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Perhaps no one is more reliant on high-quality water than brewers. Water makes up more than 90 percent of most beers. The water flowing from the Rockies is pure and clean, which helps explain why …
Judith Sealey committed a crime when she pepper-spayed a restrained inmate in the Montgomery County Jail in November 2015, but the former Montgomery C
By Mark Gokavi Applications are being accepted for Ohio’s first Environmental Justice Academy, a training program developed for emerging community, non-profit and environmental leaders to help cultivate skills and address environmental challenges. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission (MVRPC) are hosting the event Sept. 10-11 at the University of Dayton. Applications (two per entity only) must be submitted by July 7 to R5_EJAcademy@epa.gov. Participants must be based in Darke, Preble, Montgomery, Miami, Greene or northern Warren cou...
By Mark Gokavi The University of Dayton’s Hanley Sustainability Institute has named the first four HSI graduate fellowship recipients. The new program, which will start next academic year, was launched to attract high-quality students with an interest in sustainability to work on research projects mentored by a faculty member and other complementary programmatic efforts within HSI. The 2021-22 fellows are: Theresah Adu Ansere, a 2016 graduate of University of Education in Winneba, Ghana, has been teaching English at a high school in Ghana. Before that, she taught English at a Montessori sch...
By Mark Gokavi Nicholas “Nico” Clarke was lost on the University of Dayton campus when he found out he wanted to attend UD. Four school years later, Clarke will become UD’s first sustainability major graduate. “After my visit, I went on a walk and kind of got lost with my family,” Clarke said. “And then, ironically, we ended up in U Lot, which is weirdly close to Old River Park. “Looking back, it’s an interesting place to make a decision. I just really liked UD. I liked the feeling on campus.” Originally a philosophy major, Clarke said a professor asked him to take an enviro...