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Profile: Mike Reiss, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Mike Reiss has won four Emmys and a Peabody Award during his 28 years writing for The Simpsons. He ran the show in season four, which Entertainment Weekly called "the greatest season of the greatest show in history." In 2006, Mike received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Animation Writers Caucus of the Writers Guild of America West. He has written 19 children's books as well as the best-selling memoir Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons.

Sew On And Sew Forth, Mary Mcgrath

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

A button came off one of my favorite shirts. I thought I could wear it and nobody would notice, but no, the button missing was right by my boob. I couldn't wear it for obvious reasons.

Erma Bombeck Student Scholarship Winner: Zinaejah Ozier, Zinaejah Ozier

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Writing has always been a passion of mine. Whether it's just writing down my thoughts or creatively jotting down multiple phrases to create a made-up story with fictional characters that somehow seem real. Receiving the scholarship to attend the Emma Bombeck Workshop is an opportunity that I am not taking for granted. Getting the opportunity to sit in a room filled with writers of all genres that will get me fired up for my future career in writing is a once in a lifetime opportunity.

An Old Goof Has A New Roof, Jerry Zezima

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

For years, people have said I am all wet, even during droughts, so I wasn't surprised that until recently, my house was all wet, too. That's because there was water, water everywhere and, since I ran out of beer, not a drop to drink.

Creche Herald Vol. 24, No. 1, Rita B. Bocher

Creche Herald

The Spring 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.

German Immigration & Dayton Breweries, Haylee Hunt

University Libraries Student Projects

What are the reasons German Immigrants were able to dominate in the brewing industries? What had caused there to be so many German Immigrants in the Dayton area?

Conclusions:

• Dayton Breweries started to take off with Germans:
• Germans had the economy booming with their lager.
• Families were able to hold their own and provide for their families.
• Discrimination occurred during World War I, World War II, and the Prohibition, which had caused most of the breweries to shut down.
• Breweries starting to make a huge comeback in Dayton.

March 2020, Pope Francis

Marian Thoughts of Pope Francis

No abstract provided.

2020: Laura Bistrek, Rheja Taylor

Women of UD: 2018 to Present

During Women’s History Month, the University of Dayton Women’s Center coordinates, as an experiential learning opportunity for students, an annual exhibit highlighting the contributions women have made at the University of Dayton. Theme for 2020: Women of Courage.

2020: Dr. Corinne Daprano, Anna Rose Redgate

Women of UD: 2018 to Present

During Women’s History Month, the University of Dayton Women’s Center coordinates, as an experiential learning opportunity for students, an annual exhibit highlighting the contributions women have made at the University of Dayton. Theme for 2020: Women of Courage.

2020: Neomi De Anda, Ph.D., Julio A. Quintero

Women of UD: 2018 to Present

During Women’s History Month, the University of Dayton Women’s Center coordinates, as an experiential learning opportunity for students, an annual exhibit highlighting the contributions women have made at the University of Dayton. Theme for 2020: Women of Courage.

2020: Beverly Jenkins, Te'jal Cartwright

Women of UD: 2018 to Present

During Women’s History Month, the University of Dayton Women’s Center coordinates, as an experiential learning opportunity for students, an annual exhibit highlighting the contributions women have made at the University of Dayton. Theme for 2020: Women of Courage.

2020: Suki Kwon, Margaret Murray Davis

Women of UD: 2018 to Present

During Women’s History Month, the University of Dayton Women’s Center coordinates, as an experiential learning opportunity for students, an annual exhibit highlighting the contributions women have made at the University of Dayton. Theme for 2020: Women of Courage.

2020: Chloé Massie-Costales, Laura Gentner Hutchinson

Women of UD: 2018 to Present

During Women’s History Month, the University of Dayton Women’s Center coordinates, as an experiential learning opportunity for students, an annual exhibit highlighting the contributions women have made at the University of Dayton. Theme for 2020: Women of Courage.

2020: Dr. Leslie H. Picca, Daria-Yvonne J. Graham

Women of UD: 2018 to Present

During Women’s History Month, the University of Dayton Women’s Center coordinates, as an experiential learning opportunity for students, an annual exhibit highlighting the contributions women have made at the University of Dayton. Theme for 2020: Women of Courage.

2020: Kathleen Rossman, O.S.F., Mary Niebler

Women of UD: 2018 to Present

During Women’s History Month, the University of Dayton Women’s Center coordinates, as an experiential learning opportunity for students, an annual exhibit highlighting the contributions women have made at the University of Dayton. Theme for 2020: Women of Courage.

2020: Nan Whaley, Mary Mcloughlin

Women of UD: 2018 to Present

During Women’s History Month, the University of Dayton Women’s Center coordinates, as an experiential learning opportunity for students, an annual exhibit highlighting the contributions women have made at the University of Dayton. Theme for 2020: Women of Courage.

School-Based Support For Families Of Students With Traumatic Brain Injuries, Susan C. Davies

Counselor Education and Human Services Faculty Publications

Families of children with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) often experience emotional burden related to the sudden onset, intensity, and duration of the recovery process. Family support can improve outcomes; however, parents and siblings of students with TBI often do not receive the help they need, which can impede the injured child’s recovery. This qualitative study involved focus groups with school psychologists who have worked with students with TBIs. Participants were asked about challenges experienced by families of students with TBI and how school psychologists could better support families of children with TBI. Themes included: guilt, change, lack of time and …

Finding Patterns In Subsurface Using Bayesian Machine Learning Approach, Wang Hui

Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Faculty Publications

Stochastic simulation approaches and uncertainty quantification are usually adopted for gaining insight into variability in soil stratigraphy configurations. Previous investigations at geotechnical site characterization and interpretation can be broadly categorized into geostatistics- and process-based methods. On the other hand, modern site exploration techniques provide high-quality, dense datasets in physical spaces with high resolution, either directly from sensors (for example, cone penetration testing data) or indirectly from geophysical inversion (such as seismic inversion, electromagnetic induction inversion, and ground penetrating radar). In this work, anisotropy and heterogeneity are considered as possible patterns that inherently exist in the observations, and these are inferred …

A Positive Feedback Loop Of Hippo- And C-Jun-Amino-Terminal Kinase Signaling Pathways Regulates Amyloid-Beta-Mediated Neurodegeneration, Madison Irwin, Meghana Tare, Aditi Singh, Oorvashi Roy Puli, Neha Gogia, Matthew Riccetti, Prajakta Deshpande, Madhuri Kango-Singh, Amit Singh

Biology Faculty Publications

Alzheimer's disease (AD, OMIM: 104300) is an age-related disorder that affects millions of people. One of the underlying causes of AD is generation of hydrophobic amyloid-beta 42 (Aβ42) peptides that accumulate to form amyloid plaques. These plaques induce oxidative stress and aberrant signaling, which result in the death of neurons and other pathologies linked to neurodegeneration. We have developed a Drosophila eye model of AD by targeted misexpression of human Aβ42 in the differentiating retinal neurons, where an accumulation of Aβ42 triggers a characteristic neurodegenerative phenotype. In a forward deficiency screen to look for genetic modifiers, we identified a molecularly …

Cameroon’S Relations Toward Nigeria: A Foreign Policy Of Pragmatism, Julius A. Amin

History Faculty Publications

Existing literature argues that the tactics of Cameroon foreign policy have been conservative, weak and timid. This study refutes that perspective. Based on extensive and previously unused primary sources obtained from Cameroon’s Ministry of External Relations and from the nation’s archives in Buea and Yaoundé, this study argues that Cameroon’s foreign policy was neither timid nor makeshift. Its strategy was one of pragmatism. By examining the nation’s policy toward Nigeria in the reunification of Cameroon, the Nigerian civil war, the Bakassi Peninsula crisis and Boko Haram, the study maintains that, while the nation’s policy was cautious, its leaders focused on …

University Of Dayton Magazine Spring 2020, University Of Dayton

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

High in the Andes Mountains, students' dreams of helping improve lives come true in a clinic for amputees. Memories float above rising waters in "The Unearthly Temple." Everyday spaces of expression and connection find life in the work "At Table" by photography professor Glenna Jennings. Faith flourishes for 50 years thanks to UD's commitment to Catholic education and the VLCFF. Plus fun with Flyer basketball, meet a campaign co-chair, 11:55 a.m. at Marycrest, and so much more.

Allia Zobel Nolan: What I Like About You, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Allia Zobel Nolan's newest book teaches children to accept and celebrate the worth of others, no matter where they come from or what they look like.

A Quantitative Comparison Of Arm Activity Between Women With Breast Cancer And Healthy, Mary Insana Fisher, Claire Davies, Timothy L. Uhl

Physical Therapy Faculty Publications

Purpose: Survivors of breast cancer (BC) on the non-dominant side have more persistent deficits than those with cancer on the dominant limb. What is not known is whether those with BC use their involved upper limbs more, less, or at the same level as women without BC. Accelerometer use offers a quantifiable method to measure activity levels of upper limbs. The purpose of this study was to quantify the activity levels of the non-dominant involved limb among survivors of BC and compare these values to their dominant limb, as well as the non-dominant limb of a control group.

Methods: Participants …

Erma Bombeck Writing Competition: Humor Global First Place - Not Everyone Should Have Kids, Deanne Spicer Todd

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My husband Don and I had "the talk" yesterday about whether or not to have children, and we decided that we weren't cut out to be parents. The problem is, we should have had this discussion before we had three of them.

Erma Bombeck Writing Competition: Human Interest Global Honorable Mention - Mom's Wind Chimes, Robb Lightfoot

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Listen. The dead are talkative tonight. My wife and I are taking shelter from a spring storm, relaxing on our hotel balcony, when the conversation, via wind chimes, begins. You see, in the Apache tradition, wind chimes are voices of your ancestors whispering their wisdom. At least that's what my mom said each time she hung chimes in our yard.

Erma Bombeck Writing Competition: Human Interest Global Honorable Mention - Holy Cards And Wooden Spoons, Susan Konig

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My sister and I are in the funeral home, sitting across from the mortician and our shoulders are shaking. Our eyes well up with tears. Our stomach muscles are aching, we can't see, we can't breathe. We can't speak. At first the mortician has his funeral parlor game face on. Then a look of discomfort and concern seeps in. Finally the dam breaks and, despite his professional demeanor, he just can't help himself. He starts to laugh, too.

Erma Bombeck Writing Competition: Human Interest Local Honorable Mention - Creating Space, Becky B. Koop

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The last inches of cigar clung to the corner of my father-in-law's mouth as he gnawed on our predicament. A newly delivered refrigerator obstinately filled the center floor of our u-shaped kitchen. He stretched a tape measure across the appliance, then stepped into the intended alcove measuring in several places. "Nope. Doesn't fit."

Erma Bombeck Writing Competition: Humor Local Honorable Mention- Hamburger Helper Cheesy Taco Casserole, Barbara Littner David

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

After the oven fire -- French's French Fried Onions ignite in the broiler -- and the explosion -- never heat Prego in a glass bowl on a burner -- I should have invested in culinary school, meal delivery, or a stomach pump. Instead I kept on.

Erma Bombeck Writing Competition: Humor Global Honorable Mention - A Pain In The Foot, Elaine Ambrose

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I limped into the doctor's office, grimacing with every other step. My strong right foot was ready to dance half of a festive polka, but the left foot hurt as if I were walking in a box of rocks over the smoldering ashes of my broken dreams. I explained to the doctor how the agony in my heel was worse in the morning, and I wanted to stay in bed, read books, and hire a mysterious Italian hunk named Antonio to bring me brunch and sing ballads.

Erma Bombeck Writing Competition: Humor Global Honorable Mention - Mom's Last Gift, Tara Powers

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Most people would never find anything funny about their Mother's death. Most people are normal. But if you'd known my Mom and her Irish sense of humor, you'd swear she planned this. Mom slipped into a diabetic coma while I was fifteen hours away, camping in the mountains with my young daughters.