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In The Wright Tradition, Dayton Brothers Build Airplane; Ud Physical Education Students Evaluate Fitness Of Beavercreek Elementary School Students Oct 1988

In The Wright Tradition, Dayton Brothers Build Airplane; Ud Physical Education Students Evaluate Fitness Of Beavercreek Elementary School Students

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Feature leads for the media: UD research engineer John Graham and his brother Paul are building an all-metal single-seat mini coupe airplane; physical education students are evaluating the fitness of Beavercreek students to see how they compare nationally to other children their age.


Department Of Defense Awards Contract To University Of Dayton To Establish Information Analysis Center Sep 1988

Department Of Defense Awards Contract To University Of Dayton To Establish Information Analysis Center

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News release announces that the University of Dayton has been awarded a five-year contract by the Department of Defense to establish and manage a Crew System Ergonomics Information Analysis Center.


Successful Space Shuttle Launch Will Boost Entire Aerospace Industry; Presidential Debates Reinforce Public Opinions, May Shift Undecided Voters Sep 1988

Successful Space Shuttle Launch Will Boost Entire Aerospace Industry; Presidential Debates Reinforce Public Opinions, May Shift Undecided Voters

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Tip sheet provides a feature angles on space and politics: A successful launch of hte Space Shuttle Disovery, the first since the Challenger explosion, "will dictate the level of enthusiasm and morale in the aerospace community," according to James N. Scott, a former NASA researcher who is now a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and a nationally recognized expert in computational fluid dynamics. Associate professor of political science Norman J. Fogel says it's not the televised debates that are shaping voter perceptions, but the "reaction and analysis of the debates by the media."


Speaker Eileen Stevens Will Highlight Alcohol Awareness Week At Ud Sep 1988

Speaker Eileen Stevens Will Highlight Alcohol Awareness Week At Ud

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News release announces that Eileen Stevens, who founded the Committee to Halt Useless College Killings (CHUCK) in the wake of her son's alcohol-related death, will visit the University of Dayton campus as part of Alcohol Awareness Week.


Secretary Of State Will Launch Ud Voter Registration Drive, Ud Students Examine Presidential Character During Scholars Seminar Sep 1988

Secretary Of State Will Launch Ud Voter Registration Drive, Ud Students Examine Presidential Character During Scholars Seminar

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Tip sheet provides feature leads: Secretary of State Sherrod Brown will visit the University of Dayton to launch a voter registration drive; political science associate professor David W. Ahern and his students are examining the personalities and characters of American presidents throughout history.


Olympic Research Will Take Ud To Seoul, Excessive Security Measures Shadow South Korea's Moment In The World Spotlight Sep 1988

Olympic Research Will Take Ud To Seoul, Excessive Security Measures Shadow South Korea's Moment In The World Spotlight

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Media tip sheet announces Olympics feature leads: Health and physical science associate professor John Schleppi, who teaches a course on the Olympics, will attend the games in South Korea; meanwhile, Seoul native and University of Dayton history professor T.C. Rhee expresses the opinion that the extensive security buildup in South Korea is scaring away spectators.


Ud Featured In "The Fiske Guide To Colleges 1989" Sep 1988

Ud Featured In "The Fiske Guide To Colleges 1989"

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News release announces that the University of Dayton is featured in the newly published "Fiske Guide to Colleges 1989" as one of the "best and most interesting institutions in the nation."


Upcoming: Former Cia Chief Stansfield Turner Headlines Ud Speakers Series Sep 1988

Upcoming: Former Cia Chief Stansfield Turner Headlines Ud Speakers Series

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Media tip sheet announces that former CIA director Stansfield Turner will be available to meet with the media after headlining a UD speakers series event; media are also invited to events surrounding the visit of journalist and anti-apartheid activist Donald Woods.


Classic Theatre Renovation Headed Back To The Drawing Board, Ud Sociologist Studies Fear Of Crime In Dayton, Neighborhood Cohesiveness In Five Oaks Sep 1988

Classic Theatre Renovation Headed Back To The Drawing Board, Ud Sociologist Studies Fear Of Crime In Dayton, Neighborhood Cohesiveness In Five Oaks

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Tip sheet provides feature leads: Dean Lovelace of UD's Strategies for Responsible Development says the façade may be the only salvageable part of the Classic Theater, once a mecca of black cultural life in Dayton. Also, sociology professors Patrick G. Donnelly and Theo J. Majka share their findings on urban neighborhood cohesiveness and residents' fear of crime.


Sports Psychology Expert To Speak At Ud Arena Sep 1988

Sports Psychology Expert To Speak At Ud Arena

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News release announces that William P. Morgan, professor and director of the Sport Psychology Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, will speak at the University of Dayton Arena Associates Lounge on "Research and Trends in Sport Psychology."


Cry Freedom,' Donald Woods To Open Ud Distinguished Speakers Series Sep 1988

Cry Freedom,' Donald Woods To Open Ud Distinguished Speakers Series

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News release announces that South African journalist Donald Woods will open the University of Dayton's 1988-89 Distinguished Speakers Series.


Ud Greeks Hold "Watermelon Bust" To Benefit United Way And Glenmary Missions Sep 1988

Ud Greeks Hold "Watermelon Bust" To Benefit United Way And Glenmary Missions

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News release announces that Theta Phi Alpha and Lambda Chi Alpha will bring 800 watermelons to campus for a "Watermelon Bust" to raise money for the United Way and Glenmary Missions.


Ud Starts Search For Past "Christmas On Campus" Participants Sep 1988

Ud Starts Search For Past "Christmas On Campus" Participants

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News release announces that the University of Dayton is inviting alumni who helped lead Christmas on Campus to return for a reunion or reception in honor of the celebration's 25th year.


Former Cia Director To Launch Ud Speakers Series Sep 1988

Former Cia Director To Launch Ud Speakers Series

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News release announces that former CIA director Stansfield Turner will headline a University of Dayton speaker series designed to encourage dialogue on the issue of CIA recruitment at UD.


Ud Students Take A Shine To Trash Dumpsters, Peer Mentors Help Pave The Way For Incoming Minority Freshman Sep 1988

Ud Students Take A Shine To Trash Dumpsters, Peer Mentors Help Pave The Way For Incoming Minority Freshman

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Tip sheet offers feature angles: UD students will paint trash dumpsters in the campus area; peer mentors are assisting minority freshmen with social, cultural and academic adjustment to UD.


Ud Seminar Will Feature Local Experts On Poverty Sep 1988

Ud Seminar Will Feature Local Experts On Poverty

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News release announces that the seminar "Dynamics of Poverty: Reality and Strategies" will discuss the feminization, legal implications and other effects of poverty.


Engineering Aptitude Test To Be Offered At Ud Sep 1988

Engineering Aptitude Test To Be Offered At Ud

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News release announces that the University of Dayton School of Engineering will offer the National Engineering Aptitude Search test to area high school students.


Ud History Professor's Collection Illuminates Mourning Rituals Of Victorian Middle Class; Ud Music Professor Marches To An Unusual Beat, Collects Antique Sheet Music And Curious Folk Instruments Sep 1988

Ud History Professor's Collection Illuminates Mourning Rituals Of Victorian Middle Class; Ud Music Professor Marches To An Unusual Beat, Collects Antique Sheet Music And Curious Folk Instruments

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Feature leads for the media: Alice Vines, associate professor of history at UD, has possibly the largest collection in the world of Victorian "mourning jewelry." George Zimmerman, a lecturer in UD's music department, collects early American sheet music and curious folk instruments.


Ud Enters Into Partnership With Dayton Public Schools, Establishes Satellite Learning Center For "At-Risk" Youth Aug 1988

Ud Enters Into Partnership With Dayton Public Schools, Establishes Satellite Learning Center For "At-Risk" Youth

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News release announces that the University of Dayton School of Education is a partner with the Dayton Public Schools in an effort to reduce the dropout rate in the city's high schools.


Srd Neighborhood Development Office To Hold Open House At New Location Aug 1988

Srd Neighborhood Development Office To Hold Open House At New Location

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News release announces an open house in the new offices of the University's Strategies for Responsible Development (SRD) program.


Day Of Prayer And Friendship Sponsored By Ud Ministry Aug 1988

Day Of Prayer And Friendship Sponsored By Ud Ministry

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News release announces that the University of Dayton campus ministry's MORES Ministry with Handicapped People will host a Day of Prayer and Friendship for people with disabilities.


Season Tickets On Sale For 1988-89 Ud Art Series Aug 1988

Season Tickets On Sale For 1988-89 Ud Art Series

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News release announces that tickets are now on sale for the 1988-89 University of Dayton Arts Series.


Ud Names New Head Of Enrollment Management Aug 1988

Ud Names New Head Of Enrollment Management

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News release announces Richard T. Ferguson has been appointed assistant vice president for enrollment management at the University of Dayton.


Profile Of Ud's Freshman Class: It's Big And It's Bright Aug 1988

Profile Of Ud's Freshman Class: It's Big And It's Bright

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News release announces that the University of Dayton's entering freshman class is one of the largest and brightest in UD's history.


"Catholic Tradition Today" Lectures Slated At Ud Aug 1988

"Catholic Tradition Today" Lectures Slated At Ud

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News release announces two lectures in the University of Dayton's Catholic Tradition Today lecture series.


Ud Gears Up For New Academic Year, Ud Celebrates 10th Anniversary Of Honors Program Aug 1988

Ud Gears Up For New Academic Year, Ud Celebrates 10th Anniversary Of Honors Program

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Tip sheet informs media of the new academic year for the University of Dayton and the 10th year of the University's honors program.


Ud Welcomes New Minority Students At Ice Cream Social On Friday, August 26, Ud's Peer Mentor Program Provides Incoming Minority Freshman With Role Models, Study Tips Aug 1988

Ud Welcomes New Minority Students At Ice Cream Social On Friday, August 26, Ud's Peer Mentor Program Provides Incoming Minority Freshman With Role Models, Study Tips

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News release announces that UD's Office of Minority Student Affairs will welcome freshman minority students to campus with an old-fashioned ice cream social and Greek forum; all minority fist-year students are being matched with upperclass mentors to provide social, cultural and academic support.


Ud's Religious Telecommunications Director Part Of International Group Of Experts Aug 1988

Ud's Religious Telecommunications Director Part Of International Group Of Experts

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News release announces that Sister Angela Ann Zukowski, M.H.S.H., has been invited to Rome to meet with international experts in mass communications technology.


Ud President Invited To Rome For Dialogue About Vatican Document On Catholic Higher Education Aug 1988

Ud President Invited To Rome For Dialogue About Vatican Document On Catholic Higher Education

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News release announces that Brother Raymond L. Fitz, S.M., will meet in Rome with representatives from around the world to engage in dialogue with the pope and Vatican officials about an upcoming apostolic letter about Catholic higher education.


Ud Economics Professor Analyzes Dollars-And-Cents Side Of Drought, "The Last Temptation Of Christ" Draws Mixed Reactions Aug 1988

Ud Economics Professor Analyzes Dollars-And-Cents Side Of Drought, "The Last Temptation Of Christ" Draws Mixed Reactions

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Tip sheet offers feature angles from the University of Dayton: Economics faculty member Anthony Chan comments on farm subsidies and the bailout of farmers from this summer's drought; UD religious scholars comment on the controversial film "The Last Temptation of Christ" in advance of its Dayton release.