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A Philandering Philanthropist? Uh, Never!, Steve Eskew

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

My friend Fleeko, a retired horse jockey, recently turned 65. His only comment? "Whoop-de-doo!" A feisty, free-spirited sexagenarian fur sure, he struts through the world like a banty rooster. I, of course, am far too pure to endorse his somewhat sophomoric antics. But talk about getting into life! Each day, Fleeko viciously fights boredom to the hilt.

Seeking Unemployment Benefits, Jan Marshall

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Yup! I am about to be out of a job, and technology is to blame. Self-driving cars are to become a reality. How they will ever maneuver without me it is simply too soon to say. FACTOID: I am a professional back-seat driver though my actual location has always been sitting in front next to the human navigator.

Computational And Experimental Approach To Understanding The Structural Interplay Of Self-Assembled End-Terminated Alkanethiolates On Gold Surfaces, Juganta K. Roy, Erick S. Vasquez, Henry P. Pinto, Swati Kumari, Keisha B. Walters, Jerzy Leszcynski

Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications

Applications of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on surfaces are prevalent in modern technologies and drives the need for a better understanding of the surface domain architecture of SAMs. To explore structural interaction at the interface between gold surfaces and a hydroxyl-terminated alkanethiol, 11-hydroxy-1-undecanethiol, (C11TH) we have employed a combined computational and experimental approach. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were carried out on the thiol–gold interface using both the Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof (PBE) and van der Waals (optB86b) density functionals. Our ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations revealed that the interface consists of four different distinguished phases, each with different C11TH orientations. Experiments involved …

Ud In The News Aug. 2-16, University Of Dayton

News Releases

BBC Radio, Voice of America, Newsy and NPR interviewed sociologist Art Jipson about white nationalists. Al Jazeera English interviewed law professor Thaddeus Hoffmeister about Jeffrey Epstein's death. Meghan Henning, assistant professor of religious studies, talked to The Daily Beast and The Christian Century about prayer. Immigration expert Miranda Hallett was a guest of a show in Argentina to discuss racism against Hispanics.

Student Voices: Prospects And Challenges Of Global Consciousness, Maya Smith-Custer

Proceedings: 2019 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

In this session, student leaders discussed global engagement and consciousness and how they have promoted it within UD campus organizations and the larger community. They concluded by making specific recommendations on what needs to be done to enhance global consciousness on campus and the larger Dayton community.

Comparative Transcriptomic Analysis And Structure Prediction Of Novel Newt Proteins, Abijeet Singh Mehta, Agustin Luz-Madrigal, Jian-Liang Li, Panagiotis A. Tsonis, Amit Singh

Biology Faculty Publications

Notophthalmus viridescens (Red-spotted Newt) possess amazing capabilities to regenerate their organs and other tissues. Previously, using a de novo assembly of the newt transcriptome combined with proteomic validation, our group identified a novel family of five protein members expressed in adult tissues during regeneration in Notophthalmus viridescens. The presence of a putative signal peptide suggests that all these proteins are secretory in nature. Here we employed iterative threading assembly refinement (I-TASSER) server to generate three-dimensional structure of these novel Newt proteins and predicted their function. Our data suggests that these proteins could act as ion transporters, and be involved …

Great Flyers, Michelle Tedford

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

More than 2,000 new student descended on UD today, skewing the student-squirrel ratio in favor of our new Flyers.

Alumni Voices: Celebrating Global Engagement, Justin Forzano, Kwyn Townsend Riley, Matt Joseph, Christine Vehar Jutte

Proceedings: 2019 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

This session brought together UD alumni who had a wide array of global experiences while here on campus as students; they spoke on how those experiences impacted their lives and careers.

Community Voices And The Impact Of Global Awareness, Arch Grieve, Eugenie Kirenga, Martha-Jeanette Rodriguez, Welcome Dayton, Cyril Ibe, S. Michael Murphy

Proceedings: 2019 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

In this session, distinguished members of the larger Dayton community spoke about how they have promoted global engagement in the area and made suggestions on what additional steps need to take place to turn Dayton into a genuinely global city/community.

Proceedings Of The 2019 Berry Summer Thesis Institute, University Of Dayton. University Honors Program

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.

University Welcomes Record Student Body, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The University of Dayton, founded in 1850, will welcome what is expected to be a record number of total students — undergraduate, graduate, law and doctoral — starting this weekend, eclipsing the previous high of 11,300 set last fall.

Conclusion: The Forward March Of Global Consciousness, Julius A. Amin

Proceedings: 2019 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

The 2019 Global Voices Symposium lived up to its hype. It was educational, informative, and enriching. It attracted onto the University of Dayton campus people from out of the state of Ohio and the larger Dayton community. Speakers were passionate about their topics and captivated the audience. All were engaged.

The Global Voices Symposium is built on the excitement that global awareness brings on college campuses and the larger community. Following this year’s symposium, people began asking what we have in store for next year—and that was revealing. The Global Voices Symposium is rapidly becoming a part of campus culture, …

Oregon, Usa: Test Kitchen And Iso Stove Testing Compliance, Gunaseharan Murugan

ETHOS Technical Reports

Community development is to take care of the community and paying attention towards the development of the people in the community. People in the community are filled with different skills. When it comes to the World, Earth, our Planet it must be only motive to save people and save our Nature mother from Extinction. Similarly, the community in Western Coast, Aprovecho Research Center located in Cottage grove, OR whose main vision and mission to save world from the innocent people. The people who use cookstove have no idea how they are polluting the place they live. Aprovechian’s work to make …

Dayton Foundation Partnerships Allows Student Investors To Manage $1.5 Million, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The Dayton Foundation is partnering with the University of Dayton Davis Center for Portfolio Management to allow undergraduate investors to advise and manage a $1.5 million pool of assets designated by Foundation donors.

One Community, Together, Eric F. Spina

President's Blog: From the Heart

Clad in “Dayton Strong” shirts, the women’s soccer team stood together in a moment of silence before playing the Cincinnati Bearcats to a 1-1 tie in a Sunday night exhibition game on Baujan Field. In a prayer service in the chapel last week, a diverse crowd of faculty, staff, students, and community members sang “The Prayer of Peace.”

More Photographs From The Symposium, Noland Lester, Julie Noeth

Proceedings: 2019 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

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Mary In The News: Aug. 12, 2019, 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.

Weekly Marian Features: Aug. 12, 2019, University Of Dayton

Marian Library Blog Archive

Celebrating the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

University Sets Another Record In Sponsored Research, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The University of Dayton achieved another year of record research with more than $170 million in sponsored research performed in fiscal year 2019. This is a nearly 7 percent increase over last year's record of $159.8 million.

College Faculty In The News: August 9, 2019, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Associate Professor Arthur Jipson, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, recently explained to the Chronicle of Higher Education how his "hotwash" at the end of each class enhances student engagement and builds community. Follow this and other recent media coverage of the service, research, scholarship and commentary of College of Arts and Sciences programs and their faculty.

Answering The Call, Lauren Durham

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Fifty incoming freshman took part in Campus Ministry's Calling program which introduces new students to the campus and helps them transition into college life.

University Of Dayton Fundraising Continues Strong Momentum, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The University of Dayton is closing the books on another successful fiscal year of fundraising in which alumni, students, employees and friends of the University gave $45.5 million to support UD's mission, its aspirational vision and — most importantly — its students.

Ruff At Roesch: Student Staffer Training 4 Paws Pup, Matt Mckinley

University Libraries Blog Archive

With a library student worker as her companion, Nutella, a golden retriever puppy, is training to become a service animal with 4 Paws for Ability, a nonprofit based in Xenia, Ohio.

Eat, Darling, Eat, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Editors Aimee Lee Ball and Steve Baum are seeking 500-word essays about food from women writers.

Rest In Peace?, Kaye Curren

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Lately, I had been pondering my end. Back and forth in my mind - burial or cremation? Cremation, burial? Is either right? From my point of view, which is less barbaric? Which hurts the least? To burn or to rot - that is the question.

New Book: Teacher Tattletales, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

In Lee St. John's newest book, Lee says she tried really hard not to follow in her parents' footsteps to become a teacher, "but she was sucked into the education vortex anyway."

Joy Of Discovery, Eric F. Spina

President's Blog: From the Heart

Christian S. Hemsath stood behind a grand piano in the Sears Recital Hall, gracefully brushing his fingers across the keys while he talked about similar patterns he discovered in the seemingly opposite fields of math and music.

Give Them A Hand, Lauren Durham

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

It's a 40-year tradition that still brings beloved faculty and staff back to campus. Give them a hand.

Calling In Vs. Calling Out: Conflict Resolution In Polarized Times, Ione T. Damasco, Dracine Hodges

Roesch Library Faculty Presentations

Recent events in the field of librarianship as well as in broader American society have prompted lots of conversations around race. For many, these are difficult discussions. In light of these issues, how do we connect our lived experiences to organizational culture? This session explored the complex intersections of interpersonal communication and institutional accountability and potential ways to resolve racial conflict at multiple levels.

University Of Dayton Named Among Best Colleges, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The University of Dayton is one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company features the University in the 2020 edition of its flagship college guide, "The Best 385 Colleges."