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Maggie Ward, a senior political science major from Chicago, was the student speaker Tuesday, Aug. 20, at the University of Dayton’s 2019 academic convocation, welcoming first-year students and new faculty.

Associate Professor Arthur Jipson, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, recently explained to the Chronicle of Higher Education how his "hotwash" at the end of each class enhances student engagement and builds community. Follow this and other recent media coverage of the service, research, scholarship and commentary of College of Arts and Sciences programs and their faculty.

University of Dayton psychology professor Roger Reeb has been selected as a fellow of the Midwestern Psychological Association in recognition of his contributions to the discipline, and his exceptional mentorship of graduate and undergraduate students.

The Memorial Day tornado outbreak that devastated communities across the Dayton region put a number of University of Dayton students at the forefront of local disaster recovery efforts.

Airports in Oakland CA and Newark NJ were recent topics of discussion by Professor Janet Bednarek in national media outlets. Follow these and other recent media coverage of the service, research, scholarship and commentary of College of Arts and Sciences programs and their faculty.

The University of Dayton’s Mock Trial program ended its best year in decades with an April trip to the national competition in Philadelphia, where students held their own against prominent schools such as Harvard and Brown.

Filmmaker Jesseca Ynez Simmons, whose feature-length documentary, I Can Only Be Mary Lane, is winning awards and accolades at film festivals in the U.S. and abroad, will soon wrap principal photography on her next project with a crew of undergraduate students.