Recent News
News
2.13.2026
UD in the News Feb.
7-13
Regional and local media reported on the retirement of UD President Eric Spina and onMain's updated master plan. OhioENGINEER featured hands-on learning opportunities for UD engineering students.
News
2.12.2026
Human Rights Center program director named to African committee of
experts
The Gambian government announced the election of University of Dayton research professor of law and UD Human Rights Center Director of Programs Satang Nabaneh to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.
News
2.12.2026
University of Dayton to hold conversation on creativity, the Black excellence, civil rights
movement
Local artist Bing Davis and University of Dayton alumnus Jack Marchbanks will hold a conversation on creativity, Black excellence and the civil rights movement at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, in Sears Recital Hall. It is free and open to the public.
News
2.9.2026
UD in the News Feb.
1-6
Several local outlets covered President Eric Spina's retirement announcement plus tapped faculty expertise in law, fitness, political science and sociology. Faculty also contributed to The Conversation, Railway Age and Catholic World Report.
News
2.6.2026
University of Dayton President Eric F. Spina announces 2027
retirement
University of Dayton President Eric F. Spina has announced he will retire in June 2027, after serving 11 years as UD's 19th president and nearly 40 years in higher education.
News
2.2.2026
UD in the News Jan.
17-31
Faculty contributed expertise to The National Desk, Axios, WOSU-AM, Catholic World Report and Dayton Daily News. ASEE First Bell highlighted Flyer Nest. Local media featured the W.S. McIntosh Memorial Leadership Award and UD's food festival.
News
1.28.2026
Law professor's book on U.S.-England legal differences inspired by end-of-life
letter
Americans following the trial in England of Prince Harry versus the publisher of the British tabloid Daily Mail may be surprised how juries are selected, witnesses are prepared, and other differences between trials in the U.S. and England.