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UD faculty offered their expertise to The Conversation and Spectrum News 1 Ohio. Local media reported on a U.S. Department of Homeland Security grant to the Human Rights Center to develop a network to help prevent domestic violent extremism.

To University of Dayton mechanical engineering student Grace Silverberg and her classmates, "business" can be a foreign language. But with UD's Stitt Scholars program, she's able to speak to those in the field who someday will help sell her ideas.

U.S News & World Report tapped the expertise of cybersecurity expert Dave Salisbury for its story "10 things to do if your identity is stolen." Law.com featured the School of Law's Flyer Legal Pathways Program.

There are many reasons students don't start college immediately after high school, and keep putting it off or never attend. The University of Dayton's Osher Reentry Scholarship, now endowed with a $1 million gift from the Bernard Osher Foundation, helps remove some of those challenges.

The path Christopher Morrison has traveled has touched many facets of the University of Dayton experience — student, alum, parent of three graduates and employee. Known and respected across the University, he is well-positioned to lead UD's advancement and fundraising efforts when he becomes vice president for advancement Aug. 1.

University of Dayton President Eric F. Spina announced today that Vice President of Advancement Jennifer Howe has accepted a position with Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, effective July 31. Spina named Christopher Morrison, associate vice president and director of campaign operations, to succeed Howe as vice president.

Commonweal, Newsweek, National Geographic; The Attitude on the Pacifica Network, which has 220 affiliates; and Catholic News Service are among the national news outlets sharing UD faculty expertise. Local media featured the Greater West Dayton Incubator's grand opening.

In the past two weeks, 13 faculty and staff representing eight units either contributed pieces to, were interviewed for, or mentioned in stories by The Conversation, Times Higher Education, The Academic Minute, The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, The Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, The Telegraph in the United Kingdom, K-12 Dive and Optics.org. Several local and regional media also highlighted our announcement of UD's new arts center.

The University of Dayton’s first building dedicated to visual and performing arts will be named for local entrepreneur and philanthropist Roger Glass ‘67, president and CEO of Marion’s Piazza.

President Eric F. Spina wrote an op-ed for DIVERSE: Issues in Higher Education about bridging the access and success gap for lower-income students. Forbes profiled Brent Kondritz, executive director for the Center for Leadership. Several Dayton-area news outlets featured University efforts to increase scholarships for nursing students and diversifying the legal profession.