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10.16.2026
UD in the News Oct.
10-16
Media statewide featured the University of Dayton's historic announcement of current Provost Darlene Weaver being named UD's 20th president. A podcast airing on NPR affiliates nationwide and The Conversation also shared faculty expertise.
News
10.16.2026
Paul Haught to be interim
provost
Paul Haught, the University's vice provost for faculty, graduate and professional education, will become UD's interim provost, effective Nov. 1, while Darlene Weaver begins her transition to UD president July 1.
News
10.13.2026
University of Dayton Osher Lifelong Learning Institute to host free arts open
house
The University of Dayton Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will host a free arts open house from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, at Daniel J. Curran Place (1770 S. Patterson Blvd., Dayton, Ohio). Light refreshments will be served.
News
10.12.2026
Darlene Weaver named University of Dayton’s 20th
president
The University of Dayton Board of Trustees named Darlene Weaver, UD's provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, as the University's 20th president. She will begin her tenure July 1 as the first woman to serve as president in UD's 176-year history.
News
10.9.2026
UD in the News Oct.
3-9
Newsweek tapped the expertise of communication department chair Chad Painter while others around the world, nation and Ohio continued to seek analysis from UD political scientists about midterm elections.
News
10.6.2026
Book by UD law professor chronicles life of legal pioneer targeted by
McCarthy-ism
A book due out Oct. 20 by University of Dayton law professor Jennifer L. Brinkley chronicles the life of legal pioneer Dorothy Kenyon whose career was nearly undone when U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy named her first on his list of alleged communists.
News
10.6.2026
University of Dayton School of Law seminar pulls back the curtain on
AI
The University of Dayton School of Law's 35th Program in Law and Technology seminar Nov. 13 will bring together students, practitioners and judges, and provide an expert's perspective on how AI works and what that means for the legal profession.