UD Now an NSF Advance Insitution
The University of Dayton is one of four universities in the region that have joined together to improve the representation of women in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math) through a grant awarded by the National Science Foundation. Read more...
Biology Student Works to Further Research in Africa
UD’s Lead, Learn, Serve grant is awarded to students who want to pursue research related to their academic field that will also benefit the community around them. But no one had ever taken the idea of “community” as far as Elizabeth Gazdick did.
Gazdick spent two weeks of August in Ghana, testing the water in different areas of the country to see how certain disease pathogens are spread. She was awarded the first international Lead, Learn, Serve grant from UD, which helped fund her research. Read more...
Generating Genetics Lessons
In a project funded by the National Science Foundation, biology professor, Amit Singh, will work with a local high school teacher to contribute to a national curriculum resource for genetics. Read more...
UD Tree Trail Developed
Nolan Nicaise, sophomore biology major and River Steward, with the help of his advisor Dr. Ryan McEwan, Roger Banks, Karen Bahr, Heidi Haas, many others, and a Learn, Lead, Serve Grant from the College of Arts and Sciences, designed and created the UD Tree Trail, a collection of trees on campus that are highlighted with placards and described in a full-color brochure. This project is intended to shed light on UD's natural riches and to better connect the UD community with a sense of place. View the tree trail brochure here.