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Libraries June 29, 2025
UD History: Hispanic & Latino Students
Ava Merriman ’25 explores the Hispanic and Latino student experience using early 20th-century yearbooks and campus publications.
Business June 25, 2025
Taking a Chance and Finding Community

Thanh Hao Do is no stranger to taking chances. After spending her childhood in Vietnam, the Master of Business Administration student, who goes by Lucy to friends, is finding what she wanted out of her next adventure -- at the University of Dayton.

Libraries June 24, 2025
Celebrate Disability Pride This July
Explore library resources to commemorate the anniversary of a landmark civil rights law, signed 35 years ago.
Libraries June 23, 2025
UD History: The First Woman Flyer to Fly
Ava Merriman ’25 profiles pilot Susan Martin High ’42.
Libraries June 05, 2025
UD History: The Central Women’s Organization
Ava Merriman ’25 traces the trajectory of women enrolled on campus and how the coeducational environment took shape.
LGBTQ+ June 02, 2025
R&R With LGBTQIA+ Reads
An important part of social change is rest. Here are recommended reads for Pride Month.
Faith/Mission May 30, 2025
A celebration of obedience, Eid Mubarak
Eid Mubarak to our UD family and friends! Eid al Adha, a celebration of obedience and submission to Allah (swt), always comes around when we’re most in need of its lessons. Through Prophet Ibrahim’s (AS) willingness to fully trust in Allah’s (swt) plan, we’re called to reflect on our own submission in faith. As young Muslim college students, it can be easy to get lost in the pressures of uncertainty and stresses of succeeding. On Eid al Adha we take a moment to reconsider and regain our balance in our spiritual paths.
Libraries May 30, 2025
UD History: Asian American and Pacific Islander Students
Ava Merriman 25 celebrates past students and their achievements.
Libraries May 28, 2025
Curating Passion
Students lead the development of a one-of-a-kind collection of popular romance novels.
Human Rights April 30, 2025
A Moment at the UN
On April 15, 2025, the University of Dayton Human Rights Center, in collaboration with the University of The Bahamas and the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, officially launched the report “Looking Back, Reaching Forward: Commemorating the International Decade for People of African Descent and the Human Rights of Women and Girls.”