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Upcoming events include a law school admission test workshop; a free, public talk about 'how to revitalize the Catholic church,' a law school symposium on the rule of law in international governance and Center for Leadership professional development sessions.

University of Dayton faculty and staff contributed to the national conversation on curricular innovations, college affordability and career outcomes in Education Dive, The Chronicle of Higher Education and U.S. News & World Report. CBC News, Catholic News Service and BYU Radio tapped faculty expertise on airport design, social media and corporate social responsibility.

University of Dayton faculty expertise spread worldwide the first half of December via The Conversation, an international news outlet that features articles by academics, CTV in Canada, Medium.com, Eyewire and the Detroit Free Press.

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.

CTV in Canada, The Daily Beast, MedicalXpress and WalletHub are among the international and national media tapping University of Dayton faculty expertise to discuss the issues of the day. In Ohio, The Columbus Dispatch published assistant law professor Erica Goldberg's op-ed about restoring legitimacy to the U.S. Supreme Court and media outlets statewide continued to turn to Christopher Devine to talk about the midterm elections.

In an op-ed published Oct. 31 in The Columbus Dispatch, Erica Goldberg, assistant professor of law, outlines how we, the people, can restore legitimacy to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Three religious studies faculty contributed think-pieces for national news outlets The Conversation and Catholic News Service. Meghan Henning explained 'Why the Christian Idea of Hell No Longer Persuades People to Care for the Poor' in The Conversation and Cecilia Moore discussed Black Catholic History Month and Jana Bennett wrote about 'Being Catholic Online — Problems and Possibilities' for Catholic News Service.

Mary Fisher's piece in The Conversation explained why physical therapy is important for women treated for breast cancer. Other faculty experts talked to CTV in Canada, WIRED, CGTN America, Fox News and preLaw magazine about the hearings for U.S. Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh, damage UAVs can do to planes, Cameroon's election, midterm elections in Ohio and online legal education.

The University of Dayton School of Law will offer an entirely online Master of Laws (LL.M.) program in American and Transnational Law, including an optional U.S. legal practice certificate, starting in January. LL.M. programs are for those who already hold a law degree but want additional training in a specific area.

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.