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Students were on The Briefing with Steve Scully on SiriusXM to discuss their class where they write campaign memos. Local media featured hands-on learning opportunities for students, a grant to help disabled children connect with religion, and more.
Regional and local media highlighted an agreement to reduce UD's carbon footprint by 71%, partnerships to create education and career opportunities for area students, and Flyer Pitch winners. The Conversation and ABC News featured faculty expertise.
America, News Nation, The Conversation, The National Desk, WalletHub, Glam and several Ohio news outlets sought UD expertise about the issues of the day.
President Eric F. Spina participated in a Dayton Business Journal Q&A. Several media featured UD's role in the First Four. The Hill published an op-ed by rail industry expert Michael Gorman. Three legal education publications featured the law school.
The Conversation, The National Desk, Politico and The Circuit News are among the national outlets seeking UD faculty expertise. Regional and local media highlighted several faculty and initiatives, including the NCAA First Four.
The Academic Minute, National Catholic Reporter, Newsweek, The Columbus Dispatch and Spectrum News 1 featured UD faculty expertise and student research. Local media highlighted a Marian Library exhibit, UD's CPR training kiosk and the Flyer Pep Band.
The Conversation, the USA TODAY Network and Spectrum News 1 Ohio are among the national and regional media highlighting UD faculty expertise and research. Melissa Oei wrote about her experiences as a student entrepreneur for Poets & Quants For Undergrads. Local media featured how UD Arena was more than just a basketball venue during the pandemic.
University of Dayton Arena was scheduled to be ready for March Madness on March 15, 2020. But COVID-19 changed that. By that evening, a flurry of text messages to UD Arena Executive Director Scott DeBolt set into motion a transformation of UD Arena unlike any in its history. By March 17, 2020, the day the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament should have tipped in Dayton, the arena became southwest Ohio's first mass public COVID-19 testing site.
The Associated Press wrote about an upcoming book about Black nuns by UD historian Shannen Dee Williams. The Conversation published another piece by Susan and Bill Trollinger about the Ark Encounter. Sinclair Broadcasting's national news program interviewed political scientist Christopher Devine about the recent primary and upcoming general elections.
Four faculty contributed pieces to The Conversation while a trio of faculty in the School of Law contributed their expertise to Inside Higher Ed, Newsweek and Fox News. Forbes cited the research of a pair economics faculty into how a Cinderella run in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship can affect a university's bottom line. CNN International Europe and U.S. also ran the CNN #MyFreedomDay feature about anti-human trafficking work in the Human Rights Center.