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The Washington Post and NewsNation tapped UD faculty expertise. President Eric F. Spina was a guest of a Dayton Daily News podcast to discuss the pandemic and the future of Dayton.

The Conversation, Sinclair Broadcasting's The National Desk and Popular Science are among the national media outlets tapping faculty expertise. Local media highlighted the University as one of Ohio's first Collegiate Purple Star institutions for being supportive and inclusive of military-connected students.

President Eric F. Spina wrote an op-ed for University Business about supporting transfer students from community colleges. Ohio cable news outlet Spectrum News 1 and local media highlighted the celebration for UD's 2020 graduates. A trio of faculty wrote for The Conversation. Poets and Quants featured student investors in the Davis Center for Portfolio Management.

The Associated Press wrote about an upcoming book about Black nuns by UD historian Shannen Dee Williams. The Conversation published another piece by Susan and Bill Trollinger about the Ark Encounter. Sinclair Broadcasting's national news program interviewed political scientist Christopher Devine about the recent primary and upcoming general elections.

The Conversation and Catholic News Service tapped faculty expertise on sexual assault and Black nuns, respectively, and UD's giving day was featured.

A pair of faculty contributed pieces to The Conversation, School of Education and Health Sciences Dean Ali Carr-Chellman wrote "What All Academic Leaders Can Learn From a 1,000-Piece Puzzle" for Inside Higher Ed, and WDTN-TV in Dayton featured a new American Talent Initiative grant to support transfer students in the UD Sinclair Academy.

The Associated Press quoted political scientist Christopher Devine in a story picked up by at least 180 outlets nationwide. Historian Julius Amin contributed a piece to The Conversation. Distinguished Research Associate and former Ohio Gov. Bob Taft talked to Governing magazine about being a governor. Local media highlighted faculty expertise about the economy and the return of students for the spring semester.

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.

Human Rights Center Executive Director Shelley Inglis was a guest of the Morning Wave in South Korea to discuss the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference. The Los Angeles Times quoted political scientist Christopher Devine's research on vice presidents. Local news media highlighted Tiffany Taylor Smith's promotion to vice president for diversity and inclusion, student work to provide solar energy to local nonprofits and a Research Institute contract for research in autonomous systems.