

2.6: Node Equations, Donald V. Chase

Textbook: Methods for Solving Hydraulic Networks

Chapter in Methods for Solving Hydraulic Networks

2.7: Manual Solution Of The Node Equations, Donald V. Chase

Textbook: Methods for Solving Hydraulic Networks

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Nervous Conditions, Laurel Grelle

Life in Letters: A Typographic Poster Exhibition Featuring Paul Laurence Dunbar

Dimensions: 30 inches wide, 36 inches tall
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Artist's narrative: Letter 174 is addressed to Paul Laurence Dunbar sent from his dear family friend H.A. Tobey. Toward the end of his life, Dunbar struggled to cope with his tuberculosis and turned to alcohol to ease his pain. As his condition worsened, Tobey began to worry about him and wrote him this moving letter of optimism expressing his sympathy regarding Paul living with a painful and deadly disease. The mirroring is showing the side effects of the disease …

The Elevator Only Goes Up, Jordan Mitchell

Life in Letters: A Typographic Poster Exhibition Featuring Paul Laurence Dunbar

Dimensions: 30 inches wide, 36 inches tall
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Artist's narrative: This letter takes Paul Laurence Dunbar back to when he was not proud of his work. In high school, he thought all of his writing was one big joke. He could not afford much, which led to him being forced to take a job as an elevator hopper. In the end, it was a situation that should be seen as a positive. When talking in the elevator with people, he was able to learn how they spoke and put it into his writing. …

From Despair Comes Future Hope, Ainsley Betz

Life in Letters: A Typographic Poster Exhibition Featuring Paul Laurence Dunbar

Dimensions: 30 inches wide, 36 inches tall
Medium: Inkjet on matte paper, printed on both sides
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Artist's narrative: Letter 3 was written to Dunbar’s friend and mentor Dr. James Newton Matthews. The letter focused on Dunbar’s despair following his publication and recital at the Western Association of Writers Conference, where he was not able to sell any of his poems. This caused him to doubt himself and his ability. The color blue was used to represent these feelings of sadness and self doubt. Negative words were pulled from the letter and applied at various …

On Flow'ry Beds Of Ease, Jacob Owens

Life in Letters: A Typographic Poster Exhibition Featuring Paul Laurence Dunbar

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Artist's narrative: In Letter 10, Paul Laurence Dunbar's heartfelt words to his friend J. N. Matthews unveil a profound narrative of gratitude and faith. As a Black man navigating adversity, Dunbar expressed his deep indebtedness to white colleagues who aided in his success. The gentle color palette—featuring dark blues, purples, and soft whites—exudes an antique ambiance, transporting viewers back to Dunbar's era. This color scheme evokes the essence of the time when Dunbar mastered his craft in the cozy confines of his mother's home, where …

Sincerely Yours, Emily Kintz

Life in Letters: A Typographic Poster Exhibition Featuring Paul Laurence Dunbar

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Artist's narrative: Letter 62 unfolds William D. Howells’ review of Majors and Minors and the impact it had on Paul Laurence Dunbar. This single review pushed Dunbar into the national spotlight, which made his career. Howells' review, however, was embedded with racist ideologies and misinterpretations of Dunbar’s messages. The use of blue watercolor in the foreground represents the depth Dunbar put into his work. The purple watercolor begins to flood into the imagery to express the power Howells had …

I Object, Caroline Creamer

Life in Letters: A Typographic Poster Exhibition Featuring Paul Laurence Dunbar

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Letter 166 Paul Laurence Dunbar wrote to Booker T. Washington in response to his rebuttals of the commissioned song Dunbar was asked to write for the Tuskegee Institute. The Tuskegee Institute was the first higher education institute opened for African Americans. Booker T. Washington was one of the founders who helped establish the school. During the time of this letter, Dunbar was struggling with his tuberculosis diagnosis, however he was still writing and producing new work. Within this letter Dunbar debates Washington’s views and objections …

Irrevocable Harm, Sebastián De León

Life in Letters: A Typographic Poster Exhibition Featuring Paul Laurence Dunbar

Dimensions: 30 inches wide, 36 inches tall
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Artist's narrative: Can one experience extreme joy and fear simultaneously? In Letter 62, Dunbar writes to William D. Howells to express his gratitude for the praise he received in Harper’s Weekly. Howells was a prominent Ohioan publisher, editor, and writer during Dunbar’s time. His review of Dunbar’s Majors and Minors is attributed as a major step in Dunbar’s career, as it awarded the Daytonian poet with great recognition. However, though Howell’s article portrayed Dunbar as a great and talented artist, it also painted his race …

Your Affectionate Son, Paul, Isabella Winkler

Life in Letters: A Typographic Poster Exhibition Featuring Paul Laurence Dunbar

Dimensions: 30 inches wide, 36 inches tall
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Artist's narrative: Letter 66 is a heartfelt reminder written by Dunbar to his Mother, Matilda, in order to ease her mind of anxieties about her son being gone to New York for readings. Dunbar explains to his mother that he is optimistic about his time in New York so far and believes that it is only going up from there. He elaborates that the people in the area seem to be very interested in him and his work. He is having great success so far …

Come In, A Very Clever, Aaron Swerlein

Life in Letters: A Typographic Poster Exhibition Featuring Paul Laurence Dunbar

Dimensions: 30 inches wide, 36 inches tall
Inkjet on matte paper, printed on both sides

Artist's narrative: The typeset I chose was in the families of Ten Oldstyle VF, designed by Robert Slimbach, and PestoFresco, by Giuseppe Salerno and Paco Gonzalez.

In letter 198, Paul Laurence Dunbar is sitting in his bed suffering from tuberculosis as he writes a letter to Dr. Fisher. Throughout this letter, Dunbar writes about how he isn’t able to do much because of the tuberculosis disease in his lungs. Dunbar wrote this letter the year before he died, letting Dr. Fisher know his whereabouts and …

The Uneventful Life, Hannah Schultz

Life in Letters: A Typographic Poster Exhibition Featuring Paul Laurence Dunbar

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Artist's narrative: Letter 85 provides Paul Laurence Dunbar’s negative viewpoint on his successes. Although we are unsure who he is writing to, he writes of his accomplishments from early childhood to the present and calls it all uneventful. He starts off by mentioning how he was only published at age 14 and quickly calls it positive trash. He continues to discuss how he was widely loved in high school and was the editor-in-chief of the school newspaper, but he wrote the paper a month late …

Grateful But Discouraged, Noah Davisson

Life in Letters: A Typographic Poster Exhibition Featuring Paul Laurence Dunbar

Dimensions: 30 inches wide, 36 inches tall
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Artist's narrative: Letter 21 is from Paul Laurence Dunbar to Frederick Douglass, expressing his thanks to Douglass for his help in Chicago. Dunbar was showing his gratitude toward him and his wife and how he would not forget their kindness. Dunbar goes on to explain that he is not doing well mentally and that the people in his town did not support him — especially after he came back from Chicago. Dunbar explains how news of him getting thrown out of a hotel for being …

Gratitude And Desperation, Kevin Figueroa

Life in Letters: A Typographic Poster Exhibition Featuring Paul Laurence Dunbar

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Artist's narrative: In letter 21, Paul Laurence Dunbar is reaching out to his friend Frederick Douglass. He is sending his gratitude for all the help Douglass provided Dunbar, but also seeking some words of wisdom to deal with some backlash Dunbar is receiving back home in Dayton.

Paul L. Dunbar: A Tale Of Two Worlds, Brayden Vaughan

Life in Letters: A Typographic Poster Exhibition Featuring Paul Laurence Dunbar

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Artist's narrative: Letter 3 is a poem full of despair and sadness. While Paul Laurence Dunbar does have limited moments of happiness, he is mostly addressing his sorrow and negativity to his friend J.N. Matthews regarding the publication of his work. Dunbar lists his discouragement and blames himself several times throughout his writing. He is very annoyed at himself for his disappointments because he has only been able to sell two of his hymns. He even addresses a statement saying: “But enough of myself and …