Recent Posts
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
4.11.2026
Rise, Sally,
Rise
After almost 37 years of marriage, the inevitable has happened….
My husband, Steve, has a new love interest.
Sustainability
4.10.2026
Energy Knowledge: The Importance of
Accessibility
A Residential Energy Team member works to make energy topics more accessible to fellow students.
Experiential Learning
4.9.2026
History students access Air Force Museum Archives at Wright-Patt for the first
time
The visit was made possible by UD alumnus Samuel Lynch ’25, a museum curator.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
4.9.2026
How to Slay as a
Humorist-in-Residence
It’s day 14, my last day in residency, and much like the weather here in Dayton, I’m facing the high/lows. It’s a lone high, getting back home to my family, imbalanced against a barrage of lows.
Sustainability
4.8.2026
Table of Plenty: Food Justice
Dialogue
Table of Plenty events are held monthly, each centered around a different social justice topic.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
4.8.2026
My Magical
Robe
"I have been living on the fourth floor. I smile at the maids, ride the elevator, visit the gym, find different nooks in which to pull out my laptop and type my words. I walk along the river. I wrap myself tightly inside my magical robe," writes Debra Solomon Baker about her experience as a humorist-in-residence at the Marriott.
Honors
4.8.2026
Welcome Dr. Mary-Kate Sableski, Honors Faculty Fellow for
Teaching
Dr. Mary-Kate Sableski has joined the Honors Program as the Honors Faculty Fellow for Teaching. In this role, Dr. Sableski will help improve honors courses by meeting with faculty and strengthening teaching techniques.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
4.7.2026
The Ballet According to Me (And That's the
Problem)
I went to the ballet.
Libraries
4.7.2026
2026 Library Award
Winners
Congratulations to Lilly Lowe, Maggie Romano and Stacy Ngo.
Research
4.6.2026
The Gift of Archival
Teaching
2025 Marian Fellow Teresa Saxton uses archives in the classroom because “they inspire curiosity to know more but also ask us to grapple with what we cannot know.”