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For college students approaching graduation, adulthood is often seen as a period characterized by increasing independence. Years of education are anticipated to create professional opportunities and provide some measure of financial security. However, these expectations become increasingly challenging in an economy in which housing costs remain at elevated levels, everyday ex...

You and your friends get on The Flyer for a trip downtown. During the ride, as people chatter among themselves or stare at their screens, a Dayton police officer watches over them. 

Police ride-alongs on The Flyer are routine, but it hasn’t always been this way. In November 2018, The Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (RTA) and the University of Dayton launched ...

I was born in 2006, which means throughout my adolescence, #MeToo was everywhere. 

It was on social media, in the news, in our classroom discussions, in our conversations about culture, celebrities, politics and college campuses. Women were telling stories they had felt the need to keep quiet for years, and people were finally listening. 

For m...

Former Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Darlene Weaver, has been announced as the 20th president of UD, becoming the first woman to lead the University.

“I speak from personal experience when I say Darlene [Weaver] is both an extraordinary leader, and an extraordinary person,” said President Spina.

Provost Weaver has been with the Unive...

At the University of Dayton, artificial intelligence rules can shift from one classroom to the next. A student may be encouraged to use AI for one assignment and prohibited from using it in another, even as every first-year student is now required to learn how the technology works.

This fall, first-year students will complete new instruction on AI fundamentals and huma...