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DAYTON, Ohio — The University of Dayton will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the University's human rights studies program and 70th anniversary of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights with a pair of free, public events Thursday, Dec. 6, featuring a current U.S. State Department official and the editor-in-chief of top academic human rights journal Human Rights Quarterly.

Historian Julius Amin contributed another piece on Cameroon to The Conversation, a global network of newsrooms "committed to information transparency and credibility." Catholic Philly, MarketWatch, Fox News, CNSNews.com and Governing were among the national media quoting University of Dayton faculty experts. the National Jurist listed the School of Law among the nation's best schools for legal technology.

The University of Dayton will continue working toward a more sustainable world with a week of public activities Oct. 21-24 to promote green living.

Media around the world sought theologians Sandra Yocum and Dennis Doyle to explain the latest sex abuse revelations in the Roman Catholic Church. This week, they gave interviews to Sputnik Radio, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Associated Press and Agence France-Presse.

The University of Dayton is ranked No. 18 on Sierra magazine's "Cool Schools" list for displaying "a deep and thorough commitment to protecting the environment, addressing climate issues and encouraging environmental responsibility."

Time wrote about University of Dayton research on bragging and modesty; EWTN Catholic Radio interviewed Andrew Kosmowski about the Marian Library's 75th anniversary, Education Dive continued to seek CIO Tom Skill's advice on cybersecurity; and Heavy.com, with more than 10 million unique viewers per month, picked up historian Haimanti Roy's piece from The Conversation about the road to India's partition.

The Marianist Province of the United States is making a $1.5 million gift to elevate the present Father William J. Ferree Professor of Social Justice to an endowed chair and place an enduring stamp of Catholic Social Thought and Marianist character on the academic life of the University of Dayton.

The University of Dayton’s Marian Library, which holds the world's largest dedicated collection of books and artifacts on Virgin Mary, will continue its 75th anniversary celebration with a new exhibit and concert.

As the University of Dayton approaches the three-year anniversary of the dedication of the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, students and staff share their thoughts on the renovated chapel — their reaction to the space, their favorite aspects and the role the Chapel plays in our faith community.