Write Your Destiny
October 15, 2009 - Activist, author and actor Hill Harper comes to the University of Dayton Friday, Oct. 16, for a 7:30 p.m. talk in the RecPlex as part of the 2009-2010 Diversity Lecture Series. It's free and open to the public. Harper, who appears in the hit CBS drama series CSI: NY as the reclusive coroner Sheldon Hawkes, has written three books, including the newly published The Conversation: How Black Men and Women Can Build Loving Relationships. He has written two New York Times' bestsellers, Letters to a Young ... More >>
A Savior of Our City
October 12, 2009 - The University of Dayton is singled out as the "most innovative of all engaged colleges and universities" nationally in a new survey of the nation's top 25 universities helping to save America's cities from blight.The University of Dayton is tied for No. 2 overall and ranked No. 1 among Catholic universities in the 2009 "Saviors of Our Cities" ranking announced today by Evan Dobelle, president of Westfield State College, at the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities annual conference in Philadelphia. ... More >>
Making the Grade in Sustainability
October 7, 2009 - The University of Dayton's dedication to creating a greener campus has paid off with a letter-grade jump to a B+ in the 2010 College Sustainability Report Card released today.The University's overall grade tied for second among 16 Ohio schools represented in the study. The University of Dayton improved in five of the nine categories and stayed even in the other four. It received A's in administration, endowment transparency and investment priorities.The other categories include climate change and energy, food and recycling, ... More >>
Elisabeth's Nativity House
November 5, 2009 - The University of Dayton will welcome the Christmas season with a community celebration of a new gift that nearly doubled the Marian Library's collection of Nativity scenes from around the world. The University will host an open house featuring music, refreshments and children's activities for the premiere of "At the Manger – World Nativity Traditions," an exhibit of more than 200 Nativity scenes. The free, public event will be 1 to 6 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 28, on three floors of Roesch Library on the University ... More >>
Playing to Our Strengths
September 11, 2009 - Recognizing the Dayton region's long-standing status as a leader in aerospace and aviation, coupled with the University of Dayton Research Institute's success in aerospace-related research and technology-based economic development, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland announced the University will be the lead partner organization for the first Ohio Hub of Innovation and Opportunity."After decades of serving as one of the nation’s premier aerospace and aviation locations, the Dayton region officially becomes Ohio’s Aerospace ... More >>
Unlocking the Power of Algae
August 20, 2009 - Algae – the tiny scourge of backyard ponds and lakes – is destined to be a mighty hero in efforts to reduce carbon emissions headed for the atmosphere and wean America from its dependence on foreign oil, according to scientists at the University of Dayton Research Institute working on a two-year, $980,000 Air Force pollution-reduction contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. While lead researchers are on target to identify the most efficient methods to sequester carbon ... More >>
