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Four faculty wrote for The Conversation while national media tapped a pair of others to comment on Pope Benedict XVI's legacy. Stars and Stripes picked up a Dayton Daily News story highlighting UD's Air Force partnerships.

Faruki PLL, CareSource, the Dayton Legal Heritage Foundation of The Dayton Foundation and Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc. have joined the University of Dayton School of Law’s Flyer Legal Pathways Program to recruit underrepresented and underserved students to law school; and provide them full law school tuition, a $15,000 stipend for living expenses, mentors, summer clerkships and a job following graduation.

UD School of Engineering faculty, staff and alumni are leading by example and showing students how to serve others with their engineering skills by improving access to water for schools in Malawi.

The University of Dayton was awarded nearly $840,000 for Choose Ohio First scholarships to recruit and graduate students studying the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.

Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, Commonweal and Sinclair Broadcasting's The National Desk highlighted UD programs and expertise. Regional and local media featured a new program for first-generation students and classes working for the common good.

Centerville High School senior Gabby Davis, described as a purpose-driven leader who can quickly make people feel included in a community, has been awarded the prestigious W.S. McIntosh Memorial Leadership Award.

The University of Dayton is accepting applications for the new Kessler Scholars program to support UD Sinclair Academy students who are the first in their families to pursue a four-year degree with financial aid, academic guidance, mentoring and more.

The Very Reverend Canon Kelly Brown Douglas, dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary, canon theologian at Washington National Cathedral, and author of two books on racial reconciliation and social justice, will be the speaker at the University's annual Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast.

The Conversation and the daily newsletter of the American Society of Engineering Education highlighted UD classes while INSIGHT Into Diversity featured the new Health Equity Activation Think Tank.

The University of Dayton will launch a new Health Equity Fellows program to provide paid internships, mentoring and professional development to underrepresented students from the Dayton region.