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College Faculty in the News: Nov. 10, 2021

News agencies across the region, the nation and throughout the world often reach out to our faculty experts for their perspectives on today's issues. This media coverage highlights the service, research and scholarship taking place in the College of Arts and Sciences. Find links to a number of recent stories below.

"UD professors awarded over $3 million in NIH funding"
Dayton Daily News, Nov. 5, 2021
Professors Madhuri Kango-Singh and Amit Singh, Department of Biology; Associate Professor Chenglong Zhao, Department of Physics

"University of Dayton lands $1.5M grant to develop 'super-resolution' imaging tech"
Dayton Business Journal, Nov. 5, 2021
Associate Professor Chenglong Zhao, Department of Physics

"Funk music will be celebrated, performed and studied at the Dayton Funk Symposium"
91.3 WYSO, Nov. 3, 2021
Professor Sharon Davis Gratto, Department of Music

"Voices: Transform Dayton’s public safety system to support racial and disability justice"
Dayton Daily News, Oct. 28, 2021
Associate Professor Joel Pruce, Department of Political Science

"Living out Charism: Marianist lay communities"
Commonweal Magazine, Oct. 27, 2021
Associate Professor Neomi De Anda, Department of Religious Studies

"Are black cats actually unlucky? Here’s where the superstition originated"
WDTN-TV 2, Oct. 27, 2021
Associate Professor Meghan Henning, Department of Religious Studies

"Fruit flies are the backbone of this University of Dayton research grant"
Dayton Business Journal, Oct. 26, 2021
Professors Madhuri Kango-Singh and Amit Singh, Department of Biology

"University of Dayton dedicates building in honor of first African-American woman graduate"
CBS-TV 7, Oct. 22, 2021
Dean Jason Pierce, College of Arts and Sciences

"What is COP26? Here’s how global climate negotiations work and what’s expected from the Glasgow summit"
The Conversation, Oct. 20, 2021
Professor Shelley Inglis, Executive Director of the Human Rights Center

"Dayton honors its funk music heritage with new name for downtown street"
Dayton Daily News, Oct. 12, 2021

"Dayton street to get ‘funky’ new name designation to honor city’s music history"
WDTN-TV 2, Oct. 11, 2021

"City officials to designate street Land of Funk Way"
ABC-TV 22 and Fox-TV 45, Oct. 12, 2021
Professor Sharon Davis Gratto, Department of Music

Top of page (l-r), top row: Neomi De Anda, Meghan Henning, Sharon Davis Gratto, Chenglong Zhao. Bottom row: Amit Singh, Madhuri Kango-Singh, Joel Pruce, Shelley Inglis.

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The National Science Foundation awarded University of Dayton isotope geochemist Zelalem Bedaso a three-year, $156,776 grant to study seasonal rainfall variability over the last 200,000 years in East Africa to understand the impact of extreme weather on early humans and the ecosystems on which they depended.
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UDayton Writes returns to celebrate the written word

The Department of English recently held its third UDayton Writes event in conjunction with the National Council of Teachers of English's National Day on Writing. The event draws attention to the remarkable variety of composing that writers from all walks of life create and makes them aware of their craft.

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