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JoAnna “Gigi” Walker transferred to UD last fall, unsure if there would be a place for her. When she saw a flier with a rainbow on it marketing a new group for LGBTQ+ STEM majors, she followed the rainbow to a pot of gold: a community.

Legal expert Charles Russo wrote for The Conversation. Newsweek sought the expertise of aviation historian Janet Bednarek. The Baltimore Sun listed Shannen Dee Williams' book on Black Catholic nuns among 10 books celebrating Black heritage.

The Conversation, Associated Press, Eos and Sinclair Broadcasting's The National Desk highlighted UD faculty expertise. Ohio cable news outlet Spectrum News 1 featured McIntosh Scholarship winner Gabby Davis.

The Greater West Dayton Incubator is accepting applications through Feb. 25 for a new round of Cultural Capital microloans.

The Conversation, CNN and regional outlets in Ontario and Ohio tapped UD expertise. The Dayton Daily News wrote about an upcoming symposium to address injustice in Dayton.

The University of Dayton Fighting Flyers was selected as the top Army ROTC program in the Midwest earning the 2022-23 MacArthur Award from the Gen. Douglas MacArthur Foundation.

UD faculty contributed their expertise to The Conversation, Inside Higher Ed, Newsweek, Vox and Sinclair Broadcasting's The National Desk. Local media featured UD events to honor the memory of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Faruki PLL, CareSource, the Dayton Legal Heritage Foundation of The Dayton Foundation and Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc. have joined the University of Dayton School of Law’s Flyer Legal Pathways Program to recruit underrepresented and underserved students to law school; and provide them full law school tuition, a $15,000 stipend for living expenses, mentors, summer clerkships and a job following graduation.

Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, Commonweal and Sinclair Broadcasting's The National Desk highlighted UD programs and expertise. Regional and local media featured a new program for first-generation students and classes working for the common good.

Centerville High School senior Gabby Davis, described as a purpose-driven leader who can quickly make people feel included in a community, has been awarded the prestigious W.S. McIntosh Memorial Leadership Award.