Recent News
News
10.13.2025
UD in the News Oct.
4-10
Local and regional media featured UD's "dream school status," a gift to bolster human rights studies, the Flyer Pitch competition, a partnership to improve mental health services for college students, lung cancer research and development at onMain.
Human Rights
10.10.2025
$1.72 million gift to establish professorship in justice, human rights
studies
Shaped by experiences of violence and war, University of Dayton alumnus Jack Meagher's goal is to bring peace to the world, a goal he is supporting with a $1.72 million gift to establish a professorship in justice and human rights studies at UD.
News
10.10.2025
UD, other universities partner with local health systems to launch mental health program for college
students
In a first-of-its-kind collaboration for the region, Dayton’s leading health systems and universities have joined forces to tackle the rising mental health challenges facing young adults. On Friday, Oct. 10, which is also World Mental Health Day, they launched a college-age intensive outpatient program, which gives local college students access to stronger mental health support while continuing their studies.
Engineering
10.8.2025
NIH funding UD engineers' mission to better detect pediatric lung
nodules
University of Dayton researchers are helping Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center by developing artificial intelligence to better detect lung nodules in CT scans of children. To date, no pediatric-specific systems have been developed or tested.
News
10.3.2025
UD in the News Sept. 29-Oct.
3
onMain CEO Brian Heitkamp was on Dayton 24/7 Now's morning show discussing onMain's open house for the community. Spectrum News 1 Ohio featured UD research exploring strategies for the detection and potential treatment of non-small cell lung cancer.
Engineering
10.2.2025
Nearly $500K NIH grant to help UD researchers explore lung cancer detection,
treatment
The National Institutes of Health has awarded nearly a half-million dollars to two University of Dayton researchers exploring strategies for the detection and potential treatment of non-small cell lung cancer.
News
9.29.2025
UD in the News Sept.
20-29
Local news outlets covered the groundbreaking of onMain, Dayton's innovation district. NBC News, The Conversation, Spectrum News 1 Ohio and School Business Now highlighted UD faculty research and expertise.