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Why A Cat Is Still Better Than A Man, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

What are the 101 reasons a cat is better than a man? Allia Zobel Nolan reprises one of her most popular books for a new generation of cat lovers.

Driven, Ali Carr-Chellman

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Ali Carr-Chellman embarked on a 2,600-mile journey during a pandemic with her family — and without public restrooms, snack shops, restaurants, grocery stores or hotels — to become UD's new dean of the School of Education and Health Sciences.

How To Drown Out Your Neighbor's Barking Dog (And Not Go On A Rampage), Vicki Austin

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Drink a cleansing glass of your brother’s homemade red wine. Drink a cleansing tumbler of your brother’s homemade red wine.

Faculty Affairs Committee Minutes Of The Academic Senate 2020-09-08, 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.

Welcome To My House, Lauren Durham

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Stop by and say hi to the residents living in the blue house on College Park. They're excited to introduce you to the interdisciplinary Core program. It's a way to learn, and it's a way of life.

Paddling Along, Brigham Fisher

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

It's a lazy, sunny day along the Great Miami River — perfect for students who want to paddle.

Weekly Marian Features: Sept. 7, 2020, University Of Dayton

Marian Library Blog Archive

This week we have two feasts to focus on – the Birthday of the Blessed Virgin and the Most Holy Name of Mary.

Mary In The News: Sept. 7, 2020, Michael Duricy

Marian Library Blog Archive

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

The Alan Factor In Election Polls, Dean Norman

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Alan was a pleasant young man who was not interested in politics. Rosie, Lou and I told him it was important for him to vote. The future of the free world was at stake.

Back To School ... Sort Of, Jase Graves

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it more times than my math skills will allow, “This school year is going to be like no other.” No kidding!

Latkes For Santa Claus, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

In this humorous and endearing picture book by Janie Emaus, Anna is excited that Santa will be visiting her house for the first time, and she wants to leave Santa a treat that blends the holidays her new family celebrates: Christmas and Hanukkah.

Birthday Of The Blessed Virgin, Ann Zlotnik

Marian Library Blog Archive

Art and holy cards from the Marian Library’s collections commemorate the birth of Our Lady.

University Of Dayton Communication Students To Host Independent Film Festival Online, Allison Brace

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

The show must go on — even amid a global pandemic. University of Dayton faculty and students have overcome challenges related to COVID-19 to put on the Dayton Independent Film Festival in a virtual format.

Beach Blanket Birdbrain, Jerry Zezima

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Whenever I go to the beach, which is about once a year, thus sparing regular beachgoers the horror of witnessing me in a bathing suit, running into the water and getting eaten by a shark, I imagine myself as Frankie Avalon, star of the “Beach Party” movies of the 1960s.

Bowled Over By Grandma, Keri Kelly

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

“You’ve done a lot of amazing things with your life,” I said to my grandmother as I parked her wheelchair in front of the fishpond. My God-loving, church-devoted grandma was nearing 100 years old, and I just adored chatting with her about her long life.

Academic Policies Committee Minutes Of The Academic Senate 2020-09-04, University Of Dayton. Academic Senate. 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.

Making Memes, Jillian Ewalt, Bridget Garnai

University Libraries Blog Archive

Practice visual literacy skills in a fun, interactive, PATH-eligible workshop.

German Pilgrimage Goes Online For Trio Of Marian Feasts, Joan Milligan

Marian Library Blog Archive

Librarian Joan Milligan explores the history of this 13th-century tradition and its coronavirus concessions; its Saturday Masses stream live on YouTube Sept. 5, 12, 19.

Does The Presence Of Multiple Β-Lactamases In Gram-Negative Bacilli Impact The Results Of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Tests And Extended-Spectrum Β-Lactamase And Carbapenemase Confirmation Methods?, Fred C. Tenover, Caitlin M. Dela Cruz, Scott Dewell, Victoria M. Le, Isabella A. Tickler

Biology Faculty Publications

Objectives: Many multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli (MDR-GNB) harbour multiple β-lactamases. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of multiple β-lactamase carriage on the accuracy of susceptibility tests and extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) and carbapenemase confirmation methods.

Methods: A total of 50 MDR-GNB, of which 29 carried multiple β-lactamases, underwent broth microdilution (BMD) and disk diffusion (DD) testing as well as confirmation tests for ESBLs and carbapenemases. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) was used for β-lactamase gene identification.

Results: Categorical agreement of BMD and DD testing results ranged from 86.5 to 97.7% for 10 β-lactam agents. BMD and DD algorithms for ESBL …

Advising Physiology Students: Perceptions From The Programs, Anne R. Crecelius, Patrick L. Crosswhite

Health and Sport Science Faculty Publications

Academic advising outcomes can be linked to both student success and retention. Yet relatively little is known specifically related to advising in physiology programs. Pro- fessional organizations dedicated to academic advising in general, and more specifically advising future health professional students exist, yet, whether current physiology programs utilize these resources remains unknown, as does a number of other demographic informa- tion about advising in physiology programs. Here we present data gathered from a sample of physiology educators to inform what current advising practices of physiology students are. Forty-five re- spondents from a variety of institutions and programs provided information on …

National Science Foundation, Ohio Department Of Higher Education Ohio Action Fund Award Ud Chemists $290k For Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

The National Science Foundation awarded University of Dayton chemists Jeremy Erb and Vladimir Benin $240,379 and the Ohio Department of Higher Education Ohio Action Fund provided an additional $50,233 for the purchase of a Bruker 400 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer to support faculty research and student research training in chemistry and the biological sciences.

Racial Justice And The Image Of Public Health, Marilyn Fischer

Philosophy Faculty Publications

The City Commission in my hometown of Dayton, Ohio recently adopted a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis. In doing so, Dayton joins municipalities around the country, as the global pandemic of coronavirus COVID19 swirls around us. The Commission gave compelling reasons for their action, citing the disparate rates of poor health outcomes in African American communities, as well as disproportionately high rates of poverty, unemployment, economic distress, homelessness, incarceration, and inadequate education.1 The Commission’s commitment to remedy these inequities is welcome. Others have laid out this evidence in much detail; I want to focus here on public health …

Creche Herald Vol. 24, No. 3, Rita B. Bocher

Creche Herald

The Fall 2020 publication features nativity sets and personal reflections from members in the organization; information about nativities and nativity exhibits; and information about the Friends of the Creche annual meeting.

University Of Dayton Magazine, Autumn 2020, 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.

Imagining A Climate Of Equity Through A Critical Theory Of Love: Using Cpar To Identify Guiding Principles That Humanize Library Work, Rachel M. Barnett, Matthew A. Witenstein

Roesch Library Staff Publications

Diversity is a core value of the American Library Association and diversity standards including cultural competencies have been adopted by the Association of College and Research Libraries. Nevertheless, academic libraries still have obstacles to overcome to embody these principles. Minorities continue to be underrepresented in the field and many encounter barriers within library cultures where cultural competency is lacking and micro aggressions are pervasive and invisible to many white colleagues. This study uses critical participatory action research to identify ways a library diversity and inclusion team can support library employees engaging in equity-minded work at a private, predominantly white Catholic …

The Case For Coordinating Efforts To Establish Program Guidelines And Strengthen Physiology Undergraduate Degree Programs, Erica A. Wehrwein, Lisa C. Anderson, Anne R. Crecelius, Claudia I. Stanescu, James M. Poteracki, John R. Halliwill, Nancy M. Aguilar-Roca, Jennifer Rogers

Health and Sport Science Faculty Publications

Undergraduate degree programs named “Physiology” have existed for over 50 yr. The number of programs and enrolled students have been growing since ~2005 (5, 9). There are many thousands of students currently enrolled in physiology pro- grams across the United States and indeed across the world. Despite the long history and current popularity of the physiol- ogy major, there is no coordinated plan articulated for the design, administration, or assessment of degree programs in physiology at the undergraduate level.

Although several professional societies have invested in under- graduate physiology education in various ways, none has under- taken the task of …

Ud Men For Gender Equity Newsletter, September 2020, University Of Dayton. Women's Center

UD Men for Gender Equity Newsletter

• Welcome Message
• Upcoming Engagement Opportunities
• Gender and Caretaking
• Video Clip: It's Time to Make 'Women's Work' Everyone's Work
• Article Reads: Unpaid Care Work & Faculty Parents
• Stories of Gender Equity Advocacy at UD
• Share Your Experience

Mary, Undoer Of Knots: Unraveling Best Practices For Unwanted Donations And Deaccessioned Collection Items In A Catholic Library, Sarah Burke Cahalan, Kayla Harris

Marian Library Faculty Publications

When humorist Tommy Tighe tweeted that he is “so Catholic I bury old parish bulletins instead of throwing them out whenever I clean out the van, just in case,”1 many on #CatholicTwitter felt a twinge of recognition. In addition to the human tendency to accumulate material things, there is also legitimate concern in a Catholic context about discarding materials associated with the practice of faith. The parish bulletin is an extreme example; we can safely relegate that to the recycle bin once we have read about the ladies’ breakfast and the Christmas wreath fundraiser. In the routine practice of the …

University Libraries Implement Chosen Names For Library Accounts, Kevin Cretsos

University Libraries Blog Archive

UDit worked with libraries staff member Kevin Cretsos to enable greater flexibility in the use of preferred names.

Racial Justice And The Image Of Public Health, Marilyn Fischer

Philosophy Faculty Publications

The City Commission in my hometown of Dayton, Ohio recently adopted a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis. In doing so, Dayton joins municipalities around the country, as the global pandemic of coronavirus COVID-19 swirls around us. The Commission gave compelling reasons for their action, citing the disparate rates of poor health outcomes in African American communities, as well as disproportionately high rates of poverty, unemployment, economic distress, homelessness, incarceration, and inadequate education.

The Commission’s commitment to remedy these inequities is welcome. Others have laid out this evidence in much detail; I want to focus here on public health …