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Choosing The Purr-Fect Candidate, Allia Zobel Nolan Jul 2020

Choosing The Purr-Fect Candidate, Allia Zobel Nolan

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

When it comes to legislators, TV and social media try to influence us. And of course, there's fake news. Still, if we are dead serious about making an informed decision, there is really only one reliable source, an authority who has been around since the advent of dirt - that four-legged know-it-all: the cat.


Ud In The News July 10-17, University Of Dayton Jul 2020

Ud In The News July 10-17, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The Conversation, Nanowerk and Women's Running featured UD faculty research. The Dayton Business Journal did a feature piece on the School of Law's turnaround in the last five years. Local media covered news of the University bringing back furloughed employees.


Data Augmentation Analysis In Vehicle Detection From Aerial Videos, Quynh M. Chung, Tien D. Le, Thin V. Dang, Nguyen D. Vo, Khang Nguyen, Tam V. Nguyen Jul 2020

Data Augmentation Analysis In Vehicle Detection From Aerial Videos, Quynh M. Chung, Tien D. Le, Thin V. Dang, Nguyen D. Vo, Khang Nguyen, Tam V. Nguyen

Computer Science Faculty Publications

Recent growth in deep learning and computer vision has opened up many opportunities for advanced intelligent systems. While the dataset quality plays a crucial role in the training phase and also affects the performance of a model, creating a reliable and diverse dataset appears to be challenging. Therefore, data augmentation can be used as a preprocessing step with a view to tackling the problem. In this paper, we conduct a comprehensive analysis on different augmentation strategies to investigate their impact on vehicle detection in top-down videos captured by drones. Our experiments show that by adding similar data, randomly rotating and …


Mary In The News: July 13, 2020, Michael Duricy Jul 2020

Mary In The News: July 13, 2020, Michael Duricy

Marian Library Blog Archive

Read recent items about Mary in both Catholic and secular news. Also, see International Marian Research Institute as well as Marian Library news and updates.


A Fence From Holey To Heavenly, Jerry Zezima Jul 2020

A Fence From Holey To Heavenly, Jerry Zezima

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Good fences, as every homeowner knows, make bad property taxes. Bad fences make trouble, unless you have good neighbors, who are a blessing when a fence needs to be replaced. And, lo, I was blessed not only with good neighbors, but with the fence guy for the pope.


Why We Should Live Our Life More As A Dog, Karen Brilliant Andrews Jul 2020

Why We Should Live Our Life More As A Dog, Karen Brilliant Andrews

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Like most, I start my day with a cup of coffee and scan the news on my iPad. Ugh! Emotional drain. I hop in the shower, dress up for the day and get geared up for a "glorious" Monday. I walk to work through a couple blocks of a residential neighborhood. This morning I see a familiar face. My friend is outside with her little Bichon dog, Ben.


Mary In The News: July 6, 2020, Michael Duricy Jul 2020

Mary In The News: July 6, 2020, Michael Duricy

Marian Library Blog Archive

Read recent items about Mary in both Catholic and secular news. Also, see International Marian Research Institute as well as Marian Library news and updates.


Strawberry Fields For Joking, Jerry Zezima Jul 2020

Strawberry Fields For Joking, Jerry Zezima

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

If I were to write a nursery rhyme about a garrulous geezer on a fruitful foray with his giddy granddaughters, it would go like this: "Punny Poppie picked a peck of perfect produce."


Ud In The News June 27-July 3, University Of Dayton Jul 2020

Ud In The News June 27-July 3, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Political scientist Christopher Devine provided his expertise on vice presidential selections to The Conversation, NPR on Point, Vox and The Independent in the United Kingdom this week. NPR also talked to sociologist Art Jipson about racial extremism.


Documenting Marian Devotion, Kayla Harris Jul 2020

Documenting Marian Devotion, Kayla Harris

Marian Library Faculty Publications

The first six months of 2020 have been marked by upheaval and uncertainty and many individuals are relying on their faith to cope with stress. The Marian Library at the University of Dayton is a special library that serves as a center of scholarship on the Blessed Virgin Mary and also documents diverse expressions of popular Marian devotion. Common in the Marian Library’s collections are materials and artifacts that illustrate appeals to Mary for intercession in healing and protection from danger. This includes pamphlets of prayers to various titles of Our Lady, vials of holy water from the Lourdes Shrine …


A Force For Change: Effective Police Reform Through State-Level Initiatives, Ashley Caldwell Jul 2020

A Force For Change: Effective Police Reform Through State-Level Initiatives, Ashley Caldwell

University of Dayton Law Review

No abstract provided.


Open Discovery: The Unsung Legacy Of Thomas Moyer, Jo Ellen Cline, Barry W. Wilford Jul 2020

Open Discovery: The Unsung Legacy Of Thomas Moyer, Jo Ellen Cline, Barry W. Wilford

University of Dayton Law Review

No abstract provided.


Mary In The News: June 29, 2020, Michael Duricy Jun 2020

Mary In The News: June 29, 2020, Michael Duricy

Marian Library Blog Archive

Read recent items about Mary in both Catholic and secular news. Also, see International Marian Research Institute as well as Marian Library news and updates.


Where There's A Grill, There's A Way, Jerry Zezima Jun 2020

Where There's A Grill, There's A Way, Jerry Zezima

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

When it comes to grilling, I am usually cooking with gas. Unfortunately, I couldn’t cook on our new grill for a month after we bought it. And even with the gas off, I almost blew my top.


Clearing The Way For Alternative Fuels, University Of Dayton Jun 2020

Clearing The Way For Alternative Fuels, University Of Dayton

News Releases

That pizza box that was too cheesy to be recycled may still have a shot at a second life outside of a landfill — and in the fuel tank of your next flight.


Ud In The News June 19-26, University Of Dayton Jun 2020

Ud In The News June 19-26, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Local and regional media covered UD's plans to return to campus this fall. Historian Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders continued to lend her expertise to the national discussion on Confederate monuments. Leading legal education publication preLaw magazine featured the School of Law's strategies for remarkably improving its bar passage rate, which the magazine listed as best in the nation.


At Our Table, Michelle Tedford Jun 2020

At Our Table, Michelle Tedford

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Injustice and inequity cannot stand, said faculty from varied disciplines during a teach-in. The three children sitting at my dinner table agree.


Full-Court Embrace, Tom Archdeacon Jun 2020

Full-Court Embrace, Tom Archdeacon

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

How Flyers men's basketball turned tragedy into a drive to play for Dayton, achieving unprecedented success before COVID-19 cut short their season — but never their spirit. A look at an amazing year by the region's foremost sports reporter.


College Faculty In The News: June 25, 2020, University Of Dayton Jun 2020

College Faculty In The News: June 25, 2020, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Historians Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders and Julius Amin have been at the forefront of the discussion of race in America with writings and interviews for regional, national and international news outlets. Follow this and other recent media coverage of the service, research, scholarship and commentary of College of Arts and Sciences programs and their faculty.


Libraries' Covid-19 Strategy: Nimble, Creative, Efficient, Supportive, University Of Dayton. University Libraries Jun 2020

Libraries' Covid-19 Strategy: Nimble, Creative, Efficient, Supportive, University Of Dayton. University Libraries

University Libraries Blog Archive

Metrics from spring semester show heavy reliance on library expertise, materials and services.


Ud Stands In Solidarity, Michelle Tedford Jun 2020

Ud Stands In Solidarity, Michelle Tedford

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Important work is ahead to disrupt, dismantle systemic racism.


It's Not The Heat, It's The Stupidity, Jerry Zezima Jun 2020

It's Not The Heat, It's The Stupidity, Jerry Zezima

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Because I am full of hot air, which could earn me a spot as a float in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, I have learned not to sweat the small stuff. Instead, I save it for the big stuff, like installing air conditioners, which works me into such a sweat that I need to turn them on immediately so I won’t pop like a helium balloon and go flying out the window.


Mary In The News: June 22, 2020, Michael Duricy Jun 2020

Mary In The News: June 22, 2020, Michael Duricy

Marian Library Blog Archive

Read recent items about Mary in both Catholic and secular news. Also, see International Marian Research Institute as well as Marian Library news and updates.


Prepare Now For An Unprecedented September Sports Onslaught, Charles Hartley Jun 2020

Prepare Now For An Unprecedented September Sports Onslaught, Charles Hartley

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

In many ways September marks the beginning of the year. It’s always struck me as the fastest month. Sept. 1 hits, then everything hits — school, football, back-to-school night — and then in a blink it’s Oct. 1. This coming September will be every bit as frenetic but with an unprecedented twist. Sports everywhere will collide, overlap, mash up and intersect — all simultaneously.


A Houseboy Comes Clean, Jerry Zezima Jun 2020

A Houseboy Comes Clean, Jerry Zezima

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

When it comes to housework, my wife has it maid. And she is not too proud to say that the maid is her husband.


Mary In The News: June 16, 2020, Michael Duricy Jun 2020

Mary In The News: June 16, 2020, Michael Duricy

Marian Library Blog Archive

Read recent items about Mary in both Catholic and secular news. Also, see International Marian Research Institute as well as Marian Library news and updates.


Ud Students Work Remotely To Complete ‘Dayton’S Darkest Summer’, Dave Larsen Jun 2020

Ud Students Work Remotely To Complete ‘Dayton’S Darkest Summer’, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Filmmaking is a collaborative process, but when the University of Dayton campus closed in mid-March because of the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly a dozen media production students needed to find a way to work together remotely from across the nation to complete their year-long documentary project.


A Pie In The Sky Idea, Jerry Zezima Jun 2020

A Pie In The Sky Idea, Jerry Zezima

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

When the moon hits the sky like a big pizza pie, that’s a-boring. And that’s why my wife, Sue, desperate for a diversion during the quarantine, asked me to help her make pizza.


Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop Launches Competition For Funny Stories About Sisters, University Of Dayton Jun 2020

Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop Launches Competition For Funny Stories About Sisters, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Anyone who has a sister knows it can be one of the closest and most fun relationships of your life.


Mary In The News: June 10, 2020, Michael Duricy Jun 2020

Mary In The News: June 10, 2020, Michael Duricy

Marian Library Blog Archive

Read recent items about Mary in both Catholic and secular news. Also, see International Marian Research Institute as well as Marian Library news and updates.