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Academic Policies Committee Minutes of the Academic Senate 2025-10-14
No full textApproved minutes of a meeting of the Academic Policies Committee of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayto
The Ideological Roots of the Holocaust
No full textSam Smith is a recipient of the Father Jack McGrath, S.M., Award for Research in Catholic Intellectual Traditions
Tissue Quality in Early Stages of Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema: A Pilot Study
No full textIntroduction: Breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL) is a chronic condition associated with breast cancer treatments. Tissue quality assessment, commonly performed using the pitting edema test, can also be quantified with digital tissue tonometry. However, the role of tonometry in early-stage BCRL — classified as Stages 0 and I by the International Society of Lymphology (ISL) — remains unclear.
Purpose: This pilot study aimed to assess the utility of tonometry in early-stage BCRL by evaluating tissue resistance (N), volume (ml), and circumference (cm) in healthy individuals and those with ISL Stage 0 and I lymphedema.
Methods: A convenience sample of females with BCRL, a history of breast cancer treatment, or neither condition participated in the study. Tissue stiffness was measured using the SkinFibroMeter® (Delfin Technologies) at standardized upper extremity locations. Circumferential measurements followed tissue quality assessments.
Results: No significant differences in tissue resistance (N) were observed between groups. While BMI did not differ between groups, significant differences were found in interlimb volume difference (p = 0.046) and percent difference (p = 0.04). Moderate correlations were noted between BMI and left and right volar forearm tissue resistance (p = 0.03, p = 0.04 respectively). No correlations were found between tissue resistance (N) and circumferential measurements (cm).
Conclusion: This pilot study suggests limited utility for tonometry in assessing early-stage BCRL. Further studies are needed to validate its role across the BCRL continuum
2025: Meredith L. Wronowski, Milestone Book Selection
No full textPromotion to the rank of Associate Professor, Department of Educational Administrationhttps://ecommons.udayton.edu/svc_milestone/1187/thumbnail.jp
2025: Una M. Cadegan, Milestone Book Selection
No full textPromotion to the rank of Professor Emerita, Department of Historyhttps://ecommons.udayton.edu/svc_milestone/1192/thumbnail.jp
Experiential Learning and the Revitalization of Manufacturing Education at the University of Dayton
No full textThis perspective paper explores the role of experiential learning in preparing future-ready manufacturing engineers at the University of Dayton, set against the backdrop of Dayton’s legacy as an industrial innovator and the broader national movement to revitalize domestic manufacturing. As automation, cyber-physical systems, and Industry 4.0 technologies reshape the manufacturing landscape, there is a growing need for engineers who possess both technical fluency and systems-thinking capabilities. To meet this need, the manufacturing engineering technology department implemented hands-on, integrated lab-and-lecture modules through support from the Experiential Learning Innovation Fund for Faculty (ELIFF). Grounded in Kolb’s Experiential Learning Theory and constructivist learning principles, these modules scaffold student learning from component-level tasks to complex industrial automation systems. The program design addresses common critiques of experiential learning by embedding structured reflection, collaborative engagement, and theoretical integration throughout the curriculum. Strong partnerships with regional manufacturers further enhance student readiness and job placement outcomes. This case study demonstrates how modest but strategic investments in experiential education can strengthen engineering education and regional economic resilience
2025-11-07 Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate Senate
No full textApproved minutes of a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayton
Interdisciplinary English Language Arts and TESOL Education to Advance Academic Achievement of Immigrant, Refugee, and Urban Students
No full textBy 2043, the United States is projected to become an official “plurality” in which the non-Hispanic White alone population will comprise less than 50% of the nation’s total population (Devine and Ortman, 2014). Schools are reflecting this demographic shift as they are more diverse culturally and racially. Yet the teaching population remains predominantly White middle class females. Teachers need to find ways to engage with all of their students to promote excitement in the classroom to joyfully learn. Reading and writing are central to education and are naturally found in all subject areas to be tied to academic achievement.
This study will explore how interdisciplinary models in high school English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) curriculum can be used to advance the academic achievement of immigrant, refugee, and urban students. The aim of this study is to observe how teachers serving diverse student populations in the Dayton Public Schools are currently understanding and integrating interdisciplinary models in their ELA and ESL curriculum and what actual or potential benefits or disadvantages there are to this integration.
Using the research of scholars in the field including Gloria Ladson-Billings\u27s work on culturally relevant teaching as well as Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed and bell hooks’s Teaching to Transgress, the study will be grounded in critical pedagogies for education as a tool for freedom and liberatory practices to advance student achievement beyond the classroom
UD Researchers to Develop First Pediatric-Specific AI Lung Nodule Detection System
No full textDr. Russell Hardie with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has been awarded an National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to harness artificial intelligence (AI) to revolutionize the detection of metastatic lung disease in pediatric patients by identifying lung nodules in computed tomography (CT) scans
AI Is upending higher ed. This professor sees a chance to reclaim what matters.
No full textLecture halls. Credit hours. Rigid curricula. In his new book, University Revolution: Artificial Intelligence and the Transformation of Learning, University of Dayton professor Kevin Hallinan argues that AI isn’t just disrupting higher education — it’s creating space to rediscover its purpose