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2016-17 Graduate Bulletin

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After 2003 the University of Dayton Bulletin went exclusively online. This copy was downloaded from the University of Dayton's website in March 2018.

August 2016, Pope Francis

Marian Thoughts of Pope Francis

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Review: 'Hindu Muslim Riots', Haimanti Roy

History Faculty Publications

Communal violence in India, especially between Hindus and Muslims, have for long been the center of scholarly research. From the 1990s, historians, and anthropologists have innovatively analyzed colonial and Partition related riots to understand why and how they happened and the contextual development of communal identities. Political scientists have put forth thought-provoking paradigms of urban communal rioting in the wake of the Hindu Muslim riots of 1992 and 2002. All, it would seem, owe an intellectual debt to sociologist Richard Lambert’s much-cited dissertation of 1951, now published six decades later. Given that the publication is mostly an unchanged version of …

Chiral Light Intrinsically Couples To Extrinsic/Pseudo-Chiral Metasurfaces Made Of Tilted Gold Nanowires, Alessandro Belardini, Marco Centini, Grigore Leahu, David C. Hooper, Roberto Li Voti, Eugenio Fazio, Joseph W. Haus, Andrew Sarangan, Ventsislav K. Valev, Concita Sibilia

Electro-Optics and Photonics Faculty Publications

Extrinsic or pseudo-chiral (meta)surfaces have an achiral structure, yet they can give rise to circular dichroism when the experiment itself becomes chiral. Although these surfaces are known to yield differences in reflected and transmitted circularly polarized light, the exact mechanism of the interaction has never been directly demonstrated. Here we present a comprehensive linear and nonlinear optical investigation of a metasurface composed of tilted gold nanowires. In the linear regime, we directly demonstrate the selective absorption of circularly polarised light depending on the orientation of the metasurface. In the nonlinear regime, we demonstrate for the first time how second harmonic …

Teaching The Common Good In Business Ethics: A Case Study Approach, Mark Ryan

Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications

This paper addresses the instructional challenges of teaching business ethics in a way shaped by Catholic Social Teaching (CST). Focusing on the concept of the Common Good in CST, I describe my use of a case narrative in classroom instruction to help students understand the concept of the Common Good and to perceive the variety of ways businesses can serve or undermine the Common Good in a small city. Through these pedagogical explorations, I illustrate the distinctive vision of business ethics that flows from CST.

Leveraging Static Analysis Tools For Improving Usability Of Memory Error Sanitization Compilers, Rigel Gjomemo, Phu Huu Phung, Edmund Ballou, Kedar S. Namjoshi, V. N. Venkatakrishnan, Lenore Zuck

Computer Science Faculty Publications

Memory errors such as buffer overruns are notorious security vulnerabilities. There has been considerable interest in having a compiler to ensure the safety of compiled code either through static verification or through instrumented runtime checks. While certifying compilation has shown much promise, it has not been practical, leaving code instrumentation as the next best strategy for compilation. We term such compilers Memory Error Sanitization Compilers (MESCs). MESCs are available as part of GCC, LLVM and MSVC suites. Due to practical limitations, MESCs typically apply instrumentation indiscriminately to every memory access, and are consequently prohibitively expensive and practical to only small …

Ltc Newsletter, University Of Dayton. Ryan C. Harris Learning Teaching Center

LTC Newsletter

Fall 2016

A Review On The Invasion Ecology Of Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera Maackii, Caprifoliaceae), A Case Study Of Ecological Impacts At Multiple Scales, Rachel E. Mcneish, Ryan W. Mcewan

Biology Faculty Publications

Invasive species are of global importance because of their impacts on ecological communities, habitat structure, native community dynamics, and ecosystem processes and function. Scientists and conservation managers are increasingly focusing on the biological impacts of invasive species and on devising management practices that emphasize the health of ecosystems based on measured biological processes. Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii (Rupr.) Herder) is a highly successful invasive shrub in forests of eastern North America. The scientific literature surrounding this species has grown in the past several decades as researchers have investigated L. maackii impacts across multiple ecological scales. In this review we …

Review: 'Recasting The Region: Language, Culture And Islam In Colonial Bengal', Haimanti Roy

History Faculty Publications

The origins and growth of Bengali Muslim identity have been the center of several studies till date. Most have concentrated on the politics of Muslim separatism in the 1930s with the politicization of the eastern Bengal’s peasantry and subsequent support for the Pakistan Movement. Neilesh Bose, in his Recasting the Region: Language Culture and Islam in Colonial Bengal shifts focus from politics to the Bengali literary sphere where Bengali Muslim intellectuals created a particular regional identity distinct from both mainstream Urdu Muslim and Hindu Bengali culture. This particular Bengali Muslim identity, Bose argues, was produced and established through writings of …

Udsmart Center Leader, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Doug Daniels, a biochemist who led a team of creative scientists seeking new ways to fight fatal diseases, will be the first executive director of the University of Dayton SupraMolecular Applied Research and Technology Center.

A Lonely Stewardman, University Of Dayton

Blog Archive: River Reflections at the University of Dayton

I believe it was about 3 days in when I had a special realization. “I’ve never went more than 1 day and 1 night without seeing at least 1 person that I know”. At that point, I really knew that my journey had begun. So there I was, driving through Arkansas, en route to Texas, seeing ahead of me 17 more days of this solo travel experience. In my 20th year, 20 days on the road, 20 states, 6,100 miles, 11 National Parks, and 160 hours of sleep in the back of my red Mercury. The idea of it excited …

Busy Summers, University Of Dayton

News Releases

University of Dayton junior Corey Kuminecz could have worked a typical summer job back home in Indiana, but it would have done little to advance his skills for a potential career in environmental biology. Instead, he is assisting a National Science Foundation-funded research project to study the impact of invasive honeysuckle shrubs on Dayton-area streams.

Undetected And Unvoiced, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Every minute in the United States, one person will have a heart attack, two will suffer strokes, and three women will nearly bleed to death while giving birth. Behind the statistics from the Centers for Disease Control, Scott and Michelle Hall say there is a need not being met by the health care industry: the emotional toll.

Thirty Years Of Compositional Change In An Old-Growth Temperate Forest: The Role Of Topographic Gradients In Oak-Maple Dynamics, Julia I. Chapman, Ryan W. Mcewan

Biology Faculty Publications

Ecological communities are structured in response to spatial and temporal variation of numerous factors, including edaphic conditions, biotic interactions, climatic patterns and disturbance regimes. Widespread anthropogenic factors such as timber harvesting can create long-lasting impacts, obscuring the relationship between community structure and environmental conditions. Minimally impacted systems such as old-growth forests can serve as a useful ecological baseline for predicting long-term compositional shifts. We utilized decadal tree species sampling data (1979–2010) divided into three strata (understory, midstory, overstory) to examine temporal changes in relative abundances and spatial distributions of dominant taxa, as well as overall shifts in community composition, in …

Soaring, Eric F. Spina

President's Blog: From the Heart

I’m an aerospace engineer, so it was, admittedly, a thrill last weekend to visit the U.S. Air Force Museum. It’s a local treasure right in our backyard that’s devoted to preserving and telling the story of aerospace technology through the ages. (Not to mention the fact that it all began with our friends, the Wright brothers, just next door!)

Reverie Is Elementary, Joan Milligan, Kristina Klepacz

University Libraries Blog Archive

Pay homage to summer fun and reading with adventure-inspiring illustrations by Arthur Rackham featured in the British edition of Peer Gynt.

Weekly Features: July 25, 2016, University Of Dayton

Marian Library Blog Archive

Why does Mary always wear light blue? The answer, plus other interesting articles, in this week's features.

In The News: July 25, 2016, Michael Duricy

Marian Library Blog Archive

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

Dean's Summer Fellows, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

University of Dayton junior Corey Kuminecz could have worked a typical summer job back home in Indiana, but it would have done little to advance his skills for a potential career in environmental biology. Instead, he is assisting in a National Science Foundation-funded research project to study the impact of invasive honeysuckle shrubs on the biodiversity and function of Dayton-area streams.

Faculty In The News: July 25, 2016, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Christopher Devine discusses the 2016 Republican National Convention, and other highlights of recent media coverage of College of Arts and Sciences faculty research, scholarship and commentary.

Review: Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, Jillian Sandy

University Libraries Blog Archive

Research Services Assistant Jillian Sandy gives Roz Chast's graphic novel memoir 5 well-deserved stars.

Analyzing Trump's Speech, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Marketing professor Randy Sparks offers the following initial comments on Donald Trump's address to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland Thursday night.

Resources To Spark Dialogue, Rachel Barnett

University Libraries Blog Archive

We must seek to put recent tragedies into context if we want to try to better understand them. Roesch Library has a variety of resources to help.

Meditation Mondays, Rachel Barnett

University Libraries Blog Archive

Announcing free Monday meditation sessions from July 25 to August 8. Learn techniques to quiet your mind, relax your body, and find inner peace.

An Olympic Ode To Cataloging, Maureen E. Schlangen

Roesch Library Staff Publications

When my colleagues in the University Libraries gathered on the west portico of Roesch Library June 9 for our own version of the Olympics, our competitive nature, mostly dormant in our daily work, emerged in events that put our teams to the test both physically and mentally: journal Jenga, journal toss, cart racing, book balancing, speed sorting and the hardest scavenger hunt I’ve ever participated in.

But like many things I’ve discovered in my two years in the Libraries, the information science that inspired these trivial games is anything but trivial.

As I raced to put a cart full of …

Living Water, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Sharing his perspective on Catholic social teaching, human rights and clean water has earned mechanical engineering student Tanner Rolfe a top prize in a national essay contest.

A New Leader, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The University of Dayton announced today that long-time University employee Thomas U. Weckesser has been named executive director in the president's office.

National Honor, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

An internationally recognized contemporary dance company in residence at the University of Dayton has won one of the dance world's top honors.

Opportunities Abound, University Of Dayton

News Releases

A University of Dayton education means hands-on opportunities for students to transform the world. Nine students from three countries in four departments hope their work someday passes the smell test.

An Olympic Ode To Cataloging, Maureen Schlangen

University Libraries Blog Archive

Cataloging, done coherently, precisely, correctly and comprehensively, gets results — which is to say, search results.