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Rivers Stewards year begins with 'shocking' experience

For almost 20 years, the Rivers Stewards, students who spend three years participating in mini-courses and community service ...
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UD professor among scientists investigating Himalayan flood

UD News The University of Dayton's Umesh Haritashya is helping an international group of scientists investigate the ...
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UD receives largest ever single gift for new School of Business Administration; begins fundraising effort

UD News The University of Dayton received a historic $15 million gift from an anonymous donor to support construction of a ...
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Courtney Stangel

Courtney Stangel is a full-time Senior Lecturer in the Department of Accounting at the University of Dayton (UD). She teaches required financial accounting courses in the undergraduate and graduate ...
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Special Programs and Continuing Education

There’s something energizing about a new season of learning—and Spring 2026 at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Dayton (UDOLLI) is shaping up to be one of our most engaging ...
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History: When the KKK bombed campus

It was Dec. 19, 1923 – 100 years ago. The first day of Christmas break at the University of Dayton, with fewer than 40 students still on campus. At 10:30 p.m., the quiet was shattered by a series of ...
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How common is the ‘Common Era?’ How A.D. and C.E. took over counting years

On Dec. 31, people from cultures all around the world will be raising a toast to welcome in A.D. 2022. Few of them will think about the fact that A.D. signals “anno Domini,” Latin for “in the year of ...
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Medieval peasants probably enjoyed their holiday festivities more than you do

When people think of the European Middle Ages, it often brings to mind grinding poverty, superstition and darkness. But the reality of the 1,000-year period from 500 to 1500 was much more complex.
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Mary in Zeitoun: Silent Presence

In 1920, an Egyptian Coptic Christian by the name of Tawfik Khalil Abraham made plans to build a hotel on a plot of land he owned in the town of Zeitoun. According to Coptic tradition, Zeitoun hosted ...
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Waste heat becomes carbon-free electricity for campus through first-of-its-kind initiative

Carbon-free power is now flowing from a waste-heat-to-power project, which will consistently satisfy all of the University of Dayton's electricity needs. The milestone is the result of a 15-year power ...
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UDRI to host national conference on power systems for space missions

With its rich heritage in aerospace and nuclear power technology development, the city of Dayton will be in the national spotlight next week as the site of the 2026 Nuclear and Emerging Technologies ...
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onMain breaks ground on first building, catalyzing a new era of innovation in Dayton

A decade in the making, the onMain Innovation District celebrated a milestone today with the groundbreaking for its first commercial building, the Think Dayton building. The event marks the beginning ...