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New Microloans Support Underrepresented Businesses, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The Greater West Dayton Incubator will soon begin accepting applications for a new microloan program, which aims to support Black-owned, women-owned and other underrepresented businesses as well as those serving the Greater West Dayton community.

Who's Publishing What: One Heart With Courage: Essays And Stories, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Teri Rizvi's debut book, One Heart with Courage: Essays and Stories, will be published Oct. 1. All proceeds will benefit the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop endowment fund.

If Not Now, When?, Teri Rizvi

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

As the months of pandemic life stretched toward a year, Teri Rizvi, like many writers, quit procrasinating and finished a book. Proceeds from her debut book, One Heart with Courage: Essays and Stories, will benefit the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop endowment fund.

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

News Releases

Aviation historian Janet Bednarek gave interviews nationwide about air travel since 9/11, including The Wall Street Journal. Meghan Henning in religious studies shared her expertise with The Daily Beast and The Conversation. Dayton-area media featured the blessing for first responders, 9/11 commemoration, new partnership between UD and the Hall Hunger Initiative, and new bistro featuring food from local underrepresented, minority-owned and woman-owned vendors at The Hub Powered by PNC.

Ud, Hall Hunger Initiative Partnership Strengthens Work To End Hunger, University Of Dayton

News Releases

A new partnership between the University of Dayton and the Hall Hunger Initiative will leverage the resources of both organizations to address growing hunger problems in the community and create additional opportunities for students, faculty and staff to get involved.

Ceviche?, Mary Oves

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

So, I had this presentation on Monday, right? Since it was virtual, I had to pull out every stop to ensure that the house would be quiet and unoccupied between the hours of 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m., so I began preparing before the weekend with a text to the boys.

Startup Grounds To Open At The Hub, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Startup Grounds, The Hub Powered by PNC’s new bistro featuring food from local underrepresented, minority-owned and woman-owned vendors, opens Sept. 16 at the Dayton Arcade.

Ud In The News Aug. 27-Sept. 3, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Aviation historian Janet Bednarek and Vision Lab Director Vijayan Asari contributed pieces to The Conversation. Local NPR affiliate WYSO featured the Marian Library's free exhibit on religious tourism featuring pieces from Catholic shrines and festivals — from handcrafted devotional objects to quirky souvenirs.

Autonomous Drones Could Speed Up Search And Rescue After Flash Floods, Hurricanes And Other Disasters, Vijayan Asari

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

By mimicking the human brain, autonomous drones could locate victims in hard-to-reach places and alert responders to their location within seconds, writes professor Vijayan Asari.

Application Of Tilt Correlation Statistics To Anisoplanatic Optical Turbulence Modeling And Mitigation, Russell C. Hardie, Michael A. Rucci, Santasri Bose-Pillai, Richard Van Hook

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

Atmospheric optical turbulence can be a significant source of image degradation, particularly in long range imaging applications. Many turbulence mitigation algorithms rely on an optical transfer function (OTF) model that includes the Fried parameter. We present anisoplanatic tilt statistics for spherical wave propagation. We transform these into 2D autocorrelation functions that can inform turbulence modeling and mitigation algorithms. Using these, we construct an OTF model that accounts for image registration. We also propose a spectral ratio Fried parameter estimation algorithm that is robust to camera motion and requires no specialized scene content or sources. We employ the Fried parameter estimation …

Scene Motion Detection In Imagery With Anisoplanatic Optical Turbulence Using A Tilt-Variance-Based Gaussian Mixture Model, Richard L. Van Hook, Russell C. Hardie

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

In long-range imaging applications, anisoplanatic atmospheric optical turbulence imparts spatially- and temporally varying blur and geometric distortions in acquired imagery. The ability to distinguish true scene motion from turbulence warping is important for many image-processing and analysis tasks. The authors present a scenemotion detection algorithm specifically designed to operate in the presence of anisoplanatic optical turbulence. The method models intensity fluctuations in each pixel with a Gaussian mixture model (GMM). The GMM uses knowledge of the turbulence tilt-variance statistics. We provide both quantitative and qualitative performance analyses and compare the proposed method to several state-of-the art algorithms. The image data …

Rethink, Reuse, Recycle: Turning An Existing Workshop Into A Virtual Opportunity For Outreach And Engagement, Jason Wardell, Bridget Retzloff, Joan Plungis

Roesch Library Faculty Publications

This case study of using a webinar series as a library marketing technique shares the process, communications, and assessment results from a well-attended online event, “Summer of Citations.” An in-person citation management software workshop for graduate students by librarians at a small midwestern private university served as a springboard for the series. Targeted to faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate honors students, the Zoom-based, 45-minute sessions covered a different product on each of three successive days. A common structure for each presentation, along with the use of Springshare modules for registration and assessment, facilitated the event’s rapid production and easy replication.

University Of Dayton Magazine, Autumn 2021, University Of Dayton

University of Dayton Alumni Publications

The University of Dayton Magazine is published quarterly by the Office of University Marketing and Communications for alumni, parents, students, faculty/staff, trustees and other friends of UD.

Supporting Students With Post-Acute Sequelae Of Sars-Cov-2 Infection: Applying Lessons Learned From Postconcussion Symptoms, Susan C. Davies, Julie Walsh-Messinger, Noah Greenspan

Counselor Education and Human Services Faculty Publications

The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes the COVID-19 disease, has swiftly infected millions of people since it was first identified in late 2019. While much remains unknown about the virus, it is increasingly clear that many survivors (including children and adolescents) struggle with ongoing symptoms for months after they receive a negative test.

The National Institutes of Health recently started using the term “post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) infection,” and we encourage its use because the term more accurately refers to the symptoms and complications experienced after the virus is no longer detected via testing.

Many PASC symptoms resemble persistent symptoms …

Atlas Of Dayton Herald, November 2021: A Look Back Into The Years 1933–1951 In America, Misty Thomas-Trout

Department of Art and Design Faculty Creative Works

Today’s existing trauma of racial segregation and racial inequity links to the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) and its practices as a government agency.

Grad Earns Prestigious Accounting Award For Stellar Exam Performance, University Of Dayton

News Releases

University of Dayton alumna Lauren Barhorst earned a prestigious national award for her exceptional performance on the CPA examination — placing her in the top 0.1 percent of people who sat for the test last year.

Ud In The News Aug. 20-27, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Local media featured the start of classes at The Hub Powered by PNC at the Dayton Arcade. Faculty wrote on Catholic issues in Catholic Philly and America.

Ud Holds First Classes At The Hub Powered By Pnc, Lauren Durham

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

This week, University of Dayton students studying entrepreneurship, art and more started taking classes at The Hub, part of the renovated Arcade in downtown Dayton.

University Of Dayton Summer Fellowship Students Develop Solutions To Help Cox First Media Address Changing Workplace, Sales Models, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Ten University of Dayton students spent summer 2021 helping a Southwest Ohio media company prepare for its post-pandemic future by devising innovative ways to reimagine its workplace, sales tactics and multimedia storytelling techniques.

Ud In The News Aug. 7-20, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Regional and local news featured UD's announcement that the Flyer Investments Fund is now the largest student- managed investment fund in the country and covered record enrollment and diversity as part of move-in day stories. Faculty and staff from the libraries and law school wrote for the national outlet The Conversation on the Internet and exploitation of Native Americans.

University Of Dayton Student- Managed Investment Fund Now Largest In Nation, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The University of Dayton’s student-run investment fund is now the largest in the country at nearly $60 million of assets under management.

(Extraordinary) Moments In Time, Eric F. Spina

President's Blog: From the Heart

When I asked the President's Council before our annual summer retreat to reflect on their unit's biggest accomplishments over the last five years for inclusion in a time capsule, I expected a standard report card.

Ud Sees Record Overall Enrollment, Most Diverse Student Body, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The University of Dayton enters the 2021-22 academic year with record overall enrollment and its most diverse student body in history.

Roesch Library: Reliable, Resourceful, Responsive, Maureen Schlangen

University Libraries Blog Archive

The campus library's facilities, personnel, materials and technology make it the go-to resource for effective learning, teaching and research.

My Flyer Story: Pandemic Frontline, Dan Suffoletto

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Dan Suffoletto ’86 protects public health as agency’s chief communicator.

The Internet Archive Has Been Fighting For 25 Years To Keep What's On The Web From Disappearing - And You Can Help, Kayla Harris, Christina Beis

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Portions of the internet disappear every day. Preservation of this historical record requires a proactive approach by archivists and everyday citizens, write three University professors and librarians.

Proceedings Of The 2021 Berry Summer Thesis Institute, University Of Dayton. University Honors Program

Proceedings of the Berry Summer Thesis Institute (2013-Present)

Thanks to a gift from the Berry Family Foundation and the Berry family, the University Honors Program launched the Berry Summer Thesis Institute in 2012. The institute introduces students in the University Honors Program to intensive research, scholarship opportunities and professional development. Each student pursues a 12-week summer thesis research project under the guidance of a UD faculty mentor. This contains the product of the students' research.

The Internet Archive Has Been Fighting For 25 Years To Keep What's On The Web From Disappearing - And You Can Help, Kayla Harris, Stephanie Shreffler, Christina A. Beis

Marian Library Faculty Publications

Increasingly, much of daily life is conducted online. School, work, communication with friends and family, as well as news and images, are accessed through a variety of websites. Information that once was printed, physically mailed or kept in photo albums and notebooks may now be available only online. The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed even more interactions to the web. You may not realize portions of the internet are constantly disappearing. As librarians and archivists, we strengthen collective memory by preserving materials that document the cultural heritage of society, including on the web. You can help us save the internet, too, …

Marian Library Art Graces Greater West Dayton Incubator, Melanie Fields

Marian Library Blog Archive

Images of Mary and Jesus are now on display in the space alongside artworks by community artists.

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

News Releases

A Higher Education Dive story held up UD's four-year tuition plan as "a model worth replicating for transfer students around the country." Aviation historian Janet Bednarek shared her expertise with Vox. The Dayton Daily News talked to Executive Director of Career Services Jason Eckert for its series on the job market. Ideastream Public Radio in Ohio and WDTN-TV tapped law professor Thaddeus Hoffmeister to discuss the Ohio Supreme Court and vaccine mandates.