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DOC 2010-04 (Amended) The Common Academic Program
No full textThe University of Dayton first adopted its General Education Program for all undergraduate students in the Fall of 1983 when Senate Doc #81-2 was approved. Its stated purpose was to make “students aware of the diversity of intellectual thought and theory represented by the sciences, the humanities and the social sciences. In addition, the general education component offers the students an opportunity to synthesize and evaluate information from various disciplines and thus enhance the study of a specific profession.” In 1991 significant curricular revisions were made to the General Education Program including the introduction of the Humanities Base and Thematic Cluster requirements
Academic Policies Committee Minutes of the Academic Senate 2025-09-30
No full textApproved minutes of a meeting of the Academic Policies Committee of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayto
It\u27s How We Build Community
No full textIn Dayton’s Twin Towers neighborhood, the seeds of community engagement are taking root— literally
Big (Local) News
No full text“Go to the source” is a saying that means to find the origin of a piece of information. UD’s academic excellence, teaching and research is now enhanced with access to an online local news archive
Simulating Chemiluminescence Spectra of OH Radical using Quantum Dynamical Simulations
No full textChemiluminescence is a phenomenon of light emission that occurs when molecules transition from an excited state to the ground state. This phenomenon is widely utilized in applications ranging from quantifying product yields in chemical reactions to biological imaging and atmospheric chemistry studies. It has also been used in many crucial applications in the scarce conditions of heat and electricity, such as light sources for astronomy discovery or deep-sea diving. A notable example of such reactions is combustion, where highly reactive hydroxyl radicals (OH) are products. These radicals exhibit a chemiluminescence spectrum because of the interaction between their ground state and the lowest electronically excited state. This study explores the quantum dynamics of hydroxyl radicals in combustion reactions by modeling the evolution of a quantum wavepacket on both the ground-state and excited-state potential energy surfaces (PESs). We will investigate how the relative positioning of these PESs, isotope effects (comparing OH and OD), and the initial conditions, such as the vibrational and rotational state of the hydroxyl radical, impact the timescale of the wavepacket’s evolution. Additionally, we seek to understand how these factors influence the emission characteristics and the chemiluminescence yield, which is crucial for theoretical insights and experimental applications in combustion and atmospheric chemistry
Crossroads of COVID-19 and Alzheimer’s: Investigating SARS-CoV-2 Nsp6 and Orf7a in Amyloid-β42 Toxicity
No full textThe severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) resulted in several hundred million contracted cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and a global pandemic. In some of these cases, previous neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), seemed to progress much more rapidly after the COVID-19 infection. Thus, we became interested in studying the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on prior neurological disease progressions.
To modulate this condition, we used Drosophila melanogaster as a genetic model system. We had previously developed the Alzheimer’s Disease Fly Model with expression of human amyloid beta 42 (Aβ42) peptide, which is responsible for extracellular Aβ-42 plaque deposition. This model is crucial in understanding how SARS-CoV-2 impacts neurodegenerative disorders.
Our lab conducted a screening of different SARS-CoV-2 coat proteins to mis-express in the fly eye and scored for the phenotypes. We mis-express these proteins using a Gal4-upstream activating sequence (Gal4-UAS) system, which keeps the downstream gene dormant in its host fly until it is crossed with a fly expressing the necessary Gal4 for activating the transcription of the downstream gene of interest. This will allow for the controlled expression of the SARS-CoV-2 proteins under a tissue-specific promoter. In the screening, we identified two proteins of interest: nonstructural protein 6 (Nsp6) and an accessory protein, open reading frame 7a (Orf7a).
To understand how these proteins contribute to worsening neurodegeneration. I propose two aims: To check the phenotypes of Nsp6 and Orf7a in the background of Aβ42 flies. To check the effect of observed phenotypes under developmental stages and conduct the immuno-histochemistry experiments to check levels of the mis-expressed proteins.
By the conclusion of the Berry Summer Thesis Institute program, I aim to understand the neurological impact of Nsp6 and Orf7a, including possible effects on neurodegeneration
2025: Dario N. Rodriguez, Milestone Book Selection
No full textPromotion to the rank of Principal Lecturer, Department of Psychologyhttps://ecommons.udayton.edu/svc_milestone/1173/thumbnail.jp
Engineering Faculty Partner with UDRI Staff for Summer Research Projects
No full textUniversity of Dayton faculty and University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) researchers collaborated on research projects this past summer. Two projects were completed by School of Engineering faculty members and were focused on self-healing polymers and lightweight composite aircraft
Graduate Student Sheilah Njoka Awarded SPIE Optics and Photonics Scholarship
No full textElectro-optics and photonics graduate student Sheilah Njoka has been awarded a 2025 Optics and Photonics Scholarship by the Society for Optics & Photonics (SPIE), for potential contributions to optics, photonics or a related field
2025: Kevin R. Hinkle, Milestone Book Selection
No full textPromotion to the rank of Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineeringhttps://ecommons.udayton.edu/svc_milestone/1182/thumbnail.jp