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December

December in the News

Highlights for December are below, but you can click here to view links to all of the University's media coverage for the month.

Through December of fiscal year 2018, the total value of coverage is an estimated $2.08 million with an estimated reach of 6.35 million people. Media in markets outside Ohio have mentioned the University at least 592 times. Monthly and cumulative figures are based on the Cision media monitoring service data.

Regional, National and International

What Did You Do for Winter Break?
Dec. 1
Chronicle of Higher Education
Benjamin Schmeusser, student

Marian Library shows Our Lady's popular appeal
Dec. 2
National Catholic Reporter
Sarah Cahalan, Marian Library

Contest Winners Will Visit Workshop Named for Erma Bombeck
Dec. 4
U.S. News & World Report via The Associated Press
University of Dayton's Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Walsh University, University of Dayton to offer even faster path to law degree
Dec. 5
Crain's Cleveland Business
School of Law

AFRL Research Grants to UDRI
Dec. 6
ASEE First Bell
University of Dayton Research Institute

Cybersecurity still a top concern for districts considering cloud
Dec. 6
Education Dive
Tom Skill, chief information officer

A hipster holy family? Out-of-the-ordinary nativities on display at Belleville cathedral
Dec. 8
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Marian Library

A picture says a thousand words: Joy at the University of Dayton
Dec. 11
The Catholic Telegraph
Christmas on Campus

Why Our Lady of Guadalupe is celebrated across the U.S.
Dec. 12
NBC News
Fr. Johann Roten, International Marian Research Institute

North Aurora woman says she was cured after visit to grave of 'Little Cajun Saint'
Dec. 12
Chicago Tribune
Fr. Johann Roten, International Marian Research Institute

DesAutels Wins APA Quinn Prize
Dec. 12
DailyNous
Peggy DesAutels, philosophy

Movies and Government Officials
Dec. 13
The Academic Minute
Michelle Pautz, political science

New Year’s resolutions and perspective from higher ed thought leaders
Dec. 13
University Business
Eric Spina, president

Changing roles expand responsibilities of school leadership
Dec. 18
Education Dive
Theodore Kowalski, educational administration

Teaching Doctors To Pass Healthy Diet On To Patients
Dec. 19
WVXU-FM
Jennifer Dalton, dietetics

Q & A with Sr. Angela Ann Zukowski, a pioneer in cable television
Dec. 19
Global Sisters Report
Sr. Angela Ann Zukowski, religious studies

Teaching students to hack offers valuable hands-on experience, cybersecurity benefits
Dec. 20
Education Dive
Tom Skill, chief information officer

Dozens more selective colleges join pledge to add lower-income students
Dec. 23
The Washington Post
University of Dayton, American Talent Initiative

University of Dayton engineering students to be listed on energy efficiency patent
Dec. 29
Ohio Engineeer
School of Engineering Innovation Center
Prasanna Murlidharan, student

Employee Engagement in Public Accounting Firms
December
The CPA Journal
Joseph Castellano and Timothy Keune, accounting

Dayton-area Media

For all local coverage in December, click here.

Multiple Outlets

Michael Flynn pleads guilty to providing false statement in Russia probe
Dec. 1
Thaddeus Hoffmeister, School of Law
WHIO-AM, WDTN-TV Five on 2, ABC22/Fox45

Pushing the boundaries: UDRI lands $9.8 million hypersonics deal
Dec. 1
Steve Olson, UDRI
WHIO-TV, Dayton Daily News, Dayton Business Journal

Christmas on Campus 
Dec. 4, 8
WDTN-TV, ABC22/Fox45, WHIO-TV

UDRI lands $15M contract to develop aircraft-launched drones
Dec. 5
University of Dayton Research Institute
Dayton Daily News, Dayton Business Journal

Local universities use puppies to ease stress of finals week 
Dec. 11
WHIO.com, WHIO-TV, WDTN-TV, Dayton Daily News

A look at net neutrality 
Dec. 15
Andrew Rossow, law
ABC22/Fox45, WDTN-TV

Graduation Day at the University of Dayton
Dec. 12, 16
Dayton Daily News, WHIO-TV, ABC22/Fox45

Dayton Daily News

Gender wage gap in Ohio: 'We have to do better' 
Dec. 4
Lisa Borello, University of Dayton Women's Center

Brock Turner’s Dayton character witnesses key part of appeal
Dec. 7
Tom Hagel, law

2017 year of record-growing stock market: What you need to know
Dec. 8
Daniel Kapusta, Davis Center for Portfolio Management

Local culinary program is good medicine
Dec. 15
Jennifer Dalton, dietetics 

A hearts and minds approach to gun violence
Dec. 22
Binod Kumar, Human Rights Center

Crime and cryptocurrency: How local criminals use bitcoin illegal
Dec. 22
Tony Talbott, Human Rights Center

Partisan gerrymandering targeted by reformers
Dec. 26
Christopher Devine, political science

WHIO-TV

Law professor discusses why Brock Turner appeal will be difficult
Dec. 4
Tom Hagel, School of Law 

Students, colleges react to tax reform plan
Dec. 6
Eric Spina, president

ABC22/Fox45

Trump recognizes Jerusalem as capital of Israel
Dec. 7
Tony Talbott, Human Rights Center

WDTN-TV

House passes temporary spending bill to avoid shutdown
Dec. 7
Grant Neeley, political science

Discover Classical

ArtsFocus: University of Dayton Jazz Ensemble
Dec. 5
Jimmy Leach, music

DATV

What Does Climate Change Mean To Us
Dec. 12
Shuang-ye Wu, geology

Dayton Business Journal

UD's ECHO program gives helping hand
Dec. 12
Rhonda Mercs, ECHO
Susan Ferguson, Center for Catholic Education

WHIO-AM

Republicans, Democrats to use tax bill to campaign
Dec. 22
Christopher Devine, political science