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Ud's Research Institute Predicts The Probability Of Failure Resulting From Cracks In Aircraft Dec 1988

Ud's Research Institute Predicts The Probability Of Failure Resulting From Cracks In Aircraft

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Feature lead for the media: Researchers at the University of Dayton are developing a computer program to calculate the probability of cracks and other failures in aircraft materials.


Ud's Renovated "Food Court" Revolutionizes Student Dining, Consultant Program Offers Tools For Better Teaching Dec 1988

Ud's Renovated "Food Court" Revolutionizes Student Dining, Consultant Program Offers Tools For Better Teaching

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Feature leads for the media: The renovated "Food Court" at UD has seen an increase in volume by almost 200 percent; a Teaching Consultant program led by two faculty members provides opportunities for educators to improve their classroom teaching skills.


Biology Professor Creates Sunrises And Sunsets In Computerized Laboratory; Who Are You Going To Call? Community Volunteers With Technical Know-How Offer Imaginative, Cost-Efficient Solutions To Municipal Problems Dec 1988

Biology Professor Creates Sunrises And Sunsets In Computerized Laboratory; Who Are You Going To Call? Community Volunteers With Technical Know-How Offer Imaginative, Cost-Efficient Solutions To Municipal Problems

News Releases

Feature leads for the media: Plant physiologist and biology professor Brother Donald R. Geiger, S.M., has created a way to simulate natural sunlight from sunrise to sunset; a Technology Assistance Panel with more than 70 volunteer specialists from UD and other area universities, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and technology-based companies helps to solve problems using technology, science and common sense.


Ud Professor Named Editor Of New Health Journal Nov 1988

Ud Professor Named Editor Of New Health Journal

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News release announces that communication faculty member Teresa Thompson has been named editor of the quarterly journal "Health Communication."


Media Tip Sheet: Christmas Flowers Will Spread Cheer In Ud Neighborhood On Dec. 3; Electro-Optic Sculpture Will Take Shape On Ud Campus; Christmas Trees Will Arrive At Ud On Dec. 5 Nov 1988

Media Tip Sheet: Christmas Flowers Will Spread Cheer In Ud Neighborhood On Dec. 3; Electro-Optic Sculpture Will Take Shape On Ud Campus; Christmas Trees Will Arrive At Ud On Dec. 5

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Media tip sheet: University of Dayton students will deliver Christmas cards to local residents; an electro-optic sculpture of the Madonna figure will be installed on the western facade of Miriam Hall; and the Kennedy Union Plaza Christmas tree will arrive at the University of Dayton on Dec. 5.


Chinese Delegation Of Business Executives Opt For Lecture Instead Of Turkey; American Family Will Celebrate Thanksgiving With Ud Chinese Student Nov 1988

Chinese Delegation Of Business Executives Opt For Lecture Instead Of Turkey; American Family Will Celebrate Thanksgiving With Ud Chinese Student

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Feature leads for the media: A delegation of business executives from China will attend a seminar on international trade on Thanksgiving rather than partake in Thanksgiving festivities; student David Lu of China will take his "adopted" American family to a Chinese Thanksgiving church program.


University Of Dayton Music Groups Will Perform For Christmas On Campus Nov 1988

University Of Dayton Music Groups Will Perform For Christmas On Campus

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News release announces that three University of Dayton music groups will perform in the annual Christmas on Campus concert.


Expert On Wright Brothers To Speak At Ud In Honor Of 85th Anniversary Of First Flight Nov 1988

Expert On Wright Brothers To Speak At Ud In Honor Of 85th Anniversary Of First Flight

News Releases

News release announces that aviation historian Paul Edward Garber will speak on campus at the dinner meeting of the Dayton-Cincinnati Section of the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics; the public is invited.


Kwanza Dinner Will Be Held At University Of Dayton Nov 1988

Kwanza Dinner Will Be Held At University Of Dayton

News Releases

News release announces that the student organization Black Action Through Unity will host a dinner on campus in honor of Kwanza.


Sun Car On Display At University Of Dayton Nov 1988

Sun Car On Display At University Of Dayton

News Releases

News release announces that Hughes Aircraft's solar-powered car, "Sunraycer," winner of a recent race across Australia, will be on display in the University of Dayton's Mechanical Engineering Building.


Ud Announces "Campus 2000 Plan," Seven Major Building Projects Slated Nov 1988

Ud Announces "Campus 2000 Plan," Seven Major Building Projects Slated

News Releases

News release announces that the University of Dayton Board of Trustees has authorized an addition to the Fieldhouse and renovations for Sherman Hall.


Ud's Christmas On Campus Celebrates Its 25th Year On Dec. 8 Nov 1988

Ud's Christmas On Campus Celebrates Its 25th Year On Dec. 8

News Releases

News release announces the University of Dayton's 25th Christmas on Campus celebration with the theme "Memories Wrapped in Silver."


Ud Library Automated For Public Access Nov 1988

Ud Library Automated For Public Access

News Releases

News release announces that students, faculty, and area residents can now access the Roesch Library's online card catalog through a home computer.


Business Executive Thomas J. Danis Appointed To Ud Board Of Trustees Nov 1988

Business Executive Thomas J. Danis Appointed To Ud Board Of Trustees

News Releases

News release announces that Thomas J. Danis, chairman and chief executive officer of Danis Industries Corp., has accepted a position on the University of Dayton's Board of Trustees.


Christmas Carol Sing-Along Slated At University Of Dayton Nov 1988

Christmas Carol Sing-Along Slated At University Of Dayton

News Releases

News release announces that music lecturer George Zimmerman will lead the eighth annual Old-Fashioned Christmas Carol Sing-Along at the University of Dayton.


National Speaker On Men's Issues Coming To University Of Dayton. Nov 1988

National Speaker On Men's Issues Coming To University Of Dayton.

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News release announces that author Warren Farrell will be on campus to give a presentation exploring the questions men and women ask about the opposite sex.


Inventors Of Solar Incineration Technique Win Ud's Top Research Award Nov 1988

Inventors Of Solar Incineration Technique Win Ud's Top Research Award

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News release announces that University of Dayton research engineers Barry Dellinger and John Graham have received the Wohlleben/Hochwalt Award, the University's top research honor. They devised a way to destroy hazardous waste through solar-powered incineration.


Professional Research Award To Be Presented At Ud Nov. 14; Ud Cia Lecture Series Speaker To Conduct Teleconference Nov. 15; Disability Awareness Day Slated For Nov. 16 Nov 1988

Professional Research Award To Be Presented At Ud Nov. 14; Ud Cia Lecture Series Speaker To Conduct Teleconference Nov. 15; Disability Awareness Day Slated For Nov. 16

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Media tip sheet: Brother Raymond L. Fitz, S.M., University president, will present the 1988 Wohlleben/Hochwalt Outstanding Professional Research Award to Barry Dellinger and John Graham, who devised a way to destroy hazardous waste through solar-powered incineration; a teleconference with the Rev. J. Bryan Hehir will be the final presentation in UD's CIA lecture series; students will experience temporarily the limitations encountered every day by people with disabilities.


Panel Discussion At Ud Will Focus On Racism Nov 1988

Panel Discussion At Ud Will Focus On Racism

News Releases

News release announces that two California nuns will lead the Office of Minority Student Affairs' panel discussion addressing the question, "Are you aware of racism?"


Jack Hanna Bringing Zoo Animals To Ud Nov 1988

Jack Hanna Bringing Zoo Animals To Ud

News Releases

News release announces that Jack Hanna, director of the Columbus Zoo and a guest on "Good Morning America" and "Late Night with David Letterman," will bring several species of zoo animals to his presentation at the University of Dayton.


Ud Seminars To Be Featured During 'Dayton Business Expo' Nov 1988

Ud Seminars To Be Featured During 'Dayton Business Expo'

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News release announces that the University's Center for Business and Economic Research and the Management Development Center will offer nine business seminars during the Fall '88 Dayton Business Expo.


Ud Speaker To Address Food Production In China Nov 1988

Ud Speaker To Address Food Production In China

News Releases

News release announces that UD's Center for International Studies, Campus Ministry and the Dayton Council on World Affairs will host a lecture, "Food Production in China: Implications for the U.S. and World Hunger," by author Sylvan Wittwer, author of "Feeding a Billion."


Ud's International Tea Features Children's Artwork, Music And Hospitality Award Nov 1988

Ud's International Tea Features Children's Artwork, Music And Hospitality Award

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News release announces the University of Dayton's 29th annual International Tea.


Ud Establishes Concentration In Aerospace Engineering For Undergraduate Nov 1988

Ud Establishes Concentration In Aerospace Engineering For Undergraduate

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News release announces that the University of Dayton will now offer an undergraduate academic concentration in aerospace engineering.


Music Therapy Club To Visit Ud Children's Center; Young Scholars Will Study Radio, Tv; Ud Marching Band Slates 'Last Blast'; Hands In Harmony Will Sing With Signs Nov 1988

Music Therapy Club To Visit Ud Children's Center; Young Scholars Will Study Radio, Tv; Ud Marching Band Slates 'Last Blast'; Hands In Harmony Will Sing With Signs

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Media tip sheet: UD chapter of the National Association of Music Therapy Students will visit the UD's Children Center for Young Learners; Dayton Public Schools students will attend a Young Scholars program on radio and television communications; the UD marching band will perform its final show of the season; the sign-language singing group Hands in Harmony will perform.


University Of Dayton Will Host Author's Talk On Jfk Assassination Nov 1988

University Of Dayton Will Host Author's Talk On Jfk Assassination

News Releases

News release announces that David S. Lifton will speak on campus about his theory of a cover-up involving the death of President Kennedy.


Don Donoher To Speak At Ud Alumni Meeting Nov 1988

Don Donoher To Speak At Ud Alumni Meeting

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News release announces that University of Dayton head basketball coach Don Donoher will speak to the Dayton chapter of the UD Alumni Association.


Ud History Professor Questions Media's Handling Of Jfk Assassination; New Book Studies The Impact Of Unemployment On The Emotional State Of Families Nov 1988

Ud History Professor Questions Media's Handling Of Jfk Assassination; New Book Studies The Impact Of Unemployment On The Emotional State Of Families

News Releases

Feature leads for the media: History faculty member Larry Schweikart shares his opinions about the assassination of John F. Kennedy; a new book, "Families and Economic Distress: Coping Strategies and Social Policy," edited by Patricia Voydanoff and Linda Majka of the Center for the Study of Family Development, includes findings from a recent study by Voydanoff and colleague Brenda W. Donnelly on the impact of unemployment on the emotional state of families.


Ud And Dayton Public Schools Develop Management Information System To Monitor Progress Of Dayton's At-Risk Youth; Ud Education Professor Collects Oral Histories From Dayton Teachers About Court-Ordered Desegregation Nov 1988

Ud And Dayton Public Schools Develop Management Information System To Monitor Progress Of Dayton's At-Risk Youth; Ud Education Professor Collects Oral Histories From Dayton Teachers About Court-Ordered Desegregation

News Releases

Feature leads for the media: A University of Dayton team led by faculty member Tom Ferratt is designing two computerized information systems to monitor the progress of Dayton Public Schools students as part of the New Futures Initiative funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Teacher education faculty member Joseph Watras is collecting oral histories from Dayton Public Schools teachers about the pressures they felt about court-ordered school desegregation.


Faa To Test Ability Of Foam Beds To Stop Airplanes In Emergencies; Ud Researchers Work To Help Develop The Airplane Of The Future Nov 1988

Faa To Test Ability Of Foam Beds To Stop Airplanes In Emergencies; Ud Researchers Work To Help Develop The Airplane Of The Future

News Releases

Feature leads for the media: Based on computer simulations developed by University of Dayton researchers, the Federal Aviation Administration will conduct tests of "foam beds" for their ability to stop airplanes without harming passengers; also, UD's Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department is conducting research to develop an aerospace plane designed to fly eight times faster than an existing Air Force plane.