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Academic Policies Committee Minutes Of The Academic Senate 2025-09-16, University Of Dayton. Academic Senate. Academic Policies Committee

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

Student Academic Policies Committee Minutes Of The Academic Senate 2025-09-15, 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.

Faculty Advisory Committee Minutes Of The Academic Senate 2025-09-15, University Of Dayton. Faculty Affairs Committee

All Committee Minutes

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

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

News Releases

Local media covered the University's remembrance of 9/11 and blessing of first responders. Faculty experts provided insight to Public News Service, WWL-AM in New Orleans, knewz, WYSO-FM, the Dayton Daily News and Dayton 24/7 Now.

2025-09-12 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.

Student Academic Policies Committee Minutes Of The Academic Senate 2025-09-10, 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.

Integrating Sustainability And Engineering In Partnership With Hanley Sustainability Institute, University Of Dayton

Blog: The Dayton Engineer

At the University of Dayton, students from all disciplines actively participate in sustainability initiatives on campus and in the community.

Ud In The News Aug. 29-Sept. 5, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Media near and far featured or reported on faculty and student expertise and research, including The Conversation, The National Desk, and eight stories on work in the University of Dayton Research Institute and School of Engineering.

Faculty Advisory Committee Minutes Of The Academic Senate 2025-09-08, University Of Dayton. Faculty Affairs Committee

All Committee Minutes

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

2025-09-05 Faculty Board Minutes, University Of Dayton. Faculty Board

Faculty Board Minutes

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

2026 Marian Fellowships, Kayla Harris

Marian Library Blog Archive

Spend your summer in the Marian Library. Applications for the visiting scholar, resident scholar and graduate student fellowships are now open.

Latinx Life Through Literature, University Of Dayton

University Libraries Blog Archive

Recommended books that share compelling stories, both real and imagined, of individuals and groups whose experiences have been shaped in part by their ethnic and cultural roots.

University Of Dayton Recognized As A 'New' Dream School In College Admissions Expert’S New Book, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The University of Dayton is listed as one of 75 ‘new’ dream schools across the nation in a best-selling author’s new book, highlighting the University’s strengths in student belonging, mentorship, success and return on investment.

2025-09-05 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.

Empowering Engineering Students In The Ud Honors Program, University Of Dayton

Blog: The Dayton Engineer

The University of Dayton’s academic programs promote an interdisciplinary approach to education, encouraging students to think critically and develop well-rounded, holistic perspectives.

Ud Researcher Wins $1.41m Grant To Create Audiovisual System For Safer Work Zones, University Of Dayton

News Releases

A University of Dayton researcher, with $1.41 million from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, is striving to make work zones safer with additional "eyes" and "ears" to improve situational awareness and early warning of hazards.

Faith. Fellowship. Food., Eric F. Spina

President's Blog: From the Heart

"Let's celebrate our past with gratitude, our present with joy and our future withy hope. Here's to 175 years of faith, community and learning — and to the next chapter we will write together."

University Of Dayton Celebrates 175th Birthday At Picnic, With Library Exhibits, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Today, 175 years ago, the first students attended class at Saint Mary's School for Boys, which later became the University of Dayton. The University celebrated at its employee picnic today and will continue throughout the year with library exhibits.

Students, Young Alumni Awarded National Scholarships To Study, Teach Abroad, Dave Larsen, Emily Clemenson

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Students and recent graduates studied and taught in Bulgaria, Spain and the Netherlands

2025 Resident Scholar Reflection: Teresa Saxton, Teresa Saxton

Marian Fellowships and Other Sponsored Research in the Marian Library

When using archives in the classroom, students are asked to engage with an object from another time and place and confront the humanity of those that made and used it. The pedagogical gift of archives is that they inspire curiosity to know more but also ask us to grapple with what we cannot know.

Tidings, Volume 3 (2025), University Of Dayton. Marian Library

Tidings: An Annual Communiqué from the Marian Library

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Ud In The News Aug. 23-29, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Faculty wrote for The Conversation, Catholic World Report and ABA Journal while Bloomberg Law and Federal News Network quoted a pair of law professors. Faculty also contributed to local stories about combating poverty, crime and pollution.

2025-08-29 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.

Take A Break With Matt Shaw, Shannon Shelton Miller

University Libraries Blog Archive

It’s been a busy first year for Matt Shaw, dean of the University of Dayton Libraries. Shortly after he started in July 2024, Shaw helped lead a transition to a new library services platform and a reorganization of instructional models.

Summer Diary, Eric F. Spina

President's Blog: From the Heart

True or false? Life at the University of Dayton in the summer moves at a slower pace untilthe adrenaline rush of a new academic year kicks in at the end of August.

In Memoriam: Dick Peterson, Professor Emeritus Of Mathematics, Michelle Tedford

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Dick Peterson, director of the University's first Freshman Orientation Week in 1966, "lived his life and career in service to UD."

2025 School Of Engineering Vision Award Winners Recognized, University Of Dayton

Blog: The Dayton Engineer

The University of Dayton School of Engineering Vision Awards recognize the innovation, creativity, entrepreneurial thinking and outstanding performance of our faculty and staff for their work as it relates to our School's values of community, innovation, excellence, and engagement and service.

A Gift Of Art And History, Stephanie Shreffler

Marian Library Blog Archive

The world's foremost collector of works by the Italian illustrator Ezio Anichini has donated his collection to the Marian Library, which featured the works in a 2022 exhibit.

Proceedings Of The 2025 Berry Summer Thesis Institute, University Of Dayton. University Honors Program, Dorian Borbonus, Nicholas J. Canfield, Triet M. Cao, Thomas Crossman, Jeffrey Huettemann, Aung Myat Khaung, Chase Kinder, Elizabeth Krahe, Anh Duc Nguyen, Quynh Anh Nguyen, Anna M. Petre, Kayden G. Rothery, Anna M. Schmitz, Rachel Zeller

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.

A Study On Webassembly And Its Security, Thomas Crossman

Research from the Berry Summer Thesis Institute, 2025

This project studies WebAssembly, a binary language specification that enables non-native languages, such as C/C++ and Rust, to run efficiently on webpages, supporting complex tasks like gaming or data processing. It functions by translating a non-native language into a WebAssembly binary, which is natively supported by most browsers. Notably, WebAssembly uses a linear memory model, storing all non-code data in a single linear array. Unfortunately, this design compromises some security principles, introducing security risks and complications.

Our overall project goal is to investigate WebAssembly functionality, develop a test program, and address a critical security challenge to enhance the safety of …