University of Dayton Features

Video: Bill Cooper, the iPod Kid

University of Dayton Thursday, September 22, 2011

Bill Cooper started reviewing mobile apps in high school. Now a University of Dayton student, Cooper has built his YouTube presence into a way to pay for college.

Ohio's aerospace industry evolves into quiet giant

Gene Monteith Thursday, March 10, 2011

The Wright Brothers may have gotten things started, but over the last century thousands of players have quietly built an aerospace and aviation economy that may surprise you in its reach.

Video: Reading minds at the University of Dayton Research Institute

University of Dayton Research Institute Thursday, January 27, 2011

Dan Hurlburt reads minds. The psychology major works at the University of Dayton Research Institute's Signature Science Exploration Lab, where researchers use high-tech cameras to predict human behavior.

Q&A: Dayton's Jim Leftwich on the region's emergence as a high-tech corridor

Gene Monteith Thursday, December 02, 2010

The Dayton region is on a roll. Earlier this year, Site Selection Magazine chose it as the nation's top metropolitan area for economic development for populations 200,000 to 1 million -- the second year in a row for the award. Soon afterward, the magazine named the Dayton Development Coalition among the 10 best economic development associations in the nation. hiVelocity sat down with Jim Leftwich, the Coalition's president and CEO, to find out what's driving activity in west central Ohio.

Ohio sensors surge on back of Wright-Patt, regional strengths

Gene Monteith Thursday, August 26, 2010

A camera that can read your fingerprints from six feet away. A system that can catch criminals in a 16-square-mile area. Tiny planes that can soar over an urban battlefield and tell friend from foe. All are signs that Ohio is emerging as a major force in 21st century sensor technology.

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