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Police ride-along on The Flyer to continue, RTA and UD say

Flyer News

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...

The Cornell Seven: What Has #MeToo Actually Changed for College Students?

Flyer News

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. ...

UD staying in-house for next president

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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...

Is UD all in on AI?

Flyer News

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...

Trump’s Vandalia Rally brings political activity to Dayton area ahead of midterms

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President Donald Trump’s Saturday campaign rally in Vandalia brought thousands of supporters and more than 100 protesters to the Dayton area as he campaigned for Republican candidates ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm election. Trump spoke to supporters at the Butler High School Student Activity Center in support of Ohio Republican candidates, U.S. Sen....

Is Chapel Blue the New Green?

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That’s because the University says it has reduced its carbon footprint by 71% with its recent shift to a waste-heat-to-power initiative. According to a UD press release from late July, “carbon-free power started flowing at UD from a first-of-its-kind waste-heat-to-power initiative, which will consistently satisfy all of the University’s electricity needs.” “

Investment Alone Will Not Build a Better Dayton

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Vacant buildings are being restored, new housing is being constructed and properties that sat unused for years are finding new purposes. After decades of population loss, deindustrialization and disinvestment, Dayton should not reject development, nor should residents romanticize the economic conditions that left buildings vacant and neighborhoods without ad

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