News Archive : University of Dayton, Ohio

News releases older than 2005 can be found at the University's eCommons site.

New Board Members

August 06, 2018

The University of Dayton has named executives from the education, business, health care and media sectors, along with three Marianist leaders, to its board of trustees. The 10 new trustees will serve three-year terms; the 2018-19 board will have 34 members in all, including ex officio trustees.

For the Common Good

July 27, 2018

Service, President, Campus and Community, Faculty and Staff, Humanities and Social Sciences, Giving, Faith/Mission

The Marianist Province of the United States is making a $1.5 million gift to elevate the present Father William J. Ferree Professor of Social Justice to an endowed chair and place an enduring stamp of Catholic Social Thought and Marianist character on the academic life of the University of Dayton.

A New Phase

June 12, 2018

President, Campus and Community

The planning process for the redevelopment of the former Montgomery County fairgrounds has entered a new phase.

UD in the News April 14-20

April 19, 2018

President, Students, Faculty and Staff, Business, Engineering, Research, Diversity and Inclusion

The American Talent Initiative — a national coalition of top colleges and universities working toward a collective goal of enrolling and graduating 50,000 additional talented, low- or moderate-income students by 2025 — headlined its first newsletter with a Q&A interview with University of Dayton President Eric F. Spina.

Answered Prayers

April 09, 2018

President

President Emeritus Daniel J. Curran received a liver transplant on Friday, April 13, and continues to recover.

A New Neighborhood

January 25, 2018

Faculty and Staff, Faith/Mission, President, Campus and Community

The University of Dayton and Premier Health have sketched out a preliminary vision for the former Montgomery County fairgrounds for a new kind of neighborhood that builds on Dayton's history of innovation and entrepreneurship and can propel the region's next wave of jobs and opportunity.

Curran Place

January 23, 2018

Campus and Community, President

The University of Dayton announced today that the 1700 South Patterson Building, which once housed the NCR Corp. world headquarters, will be renamed Daniel J. Curran Place, in honor of the past UD president who presided over one of the most consequential eras of growth in the University's history.

Time to Act

November 16, 2017

Humanities and Social Sciences, Sustainability, President, Human Rights

University of Dayton President Eric F. Spina is among more than 150 leaders of Catholic universities, organizations and religious orders who have signed a letter urging U.S. President Donald Trump and Congress to reassert U.S. leadership in the global effort to address climate change.

Creating Lasting Change

November 10, 2017

Diversity and Inclusion, Humanities and Social Sciences, President

University of Dayton President Eric F. Spina will serve on the inaugural CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion Presidents' Circle, which will work to create lasting change on college campuses around the country.

Unwavering Commitments

October 20, 2017

Sustainability, Faith/Mission, Humanities and Social Sciences, Campus and Community, Human Rights, President

As part of the University of Dayton's continued commitment to sustainability and human rights, it has joined the United Nations Global Compact and the Global Catholic Climate Movement.

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