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2022 Program: Raymond A. Roesch, S.M., Social Sciences Symposium, University Of Dayton

Roesch Social Sciences Symposium Programs and Other Materials

No abstract provided.

Ud Public Safety Responds After Social Media Shooting Threat, Tori Miller

Brother Frank Ruhlman, S.M., Award of Excellence for Literary Achievement

UD Public Safety responded to a social media shooting threat at Marianist Hall on Nov. 7. The overall communication response has been highly criticized within the UD community, but Public Safety's quick action to bring a suspect into custody without harming anyone was universally commended.

Ud Media Production Class Wins ‘Student Emmy’ For Dayton Documentary, Lucy Waskiewicz

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Students of UD’s Documentary Filmmaking course won the collegiate equivalent of an Emmy for their short documentary Shattered: A City Under Pressure.

A Pooling Strategy For Detecting Carbapenem Resistance Genes By The Xpert Carba-R Test In Rectal Swab Specimens, Fred C. Tenover, Peng Zhang, Qi Wang, Chaoe Zhou, Feifei Zhang, Xinghui Gao, Yi-Wei Tang, Hui Wang

Biology Faculty Publications

Rapid and accurate detection of carriers of carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPO) in hospitalized patients is critical for infection control and prevention. This study aimed to evaluate a pooling strategy for the detection of carbapenem resistance genes (CRG) in multiple specimens using the Xpert Carba-R test. Two rectal swabs each were collected from 415 unique patients. One swab was tested by Carba-R on the five specimen-pooled strategy. The other swab was tested individually by culture followed by DNA sequence analysis for CRG as the reference. At the first 5:1 pooling testing, 22 of 83 pools were positive, which yielded 34 positives from …

College Faculty In The News: Nov. 10, 2022, 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.

Remarks From Opening Celebration, Sarah Burke Cahalan

Juggling for Mary

The story of the juggler, in brief, is a story about vocation and the gifts we each have to offer. On Christmas Eve, a juggler performs for a statue of the Virgin Mary and the Infant Jesus, scandalizing the other monks in his community. Juggling is not appropriate — not the kind of gift one should give. In other words, not appropriately intellectual or elevated, like the gift of a book or a poem. But those judgmental observers are wrong because when the juggler has finished his performance and collapsed in exhaustion, the statue comes to life: The Infant Jesus …

Hands-On Learning Matters, Kennedy Kish

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

See how University of Dayton video production students in a video production class are getting hands-on experience filming and

A Place To Stay, Kennedy Kish

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

See what all the hype is about Kennedy Union.

Elastomer O-Ring Seal Swell Measurements For Sustainable Aviation Fuel Material Compatibility, Conor J. Faulhaber

Honors Theses

As efforts continue to fight climate change by transitioning energy sources away from fossil fuels and towards renewable alternative, the commercial aviation sector finds itself at danger of falling behind in emissions reductions. To combat this, the best term opportunity to reduce the industry’s contribution to greenhouse gas emissions has been identified as sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, derived from renewable feedstocks like agricultural waste or used cooking oil. Currently, SAF is regulated to a 50%v blending limit with conventional petroleum-based fuel to maintain certain jet fuel properties, including material compatibility with elastomer o-ring seals. When these seals come in …

Seeing Reds, Mary Kate Newman

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

How fellow University of Dayton alumni took their talents to the major leagues.

Past And Present: Latinx Student Life, Camila Sánchez-González

University Libraries Blog Archive

The University Libraries' OhioLINK Luminaries intern discovers a display case in the University Archives giving insight into the Latinx student experience at the University of Dayton.

Electro-Optical Sensors For Atmospheric Turbulence Strength Characterization With Embedded Edge Ai Processing Of Scintillation Patterns, Ernst Polnau, Don L. N. Hettiarachchi, Mikhail A. Vorontsov

Electro-Optics and Photonics Faculty Publications

This study introduces electro-optical (EO) sensors (TurbNet sensors) that utilize a remote laser beacon (either coherent or incoherent) and an optical receiver with CCD camera and embedded edge AI computer (Jetson Xavier Nx) for in situ evaluation of the path-averaged atmospheric turbulence refractive index structure parameter C-n(2) at a high temporal rate. Evaluation of C-n(2) values was performed using deep neural network (DNN)-based real-time processing of short-exposure laser-beacon light intensity scintillation patterns (images) captured by a TurbNet sensor optical receiver. Several pre-trained DNN models were loaded onto the AI computer and used for TurbNet sensor performance evaluation in a set …

Violencia, Memoria Y Empatía Reflexiva En El Ruido De Las Cosas Al Caer De Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Carlos Gardeazábal Bravo

Global Languages and Cultures Faculty Publications and Presentations

In this article, I show how Juan Gabriel Vásquez’s novel El ruido de las cosas al caer (The Sound of Things Falling, 2011) proposes an articulation of the works of memory and affects that can be ethically relevant within the context of the war on drugs in Colombia. I link this analysis with an interpretation of the novel that discusses the role of literature in debates about systemic violence in the global war on drugs. I propose that The noise of things falling, thanks to its affirmation of what I call reflexive empathy, questions the geopolitical designs that articulate that …

2022 Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Program, Teri Rizvi, University Of Dayton

Documents from the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

• Conference schedule
• Feature on the Erma Bombeck Collection at the University of Dayton
• Session descriptions
• Keynote speaker biographies
• Featured talent biographies
• Presenter biographies
• Winning entries in the 2022 Erma Bombeck Writing Competition
• Winners of the inaugural DC Stanfa Memorial Writers’ Award

Lessons Learned, Part Xii, University Of Dayton

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

A continuing reflection on life acquired in and out of the classroom — from the classes of 2021 and 2013.

What's In My Name?, Jase Graves

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

I’ve experienced a lifelong identity crisis, of sorts, because of my name (or names), and I’ve actually kind of enjoyed it – most of the time.

Rosary Revelations: The History Of Prayer, Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada

Marian Library Blog Archive

Visiting scholar Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada used Marian Library materials to reinforce that the history of prayer is one of not just religious practice, but design, media, culture and tradition.

Student Government Association Strategic Plan Focuses On Diversity, Bridgett Dillenburger

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

The University of Dayton Student Government Association is implementing a plan to foster a campus climate that seeks out and values diverse perspectives.

Ud In The News Oct. 1-7, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The Academic Minute featured English Professor Bryan Bardine's research on heavy metal scenes. Local media highlighted Christmas on Campus and the Greg and Annie Stevens Intelligent Infrastructure Engineering Lab.

A New Rosary Resource, Ann Zlotnik

Marian Library Blog Archive

Four videos on the mysteries of the rosary make use of imagery from the Marian Library, the U.S. Catholic Special Collection and the University of Dayton.

Music And Incitement To Violence: Anti-Muslim Hate Music In Burma/Myanmar, Heather Maclachlan

Department of Music Faculty Publications

his article examines a corpus of Burmese-language anti-Muslim hate songs archived on YouTube. Burma/Myanmar is the site of recent genocidal violence perpetrated against Muslims, and these songs are part of the hate speech campaign that undergirds this violence. Using the definition of incitement articulated by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the article shows that the lyrics of these songs constitute incitement to violence. Further, the comments written by YouTube listeners provide evidence that the songs provoke additional dehumanizing speech. The songs and their creators are therefore complicit in the recent violent persecution of Muslims in Myanmar.

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Freedom Of Speech In The Age Of Information And Misinformation, Edward Mehrer Iii

University of Dayton Law Review

No abstract provided.

Marion Stokes And A Collection Connection, Henry Handley, Kayla Harris

Marian Library Blog Archive

A film and a recording legacy offers a discussion opportunity and PATH points

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 …

Ud In The News Sept. 9-16, University Of Dayton

News Releases

UD faculty offered their expertise to The Conversation and Spectrum News 1 Ohio. Local media reported on a U.S. Department of Homeland Security grant to the Human Rights Center to develop a network to help prevent domestic violent extremism.

40th Annual Banned Books Week, Diane Osman

University Libraries Blog Archive

Books unite us; censorship divides us.

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

News Releases

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.

A Walk To Remember, Nicole L. Craw

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

When the daughter of Tom Swidarski '80 and Sue Skerkoski Swidarski '80 took a walk across the University of Dayton campus, there was no denying her college decision.

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.

Donor Beware: Pause Before You Give To Any Cause, Sarah Webber

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

While the overwhelming majority of charities are legitimate, looking into a charity before supporting it can help you avoid supporting scams and make better-informed decisions, writes associate professor Sarah Webber. Read her tips.