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If Not Now, When?, Teri Rizvi

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

As the months of pandemic life stretched toward a year, Teri Rizvi, like many writers, quit procrasinating and finished a book. Proceeds from her debut book, One Heart with Courage: Essays and Stories, will benefit the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop endowment fund.

College Faculty In The News: Sept. 10, 2021, 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. This media coverage highlights the service, research and scholarship taking place in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Celebrate Latinx Heritage Month With History, Arts And Literature, Scott N. West

University Libraries Blog Archive

Scott West shares popular and under-the-radar library resources by, for and about Latinx culture, authors, scholars and history.

Student Academic Policies Committee Of The Academic Senate 2021-09-10, University Of Dayton. Student Academic Policies Committee

All Committee Minutes

Approved minutes of a meeting of the Student Academic Policies Committee of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayton.

2021-09-10 Minutes Of The Executive Committee Of The Academic Senate, University Of Dayton. Academic Senate. Executive Committee

ECAS Minutes

Approved minutes of a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayton.

Ud In The News Sept. 4-10, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Aviation historian Janet Bednarek gave interviews nationwide about air travel since 9/11, including The Wall Street Journal. Meghan Henning in religious studies shared her expertise with The Daily Beast and The Conversation. Dayton-area media featured the blessing for first responders, 9/11 commemoration, new partnership between UD and the Hall Hunger Initiative, and new bistro featuring food from local underrepresented, minority-owned and woman-owned vendors at The Hub Powered by PNC.

Student Academic Polices Committee Minutes Of The Academic Senate 2021-09-10, University Of Dayton. Student Academic Policies Committee

All Committee Minutes

Approved minutes of a meeting of the Student Academic Policies Committee of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayton.

University Of Dayton Human Rights Center Welcomes African Lawyer, Social Justice Advocate Satang Nabaneh As Director Of Programs, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Satang Nabaneh, a lawyer and social justice advocate with broad experience in the law and practice of human rights, joined the University of Dayton Human Rights Center last month as its new director of programs.

Ud, Hall Hunger Initiative Partnership Strengthens Work To End Hunger, University Of Dayton

News Releases

A new partnership between the University of Dayton and the Hall Hunger Initiative will leverage the resources of both organizations to address growing hunger problems in the community and create additional opportunities for students, faculty and staff to get involved.

2021-09-08 Minutes Of The Faculty Board, University Of Dayton. Faculty Board

Faculty Board Minutes

Approved minutes of a meeting of the Faculty Board of the University of Dayton.

Ceviche?, Mary Oves

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

So, I had this presentation on Monday, right? Since it was virtual, I had to pull out every stop to ensure that the house would be quiet and unoccupied between the hours of 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m., so I began preparing before the weekend with a text to the boys.

Startup Grounds To Open At The Hub, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Startup Grounds, The Hub Powered by PNC’s new bistro featuring food from local underrepresented, minority-owned and woman-owned vendors, opens Sept. 16 at the Dayton Arcade.

March On: Can Udentify Us?, Michelle Tedford

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

The Pride of Dayton shows their spirit. Can UDentify these musical Flyers?

Farmer Pepper's Lonely Heartburn Band, Jerry Zezima

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

I like to think I’m hot stuff, even in winter, but whenever I look in the mirror to shave, I come to the sad realization that I’m not so sizzling after all.

Who's Publishing What: My Modena, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Andrea Gelfuso Goetz's new book, My Modena: A Year of Fear, Laughter, and Exhilaration in Italy, details the delightful confusion of living in a town that made every task hilariously frustrating, but every walk a journey into Italy's fascinating past — and thrilling present.

Ode To Monarchs, Dean Norman

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Monarch butterflies are the poster children, the ambassadors, for insects.

A Canvas For Creativity, Eric F. Spina

President's Blog: From the Heart

"The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer," Katie Hill told students in her New Venture Creation class. Sitting in a classroom overlooking Main Street in the revitalized Dayton Arcade, I thought about the power of her words in this space.

Student Academic Polices Committee Minutes Of The Academic Senate 2021-09-03, University Of Dayton. Student Academic Policies Committee

All Committee Minutes

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Student Academic Policies Committee Minutes Of The Academic Senate 2021-09-03, University Of Dayton. Student Academic Policies Committee

All Committee Minutes

Approved minutes of a meeting of the Student Academic Policies Committee of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayton.

Ud In The News Aug. 27-Sept. 3, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Aviation historian Janet Bednarek and Vision Lab Director Vijayan Asari contributed pieces to The Conversation. Local NPR affiliate WYSO featured the Marian Library's free exhibit on religious tourism featuring pieces from Catholic shrines and festivals — from handcrafted devotional objects to quirky souvenirs.

5 Questions With Zion Savory '21, Thomas M. Columbus

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Savory’s parents were born and raised on the Caribbean island of Jamaica. In May, the son of immigrants graduated from the University of Dayton School of Law. This summer Savory is studying for the bar in preparation for starting work as an associate attorney in September at the Thompson Hine Dayton office.

Autonomous Drones Could Speed Up Search And Rescue After Flash Floods, Hurricanes And Other Disasters, Vijayan Asari

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

By mimicking the human brain, autonomous drones could locate victims in hard-to-reach places and alert responders to their location within seconds, writes professor Vijayan Asari.

2021-09-03 Minutes Of The Executive Committee Of The Academic Senate, University Of Dayton. Academic Senate. Executive Committee

ECAS Minutes

Approved minutes of a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayton.

An Entire Generation Of Americans Has No Idea How Easy Air Travel Used To Be, Janet R. Bednarek

History Faculty Publications

As someone who has studied the history of airports in the United States – and someone old enough to remember air travel before 9/11 – I find it striking, on the one hand, how reluctant the federal government, the airlines, and airports were to adopt early security measures.

On the other hand, it’s been jarring to watch how abruptly the sprawling Transportation Security Agency system was created – and how quickly American air travelers came to accept those security measures as both normal and seemingly permanent features of all U.S. airports.

Looking For Advice, Thomas M. Columbus

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Death and a podcast

Application Of Tilt Correlation Statistics To Anisoplanatic Optical Turbulence Modeling And Mitigation, Russell C. Hardie, Michael A. Rucci, Santasri Bose-Pillai, Richard Van Hook

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

Atmospheric optical turbulence can be a significant source of image degradation, particularly in long range imaging applications. Many turbulence mitigation algorithms rely on an optical transfer function (OTF) model that includes the Fried parameter. We present anisoplanatic tilt statistics for spherical wave propagation. We transform these into 2D autocorrelation functions that can inform turbulence modeling and mitigation algorithms. Using these, we construct an OTF model that accounts for image registration. We also propose a spectral ratio Fried parameter estimation algorithm that is robust to camera motion and requires no specialized scene content or sources. We employ the Fried parameter estimation …

Scene Motion Detection In Imagery With Anisoplanatic Optical Turbulence Using A Tilt-Variance-Based Gaussian Mixture Model, Richard L. Van Hook, Russell C. Hardie

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

In long-range imaging applications, anisoplanatic atmospheric optical turbulence imparts spatially- and temporally varying blur and geometric distortions in acquired imagery. The ability to distinguish true scene motion from turbulence warping is important for many image-processing and analysis tasks. The authors present a scenemotion detection algorithm specifically designed to operate in the presence of anisoplanatic optical turbulence. The method models intensity fluctuations in each pixel with a Gaussian mixture model (GMM). The GMM uses knowledge of the turbulence tilt-variance statistics. We provide both quantitative and qualitative performance analyses and compare the proposed method to several state-of-the art algorithms. The image data …

Rethink, Reuse, Recycle: Turning An Existing Workshop Into A Virtual Opportunity For Outreach And Engagement, Jason Wardell, Bridget Retzloff, Joan Plungis

Roesch Library Faculty Publications

This case study of using a webinar series as a library marketing technique shares the process, communications, and assessment results from a well-attended online event, “Summer of Citations.” An in-person citation management software workshop for graduate students by librarians at a small midwestern private university served as a springboard for the series. Targeted to faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate honors students, the Zoom-based, 45-minute sessions covered a different product on each of three successive days. A common structure for each presentation, along with the use of Springshare modules for registration and assessment, facilitated the event’s rapid production and easy replication.

Ud Men For Gender Equity Newsletter, September 2021, University Of Dayton. Women's Center

UD Men for Gender Equity Newsletter

In this issue:

1. Welcome Message
2. Upcoming Engagement Opportunities
3. Fast Facts: Gender Inequality During the Pandemic; Women in STEM During the Pandemic
4. Who We Are: Stories of Gender Equity Advocacy
5. Announcements
6. COVID-19 Protocols at UD
7. Share Your Experience

Humor Writer Of The Month: Mathew Klickstein, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Mathew Klickstein has worked extensively in all facets of live theater, film and TV, and has recently entered the comic book creation field with his highly acclaimed series You Are Obsolete, currently being developed for television. Comic-Con Begins, his six-part audio documentary about the origins of the San Diego Comic-Con and the rise of modern fandom, was released via SiriusXM/Stitcher throughout the summer of 2021.