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10.11.2019
University receives $6 million gift for Flyer Promise, experiential learning, faculty and staff entrepreneurship,
athletics
A University of Dayton alumni couple has donated $6 million to fund a portion of the University’s flagship Flyer Promise scholarship program, support experiential learning opportunities, establish programs to foster a culture of faculty and staff entrepreneurship, and support athletics priorities.
10.2.2019
University of Dayton joins Second Nature commitment affirming higher ed's role in shaping climate-resilient
communities
University of Dayton President Eric F. Spina signed Second Nature's Resilience Commitment focused on climate adaptation and community-building to address a changing climate and resulting extremes.
5.4.2018
Human Rights Studies Program Director Natalie Hudson speaks at U.N. seminar
Natalie Hudson, director of the University of Dayton human rights studies program, spoke at the 2018 United Nations Global Citizenship Education Seminar about the role of human rights and global citizenship education in the U.N.'s 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, 17 goals to eliminate poverty and achieve human rights for everyone economically, socially and environmentally.
9.20.2017
The theological and ecological vision of Laudato Si': Everything is
connected
Thirteen international theologians, ethicists, scientists and economists explain the spiritual, moral and practical themes of Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment in a new book edited by University of Dayton theologian Vincent Miller.
9.18.2017
Jana Bennett writes 'Singleness and the
Church'
Those who never marry, the casually committed, the widowed, the divorced — these and other single people are being overlooked by the church today, Jana Bennett writes in her new book, 'Singleness and the Church: A New Theology of the Single Life,' from Oxford University Press.
8.12.2015
University of Dayton rededicates
chapel
The University of Dayton will start the school year with events to rededicate the spiritual and geographical focal point of its mission — the iconic Chapel of the Immaculate Conception — after a 14-month, $12-million renovation.