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Live From Information Point: Library Staff On A Screen, Chloã© Massie-Costales

University Libraries Blog Archive

Using Zoom, the Libraries' access services staff are able to virtually help students wherever they are.

Ud Earns Top Rankings In National Science Foundation's Most Recent Annual Rankings Report On Higher Education Research, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The University of Dayton ranks No. 1 in 10 categories among national, state and Catholic colleges and universities, and it increased its standing in five others according to the National Science Foundation’s most recent annual rankings report on higher education research.

Experimental Designs, Meredith Robinson

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Students in VAF 117 experiment with texture design.

Finding A Friend, Michelle Tedford

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Personal tragedy creates a powerful bond between professor and student.

The Sun Shines, Kathryn Niekamp

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

As the snow melts and warmer weather approaches, the chapel is looking beautiful as ever basking in the sun that comes with spring.

Weekly Marian Features: March 15, 2021, University Of Dayton

Marian Library Blog Archive

This week we honor Saint Joseph as a loving member of the Holy Family and continue to share Lenten resources.

University Of Dayton Human Rights Center Faculty And Students Create Online Exhibit Exploring Vietnam War’S Impact On Campus, Allison Brace

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

A key component of the Vietnam Legacies Project explores the University of Dayton in a wartime setting, showcasing protests, personal stories and the greater effects of the war on campus. An initiative of the UD Human Rights Center, the project includes a virtual exhibit launched during the 2020 fall semester, as well as a two-day online symposium in October that addressed the impact of the war in the U.S. and attracted more than 40 panelists and attendees.

A Shot And A Beer, Jerry Zezima

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

For anyone who is nervous about getting the coronavirus vaccine, I will allay your fears by saying that I recently got my first injection and suffered no ill effects aside from the lightheadedness I have had since birth.

A Tribe Of Loud, Smart, Funny Women, Bonnie Jean Feldkamp

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

The writings of a tribe of loud, smart, funny women are included in a new book published during Women's History Month.

More Marker Boards In The Library: Sga And The Dean's Fund Deliver, Maureen Schlangen

University Libraries Blog Archive

A student approached an SGA senator about getting dry-erase boards installed in more library study rooms. Daniel Hennessey wrote up the proposal, and thanks to a grant from SGA and matching funds from the donor-supported Dean's Fund for Excellence, the new boards are now installed.

Keynote Address: Why Black Catholic History Matters, Shannen Dee Williams

Proceedings: 2021 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

To tell the stories of the nation’s Black Catholic sisters—accurately and honestly—I had to tackle four core myths about the U.S. Catholic experience that have been popularized and wielded to obscure the leading roles that European and white American Catholics played in the social, political, and cultural propagation of white supremacy in the church and wider society. This keynote identifies these four myths and counters them with the facts of Black Catholic history. My address builds on the intellectual and educational traditions of the nation’s Black Catholic sisterhoods, which were the first Catholic congregations to teach and institutionalize Black and …

Ud Researchers On National Renewable Energy Laboratory Team Fast- Tracking Food Waste Into Sustainable Aviation Fuel, University Of Dayton

News Releases

University of Dayton researchers have helped a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) team take another step toward turning wet food waste into a sustainable aviation fuel.

Annunciation Art For A Multidisciplinary Marian Forum, Henry Handley

Marian Library Blog Archive

Preview UD’s 2021 Marian Forum with a selection of art from the Marian Library’s collections.

Dayton Strong, 1913: Flood Response Brought Hope To Heartache, Diane Osman

University Libraries Blog Archive

Library and historical collections offer a window on the tragedy as well as the regional responses that saved lives — and continue to do so today.

Faculty Affairs Committee Minutes Of The Academic Senate 2021-03-15, 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.

Student Business Combines Fun, Social Distancing With Customized Cornhole, Zoe Hill

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Sophomore students found Flyer Gaming and build customized cornhole sets to help encourage socially distanced Flyer fun.

Setting The Context, Julius A. Amin, Merida Allen, V. Denise James, Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders, Thomas Morgan, Joel Pruce

Proceedings: 2021 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

Panelists were members of the planning committee of this symposium and began meeting in September 2020.

These proceedings are available free for download but also available for purchase in print for $6 plus tax and shipping.

Student Voices, Maleah A. Wells, Amira Fitzpatrick, Kaitlin Hall, Joshua Chambers, Christopher Jones, Nyah Johnson

Proceedings: 2021 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

This session began with reflections from student research assistants who moderated the session. This session introduces the major issues addressed during the symposium.

These proceedings are available free for download but also available for purchase in print for $6 plus tax and shipping.

Brighter Days, Meredith Robinson

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

The sun shines as students walk to class.

Campus Outdoors On A Spring Day, Larry Burgess

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

What are some different ways to spend a fine spring day?

Outdoor Classes, Meredith Robinson

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Taking advantage of the warm weather by having class outside.

Courageous, Resilient Women, Eric F. Spina

President's Blog: From the Heart

In the spirit of the Marianists, we prepare our students to navigate through a changing world — and thrive. There’s no greater example of that philosophy in action than through the lives of the 2021 Women of UD honorees.

Alumni Voices, Lawrence Burnley, Daria-Yvonne Graham, Merida Allen, Angela Heath, Darius Beckham, Lisa Rich-Milan, Marcus Smith

Proceedings: 2021 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

Session was facilitated by Dr. Lawrence Burnley and moderated by Dr. Daria Graham ’92 ’01 ’18, associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students at California State University, San Bernardino. Panelists included Angela Heath ’78 ’80; Darius Beckham ’19; Lisa Rich-Milan ’85; and Dr. Marcus Smith ’08 ’10.

These proceedings are available free for download but also available for purchase in print for $6 plus tax and shipping.

Ud In The News March 6-12, University Of Dayton

News Releases

President Eric F. Spina wrote an op-ed on the Dayton Arcade for the Dayton Daily News, Spectrum News in Ohio and Florida featured two student entrepreneurs who started a COVID-related business, and a pair of faculty contributed pieces to The Conversation.

Academic Policies Committee Of The Academic Senate 2021-03-12, University Of Dayton. Academic Policies Committee

All Committee Minutes

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

The Physics Of Fire By Friction, Bradley D. Duncan

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

In what follows I will attempt to produce a rigorous, macroscopic, time averaged model of the process of creating fire by friction – up to the point of initial ember formation. I will employ reasonable, practical approximations with the goal of developing mathematical results that are experimentally verifiable. Although force, velocity, pressure and the like are actually vector quantities, due to the symmetry of the problem I will perform a scalar analysis only. Also, to simplify the analysis I will assume that the assortment of variables we will encounter are independent. Mostly this assumption is valid, though on occasion I …

Doc 2021-03 Certificate In Ethics And Leadership, University Of Dayton. Academic Senate

Senate Documents

Legislative authority

2021-03-11 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.

Testimonies, Joel Pruce

Proceedings: 2021 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

The testimonies session was an interactive listening and dialogue event in which attendees listened together to stories submitted in advance that documented the Black student experience on campus. The goal of the session was to convene student staff and faculty to engage in a generative and critical conversation motivated by actual experiences. In attendance were students, staff, and faculty; together, we listened to four audio clips submitted by current and former students who narrated campus experiences. We listened together to cultivate a shared experience and baseline understanding to motivate the discussion. After each story, attendees met in smaller groups to …

An American Lament, Barry J. Trick

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

An alumnus draws from lessons learned in Father Adrian McCarthy’s literature classes and shares his ideas and emotions on the pandemic through his poetry.