Five University of Dayton students received Emerson Helix Innovation Scholarships sponsored by The Helix Innovation Center on the University of Dayton campus.

Khalid Lafdi, University of Dayton Wright Brothers Endowed Chair in Nanomaterials, was named on a second patent for a medical drainage device mainly for glaucoma patients that also could be used for drainage in the ears, brain or chest or to provide access to larger veins or arteries.

Not every University of Dayton student has a sandwich named after him. Bader Almuntafkey, a personable cook at Passports restaurant in VWK, juggles studying mechanical and aerospace engineering with creating his signature Arabic burger.