Recent Posts
Campus and Community
5.11.2026
Fitz Center earns national honor for lasting community
impact
The award reflects nearly 25 years of work building reciprocal relationships with community partners across Dayton.
Engineering
5.11.2026
Driving Innovation through the Future of Autonomous
Systems
The School of Engineering recently introduced a pilot interdisciplinary robotics course designed to transform how students engage with autonomous systems. By prioritizing hands-on, applied learning, the course provides an accessible entry point into a field that is rapidly reshaping the industrial landscape.
President
5.10.2026
The world needs you — and you are
ready
Build community. Seek truth. Cultivate belonging. Model hope. "Together, these are powerful forces as we work toward peace, justice, and the common good," University of Dayton President Eric F. Spina told the Class of 2026 at spring undergraduate commencement.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
5.9.2026
Writers Helping
Writers
The Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop has long been known for its supportive, welcoming spirit. That spirit inspired Mary Warwick, a stand-up comic from the Pittsburgh area, to make a generous $5,000 gift to support emerging writers.
Health
5.8.2026
Ecuador medical immersion trip exposes students to cross-cultural health
care
A week in Ecuador pushed students to look past biological symptoms and see how culture defines healing.
President
5.8.2026
A Foot in Two
Campuses
I don’t have to look far on our campus to find students who began their journey at Sinclair Community College but quickly made the University of Dayton their home, too. They arrive with a foot in two campuses, and they’re everywhere.
Sciences
5.7.2026
Biology major awarded Goldwater Scholarship for STEM research
leaders
Ashley Williams is UD’s seventh Goldwater Scholar and the fourth in biology.
Athletics
5.7.2026
Running Back Looking
Forward
Sean Banks will be graduating on May 10 with experience in media production, credits on a documentary, involvement with advocacy and an award to his name — all things he credits to his football career.
Engineering
5.7.2026
Finding Purpose in the Classroom and on the Field
Izzy Kemp didn’t come to the University of Dayton to choose between engineering and softball — she came to do both.
President
5.6.2026
Giving
Hearts
An email recently landed in my inbox that made my day. Gayle Horton, director of Colin’s Lodge, a recreation and enrichment center for adults with cognitive differences, shared how UD students are bringing joy to their members through their MANY volunteer hours.