Recent Posts
Giving
7.1.2026
Christian Service Award: Shawn Duffy
’91
What started as three rows of vegetables has grown into 36,000 pounds of produce, 300 volunteers and a mission rooted in the spirit of service he found at UD.
Giving
7.1.2026
Joe Belle Memorial Young Alumni Award: Meg Maloney ’18,
’21
Meg Maloney ’18, ’21 found her vocation early, and she hasn't stopped since, building a more sustainable Dayton one grant, one solar array and one household at a time.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
6.30.2026
Things South Korea Does
Better
Recently, my wife and I traveled to South Korea with my youngest and quietest daughter for her senior trip, a fictitious rite of passage high school graduates use as an excuse to take Instagram pics in exorbitantly expensive locations.
Engineering
6.29.2026
A Legacy of
Service
The ETHOS Center began its 25th anniversary year with nine students and one alumnus traveling to Ghana for a 10-day international breakout.
Engineering
6.26.2026
Preparing Flyers for an AI-Driven
World
In the School of Engineering, AI is being integrated across the curriculum through specific courses to teach students how engineers can ethically use AI.
Business
6.24.2026
From Playlists to Politics: How One UD Student Turned Music Into Economic
Insight
By analyzing the Billboard Hot 100 against geopolitical risk indices, UD senior Maddie Rimbey proved that what we listen to says a lot about the world around us—and landed her dream marketing science job in the process.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
6.23.2026
Fast Women, Strong
Voices
Writers from the Erma community will be prominently featured in Fast Forbidden Women, an anthology of 75 flash nonfiction essays, which will be published by Woodhall Press in fall 2027.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
6.22.2026
I Was the Victim of a Smart Phone
Zombie
There once was an um… “older woman” who fell victim to a “younger” mysterious phantom. I relate the story here as a warning and a lesson.
Engineering
6.18.2026
Navigating the
Extreme
At hypersonic speeds, air behaves differently, temperatures rise to extremes and even small uncertainties in data can lead to major instability. Professor Raúl Ordóñez is tackling these challenges head-on.
Students
6.18.2026
UD undergrad's research finds city rooftop gardens double as ant
highways
Research by UD biologists shows green spaces on top of downtown buildings can be a wildlife habitat.