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National Science Foundation Grant To Help Researcher Improve Data Storage Capability, University Of Dayton

News Releases

A University of Dayton researcher has secured $540,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to aid his quest to find better ways to store and read the increasing amount of information in the world.

Ud Librarian Receives National Literary Merit Award, Katy Kelly

University Libraries Blog Archive

Zachary Lewis was recognized for his article about holistic student success and Catholic social values.

Water Ways, Ann Zlotnik

Marian Library Blog Archive

Dive into the many summertime joys of water and some artworks in the Marian Library that are filled with it.

$752,000 Usda Grant Will Help Researchers Prevent Food Contamination, University Of Dayton

Blog: The Dayton Engineer

A pair of University of Dayton researchers are part of a $752,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help prevent Listeria and other contamination in food.

Water Ways, Ann Zlotnik

Marian Library Blog Archive

Dive into the many summertime joys of water and some artworks in the Marian Library that are filled with it.

$752,000 Usda Grant Will Help Researchers Prevent Food Contamination, University Of Dayton

News Releases

A pair of University of Dayton researchers are part of a $752,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help prevent Listeria and other contamination in food.

That's The Ticket, Jerry Zezima

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

I've got a ticket to hide. Actually, I’ve got four tickets that the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles thought I was trying to hide.

Short-Term Improvement In Self-Perceived Knowledge And Weight Bias Following A 15-Week Course On Pediatric Obesity, Rosanna P. Watowicz, Harrine Ramesh

Journal of Dietetic Education

Registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs)are an integral part of weight management teams; however, previous research indicates that RDNs may hold weight-related biases. Additionally, there may be a gap between what RDNs learn about weight management during their education and training and the competencies that RDNs should achieve before working in weight management. The objective of this study was to examine whether a 15-week graduate course on pediatric obesity led to a short-term increase in self-perceived knowledge of 13 Obesity Medicine Education Collaborative competencies, as well as a short-term decrease in weight bias. Nutrition graduate students enrolled in the course completed a …

Effectiveness Of Simulation-Based Learning On Clinical Competence In Dietetics Students: A Narrative Review, Claudia W. Scott, Rena Zelig, Diane L. Rigassio Radler

Journal of Dietetic Education

Clinical supervised practice experiences offered through dietetic internships have historically been among the most challenging to obtain. The COVID-19 pandemic heightened the scarcity of these experiences and forced dietetics education programs to offer alternative experiences in the absence of direct patient care opportunities. Simulation-based learning experiences (SBLE) or objective structured clinical examinations (OSCE) are one method of providing these alternative options, and if effective, could be routinely incorporated into dietetics education. This review evaluates five original research articles to determine the effectiveness of simulation-based learning on perceived or observed clinical competence in dietetic students. The findings of the studies unanimously …

Dietetic Students’ Changes In Attitudes After Participating In Online Interprofessional Education, Kelly Jackson, Terri L. Kurz, Mary Marian

Journal of Dietetic Education

Interprofessional education (IPE) is an accreditation requirement and an important component of training for future registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs) and access to quality IPE is often limited in online programs. An online IPE module was developed to provide dietetics students the opportunity to build collaborative skills with students in other healthcare training programs. A research study was designed to answer the following research question: How and to what extent does participation in an online IPE module impact online dietetics students’ attitudes of interprofessional practice? Participants were dietetics students enrolled in an upper-division online dietetics course. Data gathered included a retrospective …

Undergraduate And Graduate Students’ Retrospective Perception Of Flipped Learning In Dietetics Curricula, Rachel L. Vollmer, Teresa Drake

Journal of Dietetic Education

Most studies investigating flipped learning fail to assess how student perceptions of flipped learning may change once the class is complete, and students have a chance to reflect on the experience. Follow-up studies are needed to evaluate the sustainability of the benefits from flipped learning among students and how they feel it prepares them, if at all, for future classes and/or their professional lives. Therefore, the objective of this study was to explore how graduate and undergraduate dietetics students retrospectively perceive a course that used flipped learning 2 years after they completed the course. Two focus groups with undergraduate (n=5) …

A Cross‐Sectional Survey Of Research Involvement And Interest Among Graduate Dietetics Students, Courtney Wedemire, Rebecca Brody, Joachim Sackey, Laura Byham-Gray

Journal of Dietetic Education

Background: Dietitians are not frequently participating in or leading research. Cultivating greater research interest and involvement starts with dietetics education, but little is known about dietetics students’ research involvement and interest. This study examines relationships between research involvement and interest among graduate dietetics students. Methods: This study was a cross-sectional survey design incorporating participant characteristic data, the Practice-Based Dietitian Research Involvement Survey (PBDRIS), and the modified Interest in Research Questionnaire (IRQ) tools; 89 of 327 (27.2%) graduate dietetic students from 3 US universities were included. Participant characteristics, PBDRIS scores, and IRQ scores were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Relationships between variables …

College Faculty In The News: July 10, 2023, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

News agencies across the region, the nation and throughout the world often reach out to our faculty experts for their perspectives on today's issues.

National Science Foundation Grant To Help Create Construction Site Safety Training, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The University of Dayton Greg and Annie Stevens Intelligent Infrastructure Engineering Lab was instrumental in securing an $850,000 National Science Foundation grant to create worksite-specific safety training for workers in high-risk industries.

A Business Can Decline Service Based On Its Beliefs, Supreme Court Rules – But What Will This Look Like In Practice?, Charlies J. Russo

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

A business can decline service based on its beliefs, Supreme Court rules – but what will this look like in practice?

Public Services Quarterly Marketing Column Index, 2013-2023, Katy Kelly

Roesch Library Faculty Publications

Public Services Quarterly (PSQ) is a journal published by Taylor & Francis focused on public services issues in academic libraries. The PSQ Marketing Column features essays about a variety of creative and innovative marketing strategies used to highlight collections or promote services in all types of libraries. Its purpose is to provide real examples of how libraries are using marketing and outreach techniques in interesting ways. The column offers practical insight from libraries engaged with marketing. In addition to marketing, the column also features essays on successful programs and events that promote the library.

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Composite Storytelling Affiliated College Faculty Narratives In India To Propose Curriculum And Exam Policy Revisions, Matthew A. Witenstein, Joanna Abdallah

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

Affiliated college academic staff members in India represent an abundance of frontline knowledges which hold great promise for impacting bottom-up policy. However, their knowledges are typically missing from the literature or not shared cross-institutionally. While it is common for them to express a lack of discretion, many find avenues for invoking high impact practices common to street-level bureaucrats. This study focuses on how they navigate university curriculum and exam policies through six emerging and high impact practices. This study highlights their high impact practices performed by illustrating meaningful mechanisms for coping and adapting to policies, and emerging insights regarding the …

Review: Engaging Undergraduates In Primary Source Research, Kayla Harris

Marian Library Faculty Publications

In recent years, several publications for archivists and librarians have centered on teaching with primary sources,¹ usually archival and special collections materials. Yet, there is still ample room within the literature for Engaging Undergraduates in Primary Source Research, edited by Lijuan Xu. This collection of ten case studies builds upon previous literature, but a few characteristics set it apart from other works on the subject. First, Xu explains in the introduction that much of the existing literature within the archives and library fields focuses only on “the pedagogical significance of special collections and archives and tends to equate primary …

Church Music Leaders In The Usa: Prioritizing Technical Competence And Inclusion, Heather Maclachlan

Department of Music Faculty Publications

Church music leaders in the United States pursue two priorities: technical accuracy and fluency in the music-making of their church ensembles, and, including as many volunteers as possible in those same ensembles. At times, the prioritization of technical competence and inclusion conflict, because volunteers whose playing or singing is less than competent seek to be included in church music groups. Facing this ethical dilemma, church music leaders operate ethically; that is, they employ strategies and develop policies based on their understanding of their responsibilities to other people (Warren 2014). During interviews, they verbally espouse an ethic of deontology, but in …

‘Mary And The Sacraments Of Initiation’, Maureen Schlangen

Marian Library Blog Archive

In the latest issue of the journal ‘Marian Studies,’ scholars explore the role of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the care, formation and spiritual nourishment of the faithful through Baptism, Confirmation and the Eucharist.

Ud In The News June 10-16, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Faculty members were featured on The Conversation Weekly podcast, delivered an Academic Minute focused on talking about our differences, and provided timely political analysis on national and state issues. The Dayton Daily News featured a new onMain project and introduced the new CIO.

Not High Value Because, High Value Unless: A New Threshold Question For Speech, Tamara Lemmon

University of Dayton Law Review

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Marian Library Under New Direction, Ann Zlotnik

Marian Library Blog Archive

Kayla Harris, an associate professor in the University Libraries, is the new director of the Marian Library. Harris has served in the integral roles of archivist followed by assistant director since joining the staff in 2016.

A New Audience For 'Orpheus', Maureen Schlangen

University Libraries Blog Archive

When the editors of the student literary magazine Orpheus did some housecleaning in late 2024, they determined it was time to make their multiple cartons of artistic artifacts available in University of Dayton’s open-access institutional repository, eCommons.

Pulling Your Own Leg, Steve Eskew

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Tis brave of me to say it but, like Erma Bombeck, I often wondered what I was doing in the pits. Surely but surely, I didn't deserve to suffer the slings and arrows of such outrageous fortunes.

Examining The Impact Of Gender, Caretaking On Faculty Research Productivity, Tenure And Promotion Progress During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Erin O'Mara Kunz, Corinne Brion, Hannah Kessler, Eden Michelson

Reports from the Gender Equity Research Fellowship

The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted the working and home lives of faculty. The largest impact was felt by women and caregivers, who suffered a staggering setback to their research productivity throughout the pandemic, and declines in research productivity have negative downstream consequences for tenure and promotion. The current research sought to examine gender and caregiving differences in research productivity throughout the COVID-19 pandemic among University of Dayton faculty. In two primary studies, research-active faculty were surveyed (Study 1) and interviewed (Study 2) to better understand the impact of gender and caregiving on research productivity during the pandemic. Study 1 …

University Of Dayton Magazine, Summer 2023, 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.

Preserving Ukrainian Culture And Spirituality, Ann Zlotnik

Marian Library Blog Archive

Jyl Hall, a local city council member and adjunct professor with a doctorate in intercultural studies, will speak on supporting Ukrainian friends — and Ukrainian culture — in conjunction with the Marian Library’s East Meets West exhibit.

What's Wrong With ‘Veepstakes', University Of Dayton

News Releases

It's a media obsession: the rampant speculation about presidential running mates. In his new book, political scientist Christopher Devine explains how all too often news coverage of this important event does the public a disservice.

Ud Now Publishing African Policy Journal, Maureen Schlangen

University Libraries Blog Archive

On May 1, a printed journal whose scholarly analysis of African policy had grown difficult to find in the digital age gained a much larger audience through the University of Dayton’s open-access institutional repository, eCommons.