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8.7.2026
UD Irish Dance Team Takes Nationals to Another
World
Irish dance brought Katie Belvel to UD. She’s since helped the team earn back-to-back honors at nationals.
8.1.2026
Humor Writer of the Month: Lauretta
Hannon
Lauretta Hannon, a TEDx speaker, writing teacher and best-selling author, is our Humor Writer of the Month for August.
8.1.2026
Who's Publishing What: Hi, Honey! A Dementia
Diary
Jyl CJ Barlow’s memoir, Hi, Honey! A Dementia Diary, is a tender and bruisingly honest book about losing a mother twice: first slowly, through the fog and theft of dementia.
7.30.2026
Move Out Collection: Collaboration for the Common
Good
Students collecting items they accumulated during the school year diverts them from ending up in a landfill.
7.29.2026
In memoriam: Jane Zembaty, professor emerita of
philosophy
Jane Zembaty was the first woman faculty member in the UD Department of Philosophy and the first woman to chair the department.
7.28.2026
College appoints John McCombe as associate dean for curriculum and student
success
John McCombe’s commitment to student success stems from his own personal experience as a first-generation college student.
7.28.2026
Donna Martin, Please Tell Your Mother the
Truth
Like many of my fellow Gen Xers, I watched the original Beverly Hills 90210 religiously every Wednesday night on FOX. I cut my hair like Kelly Taylor, hung out with guys like Steve (minus the money) and even briefly dated someone who looked like Dylan.
7.23.2026
A Poet and His (Lasting)
Song
The University of Dayton community has lost one of our greatest treasures with the death of Herbert Woodward Martin, yet his voice will endure.
7.23.2026
In memoriam: Herbert Woodward Martin, professor emeritus of English, poet and
scholar
Herbert Woodward Martin leaves behind a 55-year legacy at UD, teaching generations of students in creative writing and African American literature.
7.22.2026
Things America Does
Better
While my family was in South Korea recently for our youngest and quietest daughter’s senior trip, from which she brought home the country’s entire inventory of cosmetic products, I noticed several things that Korea does better than we do here in the U.S.