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I truly admire the resilience and tenacity of our student-athletes, who endured months of uncertainty to compete this spring. With “DAYTON” on their chests or their backs, they are our winners — every last one.

Items in University Archives and Special Collections commemorate the life and accomplishments of Hank Aaron, who died Jan. 22.




Despite alumni deaths, cancellations and temporary closure, scant historical records leave an incomplete picture of the effect of the 1918 flu pandemic on the campus community. Let’s not leave this gap.

In honor of Women's History Month, and in the wake of the pandemic's cancellation of March Madness, University Archives would like to present this brief look at the tournament’s history and the University’s athletics evolution.
