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5.11.2026
Fitz Center earns national honor for lasting community
impact
The award reflects nearly 25 years of work building reciprocal relationships with community partners across Dayton.
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.
4.23.2026
Mechanical Engineering Graduate Reflects on the Interdisciplinary Approach to an Engineering
Education
Students at the University of Dayton are driven to reach new heights and expand their knowledge through many different avenues. Gavin McHale, a Fall 2025 mechanical engineering graduate, reimagined his curiosity for learning and evolved his passions in new ways to build a versatile foundation for his future career.
3.27.2026
Call to
Duty
Learn how Joe Schaaf ’97 combined his Catholic ethics, legal education and naval service into a career instructing others on the laws surrounding war.
3.25.2026
Reach Out clinical experiences enrich UD pre-health, physician assistant
students
UD students are part of an alliance of community partners, donors and volunteers who provide an important health care safety net.
2.18.2026
Food Security: A Campus-Wide
Effort
The Food Systems team partnered with a number of campus social action organizations for its first-ever food drive.
2.17.2026
Lighting the Way to Law
School
Learn how University of Dayton School of Law students are helping undergraduate UD students prepare for what’s ahead in law school.
2.5.2026
Engineering for
Good
The ETHOS Center turns engineering into a tool for community impact by embedding students in local and global partnerships. This summer, ETHOS students worked alongside communities in Africa and here in Dayton.
1.14.2026
From Kentucky to the
Classroom
Reflecting on her experience with the University of Dayton Summer Appalachia Program in Salyersville, Kentucky, intervention specialist major and UD senior Erin Cunnane sees children anywhere have the same needs — to feel safe, loved and cared for.