Navigation

09.08.2025


UD in the News Aug. 29-Sept. 5

UDRI researcher Alexander B. Morgan observes how a block of poly(methyl methacrylate) burns in an apparatus called a cone calorimeter. Credit: University of Dayton Research Institute

Media near and far featured or reported on faculty and student expertise and research, including The Conversation, The National Desk, and eight stories on work in the University of Dayton Research Institute and School of Engineering.

An Arkansas group’s effort to build a white ethnostate forms part of a wider US movement inspired by white supremacy
The Conversation
Paul Becker, sociology

3 states push to put the Ten Commandments back in school – banking on new guidance at the Supreme Court
The Conversation
Charles Russo, School of Law and School of Education and Health Sciences
Lydia Artz, School of Law student

Lawmakers try to find consensus in push to ban congressional stock trading
The National Desk
Christopher Devine, political science

UD researcher looks to create safer work zones with alert system
ASEE First Bell, Spectrum News 1 Ohio, WDTN.com, Dayton 24/7 Now and Dayton Business Journal
Hui "Jack" Wang, civil and environmental engineering and engineering mechanics

Slow burn: The vital need for benign flame retardants
Chemical & Engineering News
Alexander Morgan, University of Dayton Research Institute

University of Dayton Research Institute wins $44M Air Force AI contract
Dayton Business Journal and Dayton Daily News

Political scientists are predicting early campaigning
Ideastream Public Radio
Christopher Devine, political science

As summer turns to fall in Ohio, the ballot for 2026 fills out
The Statehouse News Bureau
Christopher Devine, political science

Dr. Amy Acton, Tim Ryan: What's the state of the 2026 Democratic governor's race?
The Columbus Dispatch
Christopher Devine, political science

Can two Christian schools use the PA system in a public stadium for pre-game prayer?
Alabama Catholic Radio
Charles Russo, School of Law and School of Education and Health Sciences