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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.
12.19.2025
UD in the News Dec.
13-19
Faculty contributed to The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Conversation and Catholic World Report. Local media reported on $5 million in gifts from former board chairs for UD's new student health and wellbeing center.
12.12.2025
UD in the News Dec.
6-12
Faculty contributed expertise to The Academic Minute, The National Desk, Catholic World Report and Democracy Without Borders. Local media highlighted UD's graduation, Nativities exhibit, and initiatives to strengthen student success and well-being.
12.8.2025
UD in the News Dec.
1-5
Education law expert Charles Russo and law student Lydia Artz contributed to The Conversation. Poets&Quants For Undergrads listed Lissa Cupp, senior lecturer in management and marketing, among its best undergraduate business professors for 2025.
12.1.2025
UD in the News Nov.
22-30
UD President Eric Spina wrote an op-ed for the Dayton Daily News about how international students contribute to our academic, intellectual, economic and cultural vibrancy. Local media also featured UD's Nativity exhibit and new partnership with IBM.
11.12.2025
Pair of community leaders to receive University of Dayton honorary
degrees
UD will award honorary degrees to Debbie Blunden-Diggs, chief executive and artistic director of the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, and Tony Hall, former U.S. ambassador and three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee at graduation Dec. 13, in UD Arena.
10.27.2025
UD in the News Oct.
18-24
Dayton media featured UD’s Roger Brown Residency, business students helping build a Habitat home, 175th anniversary exhibits, student entrepreneurs and a new 5G training lab, while national and international outlets tapped UD expertise and research.