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Media in the U.K., Canada and Ethiopia as well as prominent U.S. media outlets USA Today and National Catholic Reporter highlighted faculty research and expertise on topics that included the Presidential Medal of Freedom, drones, the Mueller report and others.

All three Dayton TV stations, the Dayton Daily News and the Dayton Business Journal covered the announcement that a joint venture formed by the University and The Entrepreneurs Center signed a 10-year lease at the Dayton Arcade, a key piece in the redevelopment of the historic downtown complex.

The Arcade Innovation Hub LLC, a dynamic joint venture of the University of Dayton and The Entrepreneurs Center, has committed to a 10-year lease as anchor tenant for the downtown Arcade, bringing hundreds of UD faculty, staff and students, comprehensive entrepreneurial support services and thousands of square feet of working space for local startups to the massive redevelopment project.

University of Dayton President Eric Spina sat down with WHIO-TV to discuss UD's future and theologian Sandra Yocum discussed the bishops meeting in Rome about the sex abuse crisis with national outlets Newsy and The Epoch Times. The Chronicle of Higher Education featured a UD program in a story about colleges incorporating mental health checkups into the curriculum.

Five University of Dayton students received Emerson Helix Innovation Scholarships sponsored by The Helix Innovation Center on the University of Dayton campus. They will work with Emerson engineers and industry leaders to develop innovations in the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration industry.

The University of Dayton set another research record in fiscal year 2018 and claimed the top spot in the nation among universities for materials engineering research in the latest National Science Foundation rankings for fiscal year 2017. UD ranks in the top 25 of all U.S. colleges and universities in seven categories.

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.

Nine University of Dayton students are working this summer to find creative solutions to real-world challenges focused on education innovation.

Two teams of University of Dayton entrepreneurs won spots in the final round of the China-US Young Maker Competition, along with free travel to Beijing to compete Aug. 13-17.

University of Dayton physiologist Anne Crecelius will bring new technology into the classroom through a national prize that recognizes innovative teachers.