Founded in 1850, the University of Dayton is a top-tier Catholic, Marianist research university deeply committed to the common good. Our faith is a beacon that guides us and leads us to act and build community by inviting people with diverse talents, interests and backgrounds to enrich and advance our common mission.
With one billion dollars in sponsored research contracts underway, the University of Dayton is No. 9 nationally for sponsored research among private four-year U.S. universities that do not perform medical research. We are the No. 1 Catholic university for sponsored engineering research and development – and No. 1 in the nation for all sponsored materials research and development.
We have partnered with some of the world’s largest Fortune 500 companies, helping us to become a more remarkably proactive, forward-thinking university. GE Aviation and Emerson built research facilities right on campus so students and faculty work side-by-side with professionals to create solutions to real-world problems.
More than 8,000 full-time undergraduates and 2,800 graduate and law students from across the country and around the world pursue learning through more than 80 undergraduate and 50 graduate and doctoral programs. We are dedicated in the Marianist tradition, to educating the whole person and linking learning and scholarship with leadership and service.
A massive rockfall in the Himalayas led to a surge of flood water than swept through villages, killing hundreds of people, on Aug. 26, 2026.
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A geologist explains how thawing permafrost and melting ice are increasing the risk of destructive floods in the Himalayas and other high mountain regions around the world.
Attorney General Todd Blanche announces the indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center on April 21, 2026, in Washington.
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Extremist groups have pointed to the federal indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center as proof that their worldview is correct.
Depuis 1847, la Vierge Marie est officiellement la patronne des États-Unis sous le vocable de l’Immaculée Conception.
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Pourquoi la Vierge Marie est-elle la patronne des États-Unis ? Cette tradition, née au XIXᵉ siècle, révèle comment les catholiques américains ont cherché à concilier leur foi, leur patriotisme et leur place dans une société longtemps méfiante à leur égard.
How often do you hear a phone, computer or video game speak with a humanlike voice?
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Computers break examples of human speech into small bits of sound, then put them together to sound like people do.
Fireworks from the Freedom 250 celebration go off after delays due to a thunderstorm in the wee hours of July 5, 2026, in Washington.
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An accounting scholar explains what charitable solicitation fraud is and how it’s connected to allegations some Democratic lawmakers made on July 2, 2026.
Dr. Anthony Fauci appears before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 29, 2026.
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Death Valley set a record when the temperature reached 134 degrees Fahrenheit. Here’s why deserts can reach such scorching temperatures – and also very cold ones.
Meeting data center power demands will mean building more transmission lines and acquiring more land to put them on. These lines are in California.
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Courts have long let utilities seize private property to build transmission lines. Does that hold if the power flows to a single data center?
Le saviez-vous ? Le succès de Slack est le fruit de l’échec d’un jeu en ligne : Glitch (sur la photo : le siège social de l’entreprise en Californie).
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Réussir son échec ne s’improvise pas, quand on dirige une entreprise. Il faut avoir des compétences pour repérer les signaux faibles et prendre les bonnes décisions. Quand savoir arrêter vite est une vertu.
Texas’ new list of required readings for public schools, which includes biblical stories and excerpts, will begin to take effect in 2030.
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American courts have heard cases over the Bible’s role in classrooms for more than a century. Whether lessons are constitutional depends on their purpose.
The Supreme Court ruled that a federal law protecting prisoners’ religious rights does not allow lawsuits for money damages.
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Landor v. Louisiana highlights the religious rights of the nearly 2 million people imprisoned in the US – and how challenging it can be to protect those rights.
Os trabalhadores palestinos entram em Israel por portões que utilizam reconhecimento facial: tecnologia está melhorando com uso de IA, e isso promete menos erros, com menos consequências graves decorrentes deles.
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Novas técnicas de reconhecimento facial baseadas em IA estão reduzindo as correspondências falso positivas e falso negativas
This holy card’s depiction of Mary, the Immaculate Conception, draws on symbolism from the Book of Revelation.
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Sociologist Art Jipson talks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about how clamouring for the release of the Epstein files grew on fringe spaces of the internet.
Slack’s embrace of a ‘fail fast’ approach helped it become the world’s dominant intra-office messaging app.
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Business culture has long embraced grit as a winning value. But modern examples show that companies will do better if they acknowledge mistakes quickly and pivot.
A proposed list of required reading for Texan public schools includes several stories from the Bible.
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American courts have legislated the Bible’s role in classrooms for more than a century. Whether it’s constitutional depends on the aims of teachers’ lessons.
Chemicals in your tooth enamel record evidence of your diet that can last millions of years.
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