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11.21.2025
Write
On!
It’s time to put your best writing on the line. As Erma Bombeck once wrote, “It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.” Submissions for the 2026 Erma Bombeck Writing Competition will be accepted Dec. 2-Jan. 6.
11.20.2025
Undeniable Passion for Sustainable Business
Leadership
An HSI student leader combines her passion for creating a sustainable future with her excitement for the finance industry.
11.19.2025
Will Write for Room
Service
“I’m not going to lie; I look good in a robe. Specifically, white, fluffy hotel ones. From Ohio,” wrote Gretchen Cion of Berkeley, California, in her pitch for the chance to live in a hotel for two uninterrupted weeks to finish her novel.
11.13.2025
Student Leaders Attend 2025 Sustainability in Higher Education
Conference
Student leaders learned from and networked with sustainability professionals and students from other campuses at a three-day conference.
11.12.2025
Addie Hughes: The Baffling Biology of Blanchard's Cricket
Frog
The University of Dayton Honors Program pushes students to use their knowledge for challenging and dynamic coursework, but also to discover new truths about the world and how it operates through innovative research projects. One Honors Program member, Addie Hughes, is leaning into her passions and expertise with research on Blanchard's Cricket Frog.
11.11.2025
A taste of the humanities: Food, culture and connection at
UD
The Alumni Chair in the Humanities' 2025-26 programming will include a UD Food and Culture Festival in February.
11.10.2025
The Personal Impact of
Composting
A student's commitment to composting makes an impact on campus and in their daily life.
11.10.2025
Who's Publishing What: The
Birdwatcher
Jacquelyn Mitchard's newest novel, The Birdwatcher, is a tale of murder, mystery and undying friendship. A 2024 keynoter, Mitchard will return to the University of Dayton's Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop to serve on the faculty in 2026.
11.8.2025
Who's Publishing What: The End of My Life Is Killing
Me
In The End of My Life Is Killing Me: The Unexpected Joys of a Cancer Slacker, New York Times bestselling author Annabelle Gurwitch faces life’s biggest curveball only to find resilience in the most unlikely places.
11.7.2025
Racing the
Clock
“I hear that getting in is like getting tix to see Bruce Springsteen in Atlantic City. So, I've got 9 a.m. PST marked on my calendar. I have set alarms,” one writer confessed in the days leading up to the opening of registration for the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop. The workshop sold out in 33 hours.