My work explores the push and pull between the natural world and human behavior. Implicit in the pieces is a balance between harmony and disharmony. Implicit also is how human convenience, privilege ...

As the University’s most senior volunteer and a dedicated Golden Flyers committee member with 15 consecutive years of giving, Wourms embodies the spirit of lifelong engagement — something that she ...

Two years ago, engineering associate professor Brad Ratliff bought a 22-passenger van on eBay. He’s since converted it — with the help of his dad, Mike — into his very own mobile lab, an extension of ...

These University of Dayton alumni have kept serving the common good central to their lives as they’ve built careers and served their communities. Nelda Janine Connors was always a driven ...

A chance meeting evolves into a lifelong friendship and thriving business partnership for Tonya Jefferson Hawley ’88 ’90 and Sheree Walker Knowles ’89. In the fall of 1984, Tonya Jefferson Hawley ’88 ...

As the University of Dayton community observes Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we reflect not only on King’s life and legacy, but also on a driving force of his activism: his faith. Born on Jan. 15, 1929, ...

At one time, University of Dayton alumna Sister Mary Catherine Hilkert ’71 thought, “Where are all the women?” Since then, she’s educated legions who are changing the face of theology. Sister Mary ...

“It couldn’t have happened without Mike Kelly,” said Roy Flynn, who teaches in UD’s communication department and produced The Legacy of Success: The History of Dayton Flyers Football. He could have ...

Matt Schatz is the author of Shoes Last Longer in LA (Kung Fu Treachery Press), a debut poetry and light verse collection hailed as “brilliant, hilarious and poignant” and “the funniest book of the ...

The University of Dayton’s rare book collections provided a unique hands-on history lesson for students in a course on faith traditions in early music history, which is open to all majors. Sam Dorf, ...

Every year, the University of Dayton hosts an event to celebrate and educate the campus community about Indigenous cultures. Andy Reza and Shannon Toll are among those creating opportunities for ...

We're looking for outstanding faculty and session ideas for the 2026 Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop. Deadline for Proposals: April 17, 2025. Prospective faculty will be notified during the summer if ...