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The University of Dayton renewed its commitment to expanding opportunity and access for lower income students as part of the American Talent Initiative, a national alliance of high-performing colleges and universities committed to addressing this important societal need.

Highlights include a (Cincinnati) Catholic Telegraph Facebook Live interview with Sr. Angela Ann Zukowski, National Catholic Reporter featuring UD's work with a Vatican working group, and WBNS-TV in Columbus, Ohio, tapping the expertise of sociologist Paul Becker.

Agence France-Presse, BYU Radio on Sirius XM and several Dayton news outlets are among those touting UD community involvement, research and faculty expertise.

Local media covered UD's COVID-19 vaccination clinic for students. Faculty and staff discussed COVID-19 vaccines, job searches, infrastructure and police body cameras, among other topics.

President Eric F. Spina was a guest of WHIO-TV Reports to discuss the effect of the pandemic on the University. Faculty contributed three pieces to The Conversation. The National Law Journal and the Dayton Daily News highlighted the School of Law's leap in the U.S. News grad school rankings. The Dayton Daily News, along with Dayton TV station ABC22/Fox45, also featured students among the first Flyer Promise graduates.

The University of Dayton's first Flyer Promise Scholars will graduate this spring — cementing the success of the program created to remove financial barriers and offer support for underrepresented and underserved students.

Biofuels Digest, Renewable Energy Magazine, Yahoo! Sports, Yahoo! News, The Conversation, CNN and The Hill are among the national outlets sharing University of Dayton faculty expertise.

President Eric F. Spina wrote an op-ed on the Dayton Arcade for the Dayton Daily News, Spectrum News in Ohio and Florida featured two student entrepreneurs who started a COVID-related business, and a pair of faculty contributed pieces to The Conversation.

The New York Times and an online magazine of The Washington Post were among the national news outlets seeking faculty expertise on topics including disastrous flooding in India and women in the Catholic Church. 

Local news covered the announcement that the computer science building will be named after UD's first black, female graduate. National news outlet The Conversation featured articles written by faculty in human rights, history and psychology.