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U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Sees Promise In University Of Dayton Technology, University Of Dayton

News Releases

A University of Dayton research project to help U.S. defense agencies tune between radio frequency bands for communication, radar, satellites, and satellite radios earned Phase II funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Whose Poverty Is It? An Autoethnography, Corinne Brion

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

When I first met my husband, he told me, “I have nothing material, I do not have money or many possessions.” When he meant he had nothing, he literally meant it, no savings, no house, no bank account, no retirement plans, and a job that hardly paid for one meal a day. His most precious possessions were a bicycle and the toolbox he used as a mechanic. He lived with his mom, sister and two nieces in a one-bedroom self-contained unit they rented. There was no bathroom, no toilet, no kitchen, no personal space, no decoration, and no furniture. It …

Artslive Returns With Live Classical And Jazz Music Performances, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

The University of Dayton's ArtsLIVE Performance Series resumes with the first of several concerts scheduled for the 2022-23 academic year.

Dogs Vs. Daughters, Jase Graves

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

My adult life has been full of transitions — from single to married, from childlessness to fatherhood, and from virile coolness to cringey blobfish. I now find myself in the midst of a change from occupying a nest literally bursting with hatchlings frantically pecking at my wallet to now watching one last teenage fledgling perched on the edge of a limb and hoping I don’t do anything embarrassing.

Doing More With A Dm: A Survey On Library Social Media Engagement, Jason Wardell, Katy Kelly

Roesch Library Faculty Publications

Objectives – This study sought to determine the role social media plays in shaping library services and spaces, and how queries are received, responded to, and tracked differently by different types of libraries.

Methods – In April and May of 2021, researchers conducted a nine-question survey (Appendix A) targeted to social media managers across various types of libraries in the United States, soliciting a mix of quantitative and qualitative results on prevalence of social media interactions, perceived changes to services and spaces as a result of those interactions, and how social media messaging fits within the library’s question reporting or …

National Science Foundation Grant To Help Researcher Develop Low-Cost, Hand-Held Device To Test, Identify Diseases, Biohazards, University Of Dayton

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A University of Dayton researcher will lead a nearly half-million-dollar National Science Foundation project with the goal of developing a low-cost, hand-held device to test for and identify diseases and biohazards.

Homeland Security Grant To Human Rights Center To Develop Network To Help Prevent Domestic Violent Extremism, University Of Dayton

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The University of Dayton Human Rights Center received $352,109 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to develop a network of regional organizations to help prevent domestic violent extremism in southwest Ohio and beyond.

Ud Photography Student Selected For Exclusive National Fellowship, Lucy Waskiewicz

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

University of Dayton photography major Jayonna Johnson is one of eight college students nationwide selected as an Imagining America Joy of Giving Something fellow.

Flyer Time: 7:11 P.M. Chapel, University Of Dayton

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Student photographer Lauren Riley, a junior, was busy at the end of the year fulfilling requests for cap and gown photos for eager University of Dayton graduates

Marian Library Newsletter: Issue No. 72, University Of Dayton. Marian Library

Marian Library Newsletter

• Year in review
• Ukrainian Marian Collection
• Exhibit: Juggling for Mary
• Marian Library Fellowships: Reports from scholars
• Report from A Vision of Faith exhibit
• Recent acquisitions
• Reorganization of reading room
• Statue conservation
• Profile on archivist Kayla Harris
• Marian Library usage the numbers

Creche Herald Vol. 26, No. 3, Rita B. Bocher

Creche Herald

The Fall 2022 publication features nativity sets and personal reflections from members in the organization; information about nativities and nativity exhibits; and information about the Friends of the Creche annual meeting.

Committing To The Common Good: Reframing Student Success Using Catholic Social Teaching, Zachary Lewis

Roesch Library Faculty Publications

This case study examines how the role of Student Success Librarian (SSL) at University of Dayton’s (UD) Roesch Library incorporates Catholic Social Teaching in order to achieve the mission of this faith-based institution. Students at UD are asked to sign a Commitment to Community, a list of pledges which share similar values to the themes of Catholic Social Teaching. By focusing on the intersection of the Commitment to Community, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I), and Catholic Social Teaching themes, the SSL at UD’s Roesch Library is able to incorporate Catholic Social Teaching in its programming, services, and partnerships.

University Of Dayton Magazine, Autumn 2022, 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.

Minutes, September 2022, University Of Dayton. College Of Arts And Sciences

Documents of the College of Arts and Sciences Academic Affairs Committee

Minutes from organizational meeting for Academic Affairs Committee

Bylaws, Amended 2022, University Of Dayton. College Of Arts And Sciences

Documents of the College of Arts and Sciences Academic Affairs Committee

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Influential Oil Company Scenarios For Combating Climate Change Don't Actually Meet The Paris Agreement Goals, Robert Brecha, Gaurav Ganti

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

A new analysis by UD sustainability professor Robert Brecha and an international team of scientists reveals most companies claiming to be compatible with the climate agreement show a strong continuing reliance on natural gas and coal.

Ready For Students, Ann Zlotnik

Marian Library Blog Archive

The Marian Library is offering programming for UD students as soon as they come back to campus and to keep them engaged throughout the semester.

Ud In The News Aug. 13-19, University Of Dayton

News Releases

A pair of faculty wrote for The Conversation. The Journal of College Admission featured the UD Sinclair Academy. Regional and local media covered UD's move-in and record enrollment.

Virtual Reality Lab Brings Buildings To Life For Civil Engineers, University Of Dayton

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When a building is built, it's too late to change the placement of something. But a new virtual reality lab for civil engineers at the University of Dayton will bring buildings to life before dirt is turned, allowing engineers to see if the way it's intended to be built is the way it should be.

Study: Major Oil Company Scenarios For Limiting Global Warming Not Compatible With Paris Agreement, University Of Dayton

News Releases

A University of Dayton researcher helped lead a study published in Nature Communications today showing scenarios by some major oil companies for global reduction in greenhouse gas emissions are incompatible with the Paris Agreement's climate objectives.

Writing Your Own Perfect Ending, Teri Rizvi

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

A magical moment happens when a writer takes a deep breath and launches into a passionate one-minute elevator pitch of a book concept before hundreds of other would-be authors. "It's very touching," says literary agent Arielle Eckstut about the emotion-charged atmosphere at Pitchapalooza. "These writers are wearing their hearts on their sleeves."

University To Join Midwest Network To Address National Semiconductor Needs, University Of Dayton

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With Intel building two chip factories in Ohio, the University of Dayton is joining leading Midwest research institutions in a network to support the semiconductor and microelectronics industry's research, supply chain and workforce needs.

Stitt Scholars Program Helps Engineering Student Translate Language Of Business, University Of Dayton

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To University of Dayton mechanical engineering student Grace Silverberg and her classmates, "business" can be a foreign language. But with UD's Stitt Scholars program, she's able to speak to those in the field who someday will help sell her ideas.

Institute For Pastoral Initiatives 2025 Strategic Plan, University Of Dayton. Institute For Pastoral Initiatives

Documents and Publications of the Institute for Pastoral Initiatives

This document reflects IPI’s Team discussions with Dave Ramey and the College of Arts & Sciences Dean’s Office for Phase I of the Institute for Pastoral Initiatives Strategic Planning Process. Phase II begins September 2022 through January 2023 developing specific action steps for each Strategic Goal (A-G) for 2023-2025 in consultation with various groups associated with the Institute for Pastoral Initiatives' future.

2022 Resident Scholar Reflection: Liz Hutter, Liz Hutter

Marian Fellowships and Other Sponsored Research in the Marian Library

Liz Hutter, an assistant professor of English at the University of Dayton, received the Marian Library Resident Scholar Fellowship for the project “Reading, Writing, and Seeing Health and Disability in Community at Lourdes Sanctuary.”

An account from the writer Flannery O’Connor, whose cousin suggested a pilgrimage to Lourdes as a healing intervention for a chronic illness, prompted Hutter’s interest in pursuing what she sees as a binary logic often associated with Lourdes, the shrine commemorating the 1858 apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Bernadette Soubirous.

O’Connor made a distinction clear to her cousin: “I am going as a pilgrim, not …

Common Good Players Present, Perform At Conference On Using Theater For Social Change, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

The University of Dayton’s Common Good Players took its show on the road this summer, presenting and performing at an international conference dedicated to using theater as a means to promote social change in Chicago.

Proceedings Of The 2022 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.

Thesis projects from 2022 include:

“Musical Expressions and Symbolic Forms,” by Jacob Biesecker-Mast

“Lovecraft, the Uncanny, and The Sublime: A Psychoanalytic Critique of H.P. Lovecraft's Fiction,” by Jules Carr-Chellman

“Critical Review of Literature …

Towards A Low-Cost Solution For Gait Analysis Using Millimeter Wave Sensor And Machine Learning, Mubarak A. Alanazi, Abdullah K. Alhazmi, Osama Alsattam, Kara Gnau, Meghan Brown, Shannon Thiel, Kurt Jackson, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

Human Activity Recognition (HAR) that includes gait analysis may be useful for various rehabilitation and telemonitoring applications. Current gait analysis methods, such as wearables or cameras, have privacy and operational constraints, especially when used with older adults. Millimeter-Wave (MMW) radar is a promising solution for gait applications because of its low-cost, better privacy, and resilience to ambient light and climate conditions. This paper presents a novel human gait analysis method that combines the micro-Doppler spectrogram and skeletal pose estimation using MMW radar for HAR. In our approach, we used the Texas Instruments IWR6843ISK-ODS MMW radar to obtain the micro-Doppler spectrogram …

Glaciernet2: A Hybrid Multi-Model Learning Architecture For Alpine Glacier Mapping, Zhiyuan Xie, Umesh K. Haritashya, Vijayan K. Asari, Michael P. Bishop, Jeffrey S. Kargel, Theus Aspiras

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

In recent decades, climate change has significantly affected glacier dynamics, resulting in mass loss and an increased risk of glacier-related hazards including supraglacial and proglacial lake development, as well as catastrophic outburst flooding. Rapidly changing conditions dictate the need for continuous and detailed ob-servations and analysis of climate-glacier dynamics. Thematic and quantitative information regarding glacier geometry is fundamental for understanding climate forcing and the sensitivity of glaciers to climate change, however, accurately mapping debris-cover glaciers (DCGs) is notoriously difficult based upon the use of spectral information and conventional machine-learning techniques. The objective of this research is to improve upon an …

Addams’S Methodologies Of Writing, Thinking, And Activism, Marilyn Fischer

Books and Book Chapters by University of Dayton Faculty

To understand Addams’s texts, readers need to attend both to her evolutionary methodologies and to her interpretive strategies. Addams was an evolutionary scientist and sociologist in the days before natural selection became merged with genetics and before sociology adopted a stance of positivistic objectivity. Like other intellectuals at the nineteenth century’s turn, Addams addressed contemporary social problems by locating them within their evolutionary histories and proposing ways of moving society toward healthy equilibrium. She used specific social theories as tools, selecting the ones best suited for each given social problem. Evolutionary theorizing served as foundation and framing for her writings. …