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The University of Dayton School of Law and Dayton law firms Thompson Hine and Taft have selected the first students for their Flyer Legal Pathways Program. The program is a new approach to improving diversity in the legal profession by recruiting future lawyers from underrepresented groups before they even enter law school. 

The Conversation, the USA TODAY Network and Spectrum News 1 Ohio are among the national and regional media highlighting UD faculty expertise and research. Melissa Oei wrote about her experiences as a student entrepreneur for Poets & Quants For Undergrads. Local media featured how UD Arena was more than just a basketball venue during the pandemic.

University of Dayton Arena was scheduled to be ready for March Madness on March 15, 2020. But COVID-19 changed that. By that evening, a flurry of text messages to UD Arena Executive Director Scott DeBolt set into motion a transformation of UD Arena unlike any in its history. By March 17, 2020, the day the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament should have tipped in Dayton, the arena became southwest Ohio's first mass public COVID-19 testing site.

Nine University of Dayton students and recent graduates won competitive national fellowships to pursue advanced degrees, study internationally or teach abroad during the 2022-23 academic year.

Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague recognized the University of Dayton for tuition transparency as well as the affordability offered through the UD Sinclair Academy with his June Compass Award.

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.

The University of Dayton is among the first group of colleges and universities earning Ohio's Collegiate Purple Star designation for being supportive and inclusive of military-connected students.

In remote surgery or autonomous vehicles, milliseconds matter when a wireless system sends, receives and executes commands. University of Dayton researcher Feng Ye hopes to help improve the speed of 5G and beyond 5G wireless communication with a $166,520 National Science Foundation grant.

New leadership in the University of Dayton School of Engineering Ethos Center is deepening engagement in the Dayton community. This summer, about 15 UD students will work with 10 area organizations to connect their engineering skills with each organizations' needs and aspirations.

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.