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Ud In The News Aug. 6-12, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The Ignatian Solidarity Network featured the University's ethical purchasing. Local media highlighted the L. Crotty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership's new executive director.

College Faculty In The News: Aug. 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.

If You Can't Beat The Heat, Join It, Jase Graves

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

East Texas is hot, and not in the way you compliment your wife when she's mad at you for performing an epic cannonball while she's lounging by the pool with her laptop.

Ud In The News July 30-Aug. 5, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Forbes featured the supply chain expertise of Michael Gorman and UD's online Ed.D program. Local media highlighted UD joining a Midwest network to address national semiconductor needs and School of Law Dean Andrew Strauss.

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 Visiting Scholar Reflection: Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada, Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada

Marian Fellowships and Other Sponsored Research in the Marian Library

Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada, an assistant professor of religion at Kalamazoo College and editor of the journal Material Religion, received the Marian Library Visiting Scholar Fellowship for the project “Reinventing the Rosary: Innovation and Catholic Prayer.”

The rosary has been a fixture of Catholic prayer life for centuries, Maldonado-Estrada says. Its most familiar form — a string of grouped beads with a separate strand ending in a crucifix, is familiar to the point of being iconic. But according to Maldonado-Estrada, the design of the rosary isn’t locked in. In the 20th and 21st centuries, the rosary has undergone marked transformations that appeal …

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 …

A Stitch In Time Saves Nine: How The State Of Ohio Can Save Money And Distress Through Legal Training For Pre-Service Teachers, Christine Mika, Karin Mika

University of Dayton Law Review

No abstract provided.

Ud In The News July 23-29, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Local media highlighted the first Flyer Legal Pathways students. Brian LaDuca, executive director of the Institute of Applied Creativity for Transformation, talked to Forbes about microcredentials.

Pervasive Healthcare Internet Of Things: A Survey, Kim Anh Phung, Cemil Kirbas, Leyla Dereci, Tam Van Nguyen

Computer Science Faculty Publications

Thanks to the proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT), pervasive healthcare is gaining popularity day by day as it offers health support to patients irrespective of their location. In emergency medical situations, medical aid can be sent quickly. Though not yet standardized, this research direction, healthcare Internet of Things (H-IoT), attracts the attention of the research community, both academia and industry. In this article, we conduct a comprehensive survey of pervasive computing H-IoT. We would like to visit the wide range of applications. We provide a broad vision of key components, their roles, and connections in the big picture. …

Ud In The News July 9-15, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Newsweek and The Conversation tapped UD faculty expertise. WVXU-FM, Cincinnati's NPR station, featured engineering research. Local media highlighted a new endowed scholarship for students to restart their academic careers.

Listen Anywhere: One Heart With Courage Available As Audiobook, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Teri Rizvi's award-winning One Heart with Courage: Essays and Stories (Braughler Books) has been released as an audiobook narrated by Sheri Saginor. Royalties benefit the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Endowment Fund.

One Heart With Courage Wins Catholic Media Association Award, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Teri Rizvi’s One Heart with Courage: Essays and Stories (Braughler Books) has been named one of the best books of the year by the Catholic Media Association.

My Wife, Apple, And Her Virtual Dog, Raymond Reid

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Way back before smartphones and Siri, only an operator could help you make a long-distance phone call. You dialed zero and actually talked to a live human being. In Mayberry, her name was Sarah.

College Faculty In The News: July 11, 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.

Ud In The News July 1-8, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Michael Gorman in the School of Business Administration wrote "Stop driving farther for gas bargains" for the Chicago Tribune. The Columbus Dispatch tapped the expertise of sustainability expert Bob Brecha. Local media featured the new leader for the University's advancement division.

Full-Text Retrievals And Ebsco Discovery Service: Assessing Usage Of E-Journals Across Multiple Platforms, Simon Robins

Roesch Library Faculty Publications

This study utilizes COUNTER 5 data from the University of Dayton (UD) to measure full-text retrievals of e-journal articles from five major academic journal publishers (Taylor & Francis, SAGE, Oxford, Wiley, and Springer). Usage data from these publishers’ e-journals within EBSCO is compared to the same content when accessed from publisher platforms such as Wiley Online Library or SpringerLINK. Building on previous studies that have largely focused on links (or referrals) from the library discovery layer to publisher platforms, this study analyzes usage of full text-articles stored within EBSCO Discovery Service and EBSCOhost subject databases to consider how these full-text …

Ud In The News June 17-July 1, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The New York Times, The Conversation, Bloomberg Law, Inside Higher Ed and WIRED are among the national news outlets recently highlighting UD faculty expertise. Faculty also gave several interviews to local media about recent legislation and U.S. Supreme Court decisions.

How Rare: A Three-Page Letter Via Snail Mail, Raymond Reid

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Every now and then I get emails from folks who have read my columns in the Kernersville News and other papers around the country through syndication.

Dunbar’S Birthplace, Joan Milligan

University Libraries Blog Archive

In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of renowned Dayton poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, learn about his childhood home in Dayton.

Humanitarismo Literario Y Migración Forzada: Un Estudio De Las Tierras Arrasadas De Emiliano Monge, Carlos Gardeazábal Bravo

Global Languages and Cultures Faculty Publications and Presentations

Las tierras arrasadas (2015) de Emiliano Monge se encuentra entre el creciente corpus de novelas y películas sobre los migrantes centroamericanos y los diferentes tipos de violencia que afrontan. Monge aborda en esta obra los efectos de la militarización en la política migratoria de México, impulsada por la guerra contra el narco que comenzó en 2006. Esta novela lleva a cabo un desmonte crítico del humanitarismo literario al tiempo que enfatiza la vulnerabilidad de los migrantes y su agencia. En tal sentido, se explora la forma en la que, en cuanto ficción posthumanitaria, la novela encarna las diferentes formas en …

Ud In The News June 4-17, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The Conversation, the USA TODAY Network and Spectrum News 1 Ohio are among the national and regional media highlighting UD faculty expertise and research. Melissa Oei wrote about her experiences as a student entrepreneur for Poets & Quants For Undergrads. Local media featured how UD Arena was more than just a basketball venue during the pandemic.

A Great Composition, Rebecca Sutton

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

University of Dayton music student Jupiter Hood ’23 finds inspiration to write her own album.

2nd Funk Symposium: Selected Proceedings, 2021, Sharon Davis Gratto

Content Presented at the First and Second Dayton Funk Symposia

This is a printed proceedings of symposium presentations by authors who elected to submit them. They are available free for download, but printed volumes are available for $6 plus tax and shipping.

College Faculty In The News: June 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.

University Of Dayton Magazine, Summer 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.

College Faculty In The News: May 27, 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.

Flowers From The Holy Land, Melanie Fields

Marian Library Blog Archive

Pressed, dried blossoms from sacred sites and places of pilgrimage provide inspiration and evoke reverence for nature.

Ud In The News May 21-27, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The Conversation, Sinclair Broadcasting's The National Desk and Popular Science are among the national media outlets tapping faculty expertise. Local media highlighted the University as one of Ohio's first Collegiate Purple Star institutions for being supportive and inclusive of military-connected students.

Whether In War-Torn Ukraine, Laos Or Spain, Kids Have Felt Compelled To Pick Up Crayons And Put Their Experiences To Paper, Paul Morrow

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

The drawings and paintings of children often express a mix of horror, fear, hope and beauty in times of war. Paul Morrow, fellow in the University of Dayton Human Rights Center, explains.