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7.29.2026
Leadership, the UD
Way
At the University of Dayton, leaders aren’t expected to be born, nor do they suddenly develop mad leadership skills when they are promoted to a supervisory position or when they read the latest leadership book.
Faith/Mission
6.15.2026
Our Nation’s Patron
Saint
The Marian Library honors America250 and Mary, as the Immaculate Conception, Patroness of the United States.
6.3.2026
Higher Ed Should Answer the Pope's
Challenge
Every college president from public flagships to community colleges, private and public, should consider the challenges presented by Pope Leo XIV in his encyclical Magnifica Humanitas. It speaks to our shared stakes: whether our graduates can still think, judge and do work that machines cannot or should not.
5.18.2026
The Art of Compassion: A Lasting
Impression
St. Veronica’s selfless act during Christ’s Passion is depicted in a new artwork gifted to the Marian Library.
Faith/Mission
5.12.2026
IPI executive director, professor receives lifetime achievement
award
Sr. Angela Ann Zukowski is the first woman to receive the Salesian Guild of Cincinnati’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
5.10.2026
The world needs you — and you are
ready
Build community. Seek truth. Cultivate belonging. Model hope. "Together, these are powerful forces as we work toward peace, justice, and the common good," University of Dayton President Eric F. Spina told the Class of 2026 at spring undergraduate commencement.
5.6.2026
Giving
Hearts
An email recently landed in my inbox that made my day. Gayle Horton, director of Colin’s Lodge, a recreation and enrichment center for adults with cognitive differences, shared how UD students are bringing joy to their members through their MANY volunteer hours.
Faith/Mission
5.4.2026
Mary: Tending ‘the Soil of Our
Souls’
Recent art acquisitions point to a tradition of Marian floral art.
4.29.2026
Why We Do This
Work
The University of Dayton and other American Talent Initiative institutions have opened the doors of education for more than 75,000 high-achieving, lower-income students. That’s an entire football stadium filled with talented young people.
