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The expertise of faculty via The Conversation, a global network of newsrooms "committed to information transparency and credibility" went around the world the week of Sept. 29-Oct. 5. A piece by Janet Bednarek on the 50th anniversary of the Boeing 747 attracted an estimated 60,000 readers around the world, and BBC radio interviewed Julius Amin following his piece on the crisis in Cameroon. 

From Sept. 7 when it was announced the University of Dayton would host the first 2018 Ohio gubernatorial debate through Sept. 21, the University of Dayton received mentions in thousands of stories nationwide.

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.

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.

Agence France-Presse, Time and The Nation were among the international outlets tapping the expertise of University of Dayton faculty to explain the special election in Ohio's 12th Congressional district, the significance of the Ford Mustang, human rights and creating a cybersecure community.

A new book out this month by Joel R. Pruce, University of Dayton assistant professor of human rights, details the evolution of human rights into a mainstream moral cause.

University of Dayton Dining Services joined CNN's celebration of World Oceans Day and CNN's #ZeroPlasticLunch and #thelaststraw initiatives June 8 by announcing Au Bon Pain, which opened last year in Kennedy Union, will transition from plastic containers to compostable containers throughout the summer.

In an op-ed published May 17 in The Columbus Dispatch, Tony Talbott, interim executive director of the University of Dayton Human Rights Center, says online commercial sex ads are on the ropes and it's time to deliver the knockout.

Shelley Inglis will bring 15 years of United Nations' human rights experience to the University of Dayton when she begins her position as the Human Rights Center's executive director Aug. 16.

Natalie Hudson, director of the University of Dayton human rights studies program, spoke at the 2018 United Nations Global Citizenship Education Seminar about the role of human rights and global citizenship education in the U.N.'s 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, 17 goals to eliminate poverty and achieve human rights for everyone economically, socially and environmentally.