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5.1.2020
Political scientist finds disconnect in Libertarian Party platform,
voters
University of Dayton political scientist Christopher Devine has written the definitive academic study of the Libertarian Party — America’s third largest political party. He documents a growing disconnect between the party’s radical platform and the more mainstream, “fiscally conservative and socially liberal” policy preferences of its rank-and-file supporters.
4.13.2020
Political scientists' new book: 'Do Running Mates
Matter?'
Do vice presidential running mates really matter? The first comprehensive book to focus on the topic has the data to prove it.
10.11.2019
University receives $6 million gift for Flyer Promise, experiential learning, faculty and staff entrepreneurship,
athletics
A University of Dayton alumni couple has donated $6 million to fund a portion of the University’s flagship Flyer Promise scholarship program, support experiential learning opportunities, establish programs to foster a culture of faculty and staff entrepreneurship, and support athletics priorities.
10.2.2019
University of Dayton joins Second Nature commitment affirming higher ed's role in shaping climate-resilient
communities
University of Dayton President Eric F. Spina signed Second Nature's Resilience Commitment focused on climate adaptation and community-building to address a changing climate and resulting extremes.
4.9.2019
University of Dayton, The Entrepreneurs Center announce Arcade
commitment
The Arcade Innovation Hub LLC, a dynamic joint venture of the University of Dayton and The Entrepreneurs Center, has committed to a 10-year lease as anchor tenant for the downtown Arcade, bringing hundreds of UD faculty, staff and students, comprehensive entrepreneurial support services and thousands of square feet of working space for local startups to the massive redevelopment project.
3.19.2019
Researcher speaks at United Nations Environmental Assembly about sustainability
education
Rebecca Potter, director of the University of Dayton sustainability studies program and associate professor of English, was a panelist discussing sustainable education last week at the United Nations Environmental Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya.
3.6.2019
U.S. EPA to accept test results from University of Dayton wind
tunnel
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will accept and review results from spray drift experiments in the University of Dayton Low-Speed Wind Tunnel. University of Dayton assistant professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering Sidaard Gunasekaran and his industry partner Kyle Butz, a technical adviser with Spray Analytics, believe the facility is just the second on a U.S. college campus to hold this designation.