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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.
11.5.2025
UD psychology, criminal justice studies major named Newman Civic
Fellow
Nancy Garcia was named a 2025 Newman Civic Fellow for her exceptional commitment to civic engagement.
11.5.2025
Energy Bootcamp Lite: Making Energy Education
Accessible
HSI students condensed multi-day energy assessment training into a two-hour session called Energy Bootcamp Lite.
11.4.2025
My Not So Secret,
Secret
I love having adult children. They’re like the grown-up versions of those little people who used to live in my house, but with jobs and their own mortgages.
11.1.2025
Humor Writer of the Month: R.L.
Maizes
R.L. Maizes is the author of the newly published satirical novel, A Complete Fiction, a humorous story of two writers trying to navigate the minefields of modern publishing and social media. She's our Humor Writer of the Month for November.
10.31.2025
Matching Gifts, Changing
Lives
“You can write!” Those three simple words from a University of Dayton English professor changed Erma Bombeck ’49’s life. Now, an alumni couple in Columbus, Ohio, wants new generations of students to hear that same encouragement and find their own voices.
10.27.2025
Welcome Home, Father
Jim
What kind of life is worth living? For more than eight decades, Father Jim Heft, S.M., has wrestled with that question, even as he’s lived what I and many others would portray as a life chock-full of meaning.
10.24.2025
A Woodstock for
Writers
The Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop marks its 25th anniversary this year and will keep the celebration going through next spring with a keynote lineup of bestselling authors and rising comedy stars, hands-on workshops, networking — plus the opportunity to laugh, learn and be inspired.
10.21.2025
Recycling Hubs: Standardization Among Residential
Halls
A Dayton Sinclair Academy student worked to improve recycling infrastructure on UD's campus.
10.15.2025
Fellowship program pairs students with science, engineering faculty for summer
research
The SECC fellowships provide students opportunities to work with two faculty, one from the sciences and one from engineering, for an extended summer research experience.