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10.20.2026
Moose Hunting, Berry Picking and Faith
Formation
Sr. Rose Pacatte, FSP, details her vibrant, global experience as an online course facilitator for UD's Virtual Learning Community for Faith Formation.
10.13.2026
Pre-medicine students explore maternal and mental health in
Kenya
Six students spent 10 weeks in Kenya this summer to conduct individual research projects based on community-identified needs.
10.12.2026
Connecting Human Rights, Climate and Community in The
Gambia
A student's internship at the National Human Rights Commission in The Gambia highlighted the overlap between climate and environmental rights.
Humanities and Social Sciences
10.6.2026
Alumni Chair in Humanities builds community through 2026-27 ‘salon’ event
series
The Alumni Chair in Humanities launched a year-long series of campus and community events inspired by the Parisian salon tradition.
Humanities and Social Sciences
9.28.2026
UD English, education major studies relevance of classic literature in the
classroom
An English and education major researched the teaching of sensitive topics in Shakespeare's works at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.
Humanities and Social Sciences
9.22.2026
Student researches importance of language around mental health in college
athletics
A former UD baseball player spent his summer researching how rhetoric surrounding mental health impacts an athlete's willingness to seek help.
9.15.2026
New global studies major builds intercultural communication, leadership
skills
The new major prepares students to work with international teams, serve diverse communities and help organizations address global challenges.
Humanities and Social Sciences
9.14.2026
UD English major explores Black womanist theology in the age of Gen
Z
Trinity Minus' summer research project was inspired by a course that examines Black religious history from the 1500s to today.
8.28.2026
Faith Formed from Marianist
Magic
Erin Anderson-White Face ’06 was set on attending an Ivy League college after high school. Her mother, a 1976 University of Dayton alum, insisted she tour UD. That was when Anderson-White Face first experienced what she calls “Marianist magic.”
8.27.2026
Psychology professor earns top international honor for service-learning
scholarship
The Distinguished Career Award recognized Roger Reeb’s impact on the study and practice of service-learning and community engagement.