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News From 'Cold Fusion' Conference: Furor Has Subsided, Says University Of Dayton Chemistry Professor; Dissuasion? Some Scholars Call For New Vocabulary To Replace "Nuclear Deterrence" Oct 1989

News From 'Cold Fusion' Conference: Furor Has Subsided, Says University Of Dayton Chemistry Professor; Dissuasion? Some Scholars Call For New Vocabulary To Replace "Nuclear Deterrence"

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Feature leads for the media: University of Dayton chemistry professor Robert G. Keil comments on "cold fusion," saying the furor and excitement has waned since a researcher at the University of Utah announced that he had sustained a nuclear fusion reaction in a flask. "Do we have a new power source? Probably not," Keil said. Also, 50 scholars who attended a seminar on nuclear deterrence at the U.S. Institute of Peace are calling for new vocabulary to define nuclear deterrence.


Hunger Awareness Week Activities On Tap At Ud; 'Hands Across The Ghetto' Slated On Alberta Street; 10k Walk/Run For The Hungry To Be Held On Campus; Dayton Native Alan Berg To Address Hunger Issues Oct 1989

Hunger Awareness Week Activities On Tap At Ud; 'Hands Across The Ghetto' Slated On Alberta Street; 10k Walk/Run For The Hungry To Be Held On Campus; Dayton Native Alan Berg To Address Hunger Issues

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Media advisory: Hunger Awareness Week Activities; a "Hands Across the Ghetto," demonstration of solidarity; a 10K walk/run for the hungry; and a talk by Alan Berg on "New Approaches to World Hunger: Subsidy Without Dependency."


Ud Educator Gives Bush's Education Summit Low Marks; University Of Dayton Busload To Join Ohio Delegation To Housing March Oct 1989

Ud Educator Gives Bush's Education Summit Low Marks; University Of Dayton Busload To Join Ohio Delegation To Housing March

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Feature leads for the media: William Drury,chair of the University of Dayton's educational administration department, shares his opinions on President Bush's education summit; UD students will join the local delegation of citizens traveling to Washington, D.C., for the "Housing Now!" march.


Greek Week At Ud Means Mud Tugs, Bed Races; Ud Honors Students Present Findings On Sierra Leone Project; Ud Campus Carnival Brings Old-Style Midway To Students Sep 1989

Greek Week At Ud Means Mud Tugs, Bed Races; Ud Honors Students Present Findings On Sierra Leone Project; Ud Campus Carnival Brings Old-Style Midway To Students

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News tips for the media: Greek Week; a presentation of findings of UD honors students in Sierra Leone; UD's 21st annual Campus Carnival.


Ribbon-Cutting Planned For New Student Store At Ud; Ud Students Make Pet Projects Of Trash Dumpsters; Ud Students Will Bust Watermelons For Aim For The Handicapped Sep 1989

Ribbon-Cutting Planned For New Student Store At Ud; Ud Students Make Pet Projects Of Trash Dumpsters; Ud Students Will Bust Watermelons For Aim For The Handicapped

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News tips for the media: A ribbon-cutting ceremony for Rudy's Fly-Buy (rescheduled); the painting of trash dumpsters in the campus area; and a watermelon bust for AIM for the Handicapped and Glenmary Missions.


University Of Dayton Co-Sponsors Two-Day Conference On Neighborhoods; Participants Will Tour Dayton Development Projects Sep 1989

University Of Dayton Co-Sponsors Two-Day Conference On Neighborhoods; Participants Will Tour Dayton Development Projects

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News tips for the media: Highlights of the fifth annual CityLinks '89 conference


"Secure Ud Week" Will Focus On Safety Issues; Ud Scholars To Meet With Acclaimed Author; Ribbon-Cutting Planned For New Ud Student Store Sep 1989

"Secure Ud Week" Will Focus On Safety Issues; Ud Scholars To Meet With Acclaimed Author; Ribbon-Cutting Planned For New Ud Student Store

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News tips for the media: "Secure UD Week" will educate students about safety on campus; Tim O'Brien, whose novel "Going After Cacciato" won the 1978 National Book Award for fiction, will speak to students in the Scholars Program; and a ribbon-cutting will be held for Rudy's Fly-Buy, a new convenience store slated for opening later in the academic year.


Monk's Inn Takes To The Plaza For Music In The Moonlight; Welcome Picnic Planned By Ud's Black Action Through Unity Sep 1989

Monk's Inn Takes To The Plaza For Music In The Moonlight; Welcome Picnic Planned By Ud's Black Action Through Unity

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Feature leads for the media: Monk's Inn, the coffeehouse at the University of Dayton, will move outside to the Kennedy Union Plaza for music and camaraderie by moonlight; UD's Black Action Thru Unity will host a picnic for new and returning students.


East Germans Must Decide Their Own Fate, Says Ud Professor; Ud Campus Ministry Staff To March For Homeless Sep 1989

East Germans Must Decide Their Own Fate, Says Ud Professor; Ud Campus Ministry Staff To March For Homeless

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Feature leads for the media: A UD history faculty member who lived in East Germany shares his views on the opening of Hungary's border to East German migration; he cautions the West to stop viewing Eastern Europe as "an ideological, monolithic bloc." Also, University of Dayton campus ministry is hoping to send busloads of people from the Dayton area to a march on Washington, D.C., for affordable housing.


"Foam Beds" Could Cushion Aircraft That Overshoot Runways, According To University Of Dayton Research Institute Study; "Teacher In Space" Candidate Pays Tribute To Challenger Mission As Space Ambassador Sep 1989

"Foam Beds" Could Cushion Aircraft That Overshoot Runways, According To University Of Dayton Research Institute Study; "Teacher In Space" Candidate Pays Tribute To Challenger Mission As Space Ambassador

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Feature leads for the media: University of Dayton Research Institute tests reveal that "foam beds" installed at the end of runways could stop aircraft without harming passengers or seriously damaging the plane; teacher education faculty member Jim Rowley, who was a semifinalist in the "Teacher in Space" program, shares his experiences as a NASA "space ambassador."


Ud Political Science Professor Expects Uprising From Marcos Supporters; Ud Journalism Professor Says Cbs Execs Were Unaware Of Phony Footage Sep 1989

Ud Political Science Professor Expects Uprising From Marcos Supporters; Ud Journalism Professor Says Cbs Execs Were Unaware Of Phony Footage

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Feature leads for the media: Political science professor and Philippines native Antonio Lapitan shares his views on the death of deposed Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and the potential for unrest among his supporters; communications professor Larry Lain comments on whether CBS knew it aired staged footage of the war in Afghanistan in the mid 1980s.


Nation Headed For Depression-Era Housing Crisis, Says Ud Professor; Ud Professor Says "Executive" Vision Nurtured By A Ceo's Ability To Internalize Firm's Values Sep 1989

Nation Headed For Depression-Era Housing Crisis, Says Ud Professor; Ud Professor Says "Executive" Vision Nurtured By A Ceo's Ability To Internalize Firm's Values

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Feature leads for the media: By 2000, one-third of all Americans and 70 percent of the poor will face the problems of inadequate or unaffordable housing, according to Mary Jo Huth, a University of Dayton professor of sociology. "Nothing so clearly demonstrates the need for a new housing policy in the United States than the crisis of homelessness," she says. Management faculty member Kumar Chittipeddi shares his research on executive vision and corporate leadership.


Cincinnati Artist To Open Ud Rike Gallery Season Aug 1989

Cincinnati Artist To Open Ud Rike Gallery Season

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News release announces that the Rike Center Art Gallery at the University of Dayton will open its 1989-90 season with an exhbition of artwork by Mary Anne Donovan.


University Of Dayton Students Return For 1989-90 Academic Year Aug 1989

University Of Dayton Students Return For 1989-90 Academic Year

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News tips for the media: University of Dayton students return to campus for the 1989-90 academic year.


Ud Workshop Will Focus On African Influences In Contemporary Jewelry; Ud Honors Group To Return From Week-Long Trip To Sierra Leone In Africa Aug 1989

Ud Workshop Will Focus On African Influences In Contemporary Jewelry; Ud Honors Group To Return From Week-Long Trip To Sierra Leone In Africa

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News tips for the media: Dayton artist and Central State University faculty member Bing Davis will be at the University of Dayton to lead a workshop, "Adornment: A Reflection of Art and Culture," for about 50 teachers in the Dayton Public Schools; also, six honors students and one faculty member will return from Sierra Leone.


Impact Of Dropping Atomic Bomb Greater Today Than Four Decades Ago, According To Historian On Eve Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki Anniversary; Hiroshima Day Brings Back A Flood Of Memories For Kettering Resident Aug 1989

Impact Of Dropping Atomic Bomb Greater Today Than Four Decades Ago, According To Historian On Eve Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki Anniversary; Hiroshima Day Brings Back A Flood Of Memories For Kettering Resident

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Feature leads for the media: The use of the atomic bomb split the scientific community, left the world fearful and marked the beginning of the Cold War, said John Heitmann, a historian of science and technology at the University of Dayton. As a high school student in Hiroshima during World War II, Kimie Payne, a secretary in UD’s biology department, vividly remembers the day the bomb was dropped. Even today, she becomes emotional when talking about her memories. “Some of my classmates were killed,” she said.


New Coach To Speak At Picnic For New University Of Dayton Students; It's Moving Week For Ud Faculty With Offices In Renovated St. Joe's Hall Aug 1989

New Coach To Speak At Picnic For New University Of Dayton Students; It's Moving Week For Ud Faculty With Offices In Renovated St. Joe's Hall

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News tips for the media: UD's new men's basketball coach, Jim O'Brien, will meet incoming students and give a talk about the upcoming basketball season. Faculty begin moving into their offices in the newly renovated St. Joseph Hall.


Decline In Strength Of Organized Labor No Cause For Celebration, Claim Two University Of Dayton Sociology Professors; Former Fulbright Scholar Who Resided In Colombia Predicts Government Will Lose War On Drugs Aug 1989

Decline In Strength Of Organized Labor No Cause For Celebration, Claim Two University Of Dayton Sociology Professors; Former Fulbright Scholar Who Resided In Colombia Predicts Government Will Lose War On Drugs

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Feature leads for the media: Professors Theo and Linda Majka provide an opinion on the decline in strength of organized labor; Mark Ensalaco, an assistant professor of political science and a specialist on Latin America, predicts the government will lose the war on drugs.


Why Do White Socks Turn Pink? Freshmen Receive Tips On Taking Notes, Studying … And Doing Laundry Aug 1989

Why Do White Socks Turn Pink? Freshmen Receive Tips On Taking Notes, Studying … And Doing Laundry

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Feature lead for the media: Recognizing that most freshmen are away from home for the first time, a UD staff member has added "Laundry 101" to the student orientation handbook.


The Prairie By The Highway Blooms With Promise; Ud's Roesch Library Offers A Look Into The Past Aug 1989

The Prairie By The Highway Blooms With Promise; Ud's Roesch Library Offers A Look Into The Past

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Feature leads for the media: A new prairie at Bergamo-Mount St. John in Beavercreek, created by the religious community that lives on the grounds, is "beginning to get a personality" three years after its planting; Roesch Library's rare-books room, which has first editions of important books and a signed, limited-edition copy of James Joyce's "Ulysses," is open by appointment; the public is welcome to come and partake of the approximately 8,000 volumes in the collection.


Plastic-Coated Fertilizer Passes Preliminary Greenhouse Studies, Future Payoff Could Be Once-A-Year Lawn Feeding; Ud Professor Exploring Criminal Acts And Victimization Of Blacks As Part Of Special Celeste Commission Aug 1989

Plastic-Coated Fertilizer Passes Preliminary Greenhouse Studies, Future Payoff Could Be Once-A-Year Lawn Feeding; Ud Professor Exploring Criminal Acts And Victimization Of Blacks As Part Of Special Celeste Commission

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Feature leads for the media: University of Dayton Research Institute has developed a biodegradable plastic casing for fertilizer that releases in a similar manner to time-release medicines. It's undergoing testing by a major fertilizer company. Rom Haghighi, an assistant professor of criminal justice, has been appointed to the Governor's Commission on Socially Disadvantaged Black Males to review Ohio's criminal justice system.


A Day In The Life Of A Mcintosh Award Winner: Ambulances, Auto Thefts And Academics; Scholarship Brings New York's Inner City Youths To Ud Aug 1989

A Day In The Life Of A Mcintosh Award Winner: Ambulances, Auto Thefts And Academics; Scholarship Brings New York's Inner City Youths To Ud

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Feature leads for the media: Paul Armstrong, a recipient of the W.S. McIntosh Memorial Leadership Award, shares his experiences as a summer intern for the city of Dayton; a new scholarship established in memory of 1968 graduate John L. O'Grady will provide a full, four-year scholarship to an inner-city youth from New York City.


Years Of Struggle Culminate In Weekend Of Promise For Vietnam Native; Long-Standing Dream Ready To Come True For Dayton Retiree Jul 1989

Years Of Struggle Culminate In Weekend Of Promise For Vietnam Native; Long-Standing Dream Ready To Come True For Dayton Retiree

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Feature leads for the media: Daklak Do, who arrived in the United States in 1983 unable to speak a word of English, earns his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering technology July 30; Air Force veteran and UD campus security patrolman Warren Treece, 67, will achieve a lifelong dream when he receives his bachelor's degree in general education.


Teens Discuss Youth Issues In The Church At Ud Workshop; Franciscans Gather At Ud For Only The Second Time In 100-Year History Jul 1989

Teens Discuss Youth Issues In The Church At Ud Workshop; Franciscans Gather At Ud For Only The Second Time In 100-Year History

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News tips for the media: Nearly 400 Catholic teens from 19 counties in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati will gather at the University of Dayton for Youth Connection '89; Franciscans will meet at the University of Dayton to reflect on the order's past as well as transitions needed for survival in light of dwindling numbers of applicants to the order.


Groundbreaking Slated For Ud's New Student Store, 'Rudy's Fly-Buy'; High School Students Exploring Future Science Issues At Ud Workshop Jul 1989

Groundbreaking Slated For Ud's New Student Store, 'Rudy's Fly-Buy'; High School Students Exploring Future Science Issues At Ud Workshop

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News tips for the media: A groundbreaking ceremony for "Rudy's Fly-Buy," a student-run convenience store; 40 high school juniors and seniors will explore the scientific issues of the future in UD's second session of the "Future Leaders in Science" workshop.


Man's First Moonwalk Sparks Imagination Of Ud Photographer Who Publishes Book Of Historic Front-Page Headlines From 20 Years Ago; Mankind's Next "Giant Leap" Could Be Man-Made Space Habitats In The Lubar Orbit, Says Researcher Jul 1989

Man's First Moonwalk Sparks Imagination Of Ud Photographer Who Publishes Book Of Historic Front-Page Headlines From 20 Years Ago; Mankind's Next "Giant Leap" Could Be Man-Made Space Habitats In The Lubar Orbit, Says Researcher

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Feature leads for the media: Inspired by man's first steps on the moon 20 years ago, UD staff member John Moreau, a photographer, compiled a book of front-page news coverage of the event; he'll give a talk about it as part of UD's Elderhostel program. A senior research scientist at UD Research Institute, Joseph Martino, says the next "giant leap" in space will probably not be on the moon, but in the creation of space habitats with artificial gravity.


University Of Dayton's Elderhostel Program To Explore Aviation History Jul 1989

University Of Dayton's Elderhostel Program To Explore Aviation History

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News tips for the media: University releases the schedule for an Elderhostel program on aviation heritage.


High School Students At Ud To Investigate Engineering Careers Jul 1989

High School Students At Ud To Investigate Engineering Careers

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News tips for the media: High school girls will assemble on campus July 9-14 for the 16th annual Women in Engineering program at the University of Dayton.


Ud Professor Offers Energy Conservation Tips, Celebrates Completion Of 300 Industrial Energy Audits For Tri-State Companies; Marianist Brother Wins National Recognition For Planting Seed For Dayton's Community Garden Projects Jul 1989

Ud Professor Offers Energy Conservation Tips, Celebrates Completion Of 300 Industrial Energy Audits For Tri-State Companies; Marianist Brother Wins National Recognition For Planting Seed For Dayton's Community Garden Projects

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News release announces tips from UD mechanical engineering faculty member Henry Chuang on how to keep workers cool and electric bills down. Brother Ed Zamierowski, S.M., has won a national teaching award from the American Horticultural Society.


Three Local High School Students "Seek" Summer Employment At Ud As Part Of County Initiative To Match Students With Local Employers; Move Over Steven Spielberg: Ud Student Premieres Sci-Fi Flick, Dreams Of Making His Mark On The Big Screen Jul 1989

Three Local High School Students "Seek" Summer Employment At Ud As Part Of County Initiative To Match Students With Local Employers; Move Over Steven Spielberg: Ud Student Premieres Sci-Fi Flick, Dreams Of Making His Mark On The Big Screen

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Feature tips for the media: UD and other area employers are creating 700 jobs for young people as part of the "Student Employment Encourages Kids" program. Junior electrical engineering major Doug Whitney of Beavercreek, Ohio, has taken his films from showings in a college dormitory and local library to cable television; he'll begin filming a drama on campus this fall.