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Time To Act, University Of Dayton

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University of Dayton President Eric F. Spina is among more than 150 leaders of Catholic universities, organizations and religious orders who have signed a letter urging U.S. President Donald Trump and Congress to reassert U.S. leadership in the global effort to address climate change.

The Power And Pathologies Of Language: How Human Rights Messaging Can Also Affect Support For Violent Non-State Actors, Alexandra Haines, Michele Leiby, Matthew Krain

Biennial Conference: The Social Practice of Human Rights

Are framing strategies that are effective at encouraging pro-social behavior such as participation in human rights campaigns also effective at mobilizing support for “anti-social” and violent causes? Using an experimental research design, we seek to understand under what conditions individuals will express support for retributive violent action.

We hypothesize that a personal story of victimization, wherein the humanity and vulnerability of the victim and the intensity of the violence suffered are described in vivid detail, will be necessary and sufficient to cause the audience to express support for the victim’s subsequent participation in organized, retaliatory violence. We expect that personal …

Ud In The News Nov. 4-10, University Of Dayton

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The Associated Press featured engineering research on artificial intelligence while The Saturday Evening Post and The Wall Street Journal tapped experts to discuss "fake news" in Russia and the split jury in the bribery and corruption trial of a U.S. senator, respectively.

All three Dayton TV stations previewed the Human Rights Center's biennial human rights conference, which attracts an international cast of more than 100 civil rights, race, immigration and human rights experts from more than 15 nations.

Other local coverage highlighted a University partnership with Big Four accounting firm EY that will prepare students for the corporate world and …

Engaging Human Rights Norms To Realize Universal And Equitable Health Care In Massachusetts, April Jakubec, Mariah Mcgill, Gillian Macnaughton

Biennial Conference: The Social Practice of Human Rights

Massachusetts health care law served as the model in 2010 for the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). In 2006, Massachusetts adopted sweeping health care reforms. The law sought to increase health care insurance coverage for residents of Massachusetts by:

(1) Mandating that all adults in the state have health care insurance unless an affordable option was not available;

(2) Expanding Medicaid;

(3) Creating a new program of subsidized private insurance for low- and moderate-income residents; and

(4) Establishing a transparent health care insurance market exchange.

Previous studies on the Massachusetts health care reforms of 2006 have analyzed …

Where Do We Go From Here? Charting Perceptions Of The Impact Of The Human Rights City Boston Resolution, Kostas Koutsioumpas, Maggie Schneider, Matthew Annunziato

Biennial Conference: The Social Practice of Human Rights

In 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) as a common standard of achievement and called upon every individual and organ of society to promote the rights enshrined in the document. The UDHR has been applied in many ways around the world, including by the international Human Rights Cities movement, which began in Rosario, Argentina, in 1997.

Today more than two dozen Human Rights Cities have formed around the globe, including at least nine in the United States (Washington, DC; Eugene, OR; Pittsburgh, PA; Chapel Hill, NC; Columbus, IN; Jackson, MI; Seattle, WA; Mountain View, …

Overview Of Current Human Rights Challenges In The Philippines And The People’S Response, Angie M. Gonzales

Biennial Conference: The Social Practice of Human Rights

The Philippines is an agricultural resource-rich country in Southeast Asia but whose economy and society remain dictated by foreign interests and local elite while the majority are steeped in worsening poverty and inequality.

It is thus not surprising that it is host to the longest-running revolution in Asia. The decades-old armed rebellion has been waged among national liberation forces, notably the Communist Party of the Philippines - New People’s Army - National Democratic Front of the Philippines (CPP-NPA-NDFP) and Moro forces — the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF).

Successive Philippine regimes have employed …

Ud In The News Oct. 21-27, University Of Dayton

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During the last week of October, the American Bar Association featured a law school curricular innovation and an international podcast highlighted health and sports science research on marathons.

The University's international business plan competition, among the nation's largest, also garnered publicity in the Dayton Business Journal.

Unwavering Commitments, University Of Dayton

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As part of the University of Dayton's continued commitment to sustainability and human rights, it has joined the United Nations Global Compact and the Global Catholic Climate Movement.

A Vision For Change, University Of Dayton

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An international cast of civil rights, race, immigration and human rights experts will convene at the University of Dayton Nov. 8-10 for the Social Practice of Human Rights conference.

Ud In The News Oct. 1-6, University Of Dayton

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University of Dayton faculty shared their expertise on human rights, politics, marriage and transportation with national media outlets during the first week of October.

Local news also highlighted the latest developments in the University's partnership with Premier Health to transform the former fairgrounds site in Dayton.

Ud In The News Sept. 23-29, University Of Dayton

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A leading national Catholic media outlet and local media turned to University of Dayton experts to discuss nuclear deterrence, immigration and sustainability. Plus, a national publication covering the robotics industry picked up our news of a gift to support the Motoman Robotics Lab.

Research Offers Tough Love To Improve Human Rights Practices, University Of Dayton

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The University of Dayton Human Rights Center and human rights studies program have partnered with OpenGlobalRights to share research and commentary with a half-million readers in more than 140 countries and 12 languages. In the University's first installment, Joel Pruce, an assistant professor of human rights, discusses how practicing the same human rights habits does not guarantee improvement over time.

Everything Is Connected, University Of Dayton

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Thirteen international theologians, ethicists, scientists and economists explain the spiritual, moral and practical themes of Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment in a new book edited by University of Dayton theologian Vincent Miller.

Op-Ed: What's Next In Syria, University Of Dayton

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Human rights expert Mark Ensalaco says any strategy in Syria should include American diplomatic and humanitarian might, too.