January 12, 2025

Where the Magic Happens

Being a grandfather can be magical — as long as you don’t end up in jail.

 

January 10, 2025

Who's Publishing What: My Mother's Boyfriends

The insightful, witty and often laugh-out-loud stories in Samantha Schoech's My Mother's Boyfriends: Stories are populated by angels, earthquakes, sibling complexity, love affairs gone bad and children left to figure it out on their own. Woven throughout is an abididing sympathy for the mess-ups, bad choices and missteps humans make despite their best intentions.

 

January 10, 2025

Who's Publishing What: If You'd Only Listen

How far are you prepared to go to save the life of someone you love? In If You'd Only Listen: A Medical Memoir of Gaslighting, Grit & Grace, Rosie Sorenson prevails over a medical system that seemed bent on defeating her and her husband.

January 10, 2025

It's Winter O'Clock in Texas

Now that I've recovered from my yearly disappointment in not having a white Christmas in East Texas (unless you count the massive accumulation of almond bark I ate), the time of year has finally arrived when we Texans occasionally have our winter-precip sensitivities triggered by the National Weather Service.

January 10, 2025

Who's Publishing What: Why Can't My Brother Be More Like My Cat?

Little girls absolutely love their cats. But when it comes to their brothers, they have two reactions: Either they adore them — or want to trade them for a more refined sibling, one who’s less embarrassing, more sympatico and well, more "cat-like."

Business January 09, 2025

Together We Lead: Celebrating Growth and Friendship in Women’s Business Leadership

From self-actualization workshops to networking with industry leaders, the WBL ILLC equips first-year students with skills, confidence, and connections for success in business.

Libraries January 07, 2025

King’s Faith in Action

Josie Carpenter-Lewis ’27 shares ways to celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

January 06, 2025

She's Got My Number

According to statistics that must be true or I wouldn't have made them up, 87 percent of grandfathers couldn't pass a third-grade math test.

Libraries January 06, 2025

Encountering the ‘Mirror of Hope’

Since its arrival to the University of Dayton in 2000 during the Great Jubilee to its 25th anniversary during Jubilee 2025, the “Mirror of Hope” sends a clear message of hope to visitors to the Marian Library.

Faculty January 06, 2025

The Cheat-Proof Assessment

What if we told you there was a surefire way to assess your students' understanding of key concepts with zero risk of cheating? And what if, as a side benefit, you'd have the opportunity to get to know your students better?