Sciences
Science Funding Tops $3M
September 18, 2017
The National Science Foundation has awarded eight grants totaling more than $2.3 million to University of Dayton College of Arts and Sciences faculty during the last 12 months - supporting science, technology, engineering and mathematics research for the common good. Combined with two previous, active grants, the College’s current NSF funding total exceeds $3 million.
College Faculty in the News: September 11, 2017
September 11, 2017
Associate Professor Shuang-Ye Wu, department of geology, discusses local flood control in light of recent U.S. hurricane activity. Follow these stories and other recent media coverage of College of Arts and Sciences faculty research, scholarship and commentary.
Garden of Plenty
September 05, 2017
Inspired by environmental biology and sustainability, energy and the environment students, and led by the Hanley Sustainability Institute and facilities management, the University of Dayton Kennedy Union rooftop garden will provide a campus hub for sustainability education, improved aesthetics and a cooler roof that can lower the building's energy costs, and send cleaner water into storm sewers.
Good Things Come in Threes
August 30, 2017
The odds of having triplets are about 1 in 1,000. The chances a set of triplets would attend the University of Dayton, share the same major and work in the same research laboratories are no doubt smaller still.
Imaginative Minds
August 28, 2017
The Shroyer Park Center, tucked away unobtrusively in a residential neighborhood, is a world-class research center. That could surprise some of its neighbors, who may not realize its reach extends to the frontiers of space.
College Faculty in the News: August 25, 2017
August 25, 2017
Several College faculty recently contributed to the national conversation on hate groups in the U.S. following the tragic events in Charlottesville VA. Follow these stories and other recent media coverage of College of Arts and Sciences faculty research, scholarship and commentary.
A Fresh Perspective on the World
August 23, 2017
Meg Maloney, a senior environmental biology major from Glen Ellyn, Illinois, is blazing an admirable path at the University of Dayton. She is president of the Sustainability Club, a student leader in the Hanley Sustainability Institute and active with the Rivers Institute. On Tuesday, Aug. 22, she delivered the following student keynote address at convocation, which formally begins the academic year.
Advice to the Class of 2021
August 21, 2017
This year, the University of Dayton College of Arts and Sciences welcomes more than 1,050 first-year students, representing nearly half of the University’s more than 2,250 new students from 41 states and 16 countries.
College Faculty in the News: August 10, 2017
August 10, 2017
Tony Talbott, director of Abolition Ohio and interim executive director of the Human Rights Center, recently discussed the tragic deaths of illegally transported immigrants with several media outlets around the country. Follow this story and other recent media coverage of College of Arts and Sciences faculty research, scholarship and commentary.
Cyber Security Leader
August 09, 2017
A founding member of the Air Force Institute of Technology Center for Cyberspace Research at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has been named the University of Dayton's first distinguished research professor in computer science.