Ayça Mazman has been accepted to a practicum where she will attend the Commission on the Status of Women conference at United Nations headquarters in New York City. Read more . . .
The University of Cincinnati is making a name for itself in the Middle East. In collaboration with Inaya Medical College in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the colleges of Allied Health Sciences and Nursing are helping Inaya develop its curriculum for health education. Read more . . .
Ms. McCloud received a full tuition scholarship to the American University in Dubai where she continued her studies in accounting and Arabic. In December, she had a chance to thank former president Bill Clinton in person when he visited Dubai. Read more . . .
Students with UC’s Serve Beyond Cincinnati spent their break working to make the world a better place in Guatemala, Haiti, Nicaragua, El Salvador and the United States. Read more . . .
UC design alum Shane Wolf was recently awarded the National Society of Beaux-Arts' bronze medal at Paris' Carrousel du Louvre and the prestigious Prix Taylor (Taylor Prize) at the Grand Palais, also in Paris. Read more . . .
UC doctoral student Allison Emmerson's research counters long-held assumptions about how and why tombs around Pompeii have been found piled high with ancient trash deposits in and around the structures, including butchered and charred animal bones, dog and equine bones, broken pottery and broken architectural material. Emmerson says cemeteries in ancient Pompeii were “mixed-use developments” with a variety of purposes that included serving as an appropriate site to toss out the trash. Read more . . .
UC is among the “top producers” of U.S. Fulbright Scholars, according to a listing in The Chronicle of Higher Education. UC ranked ahead of Harvard, Columbia, Cornell and Ohio State. See the details . . .
Associate Professor Chia-Chi Ho of the University of Cincinnati’s College of Engineering and Applied Science's Chemical Engineering program will spend the spring and summer of 2012 at the University of British Columbia as a Fulbright Scholar conducting research related to nanoscale technology and neuronal networks. Read more . . .
As part of strengthening UC’s global influence, UC International is offering an additional $285,000 in student grants thanks to an allocation from the UC2019 Strategic Plan. Added to existing funding, UC International now provides $467,000 annually to support student study overseas. Read more . . .
When Ron Cushing, Director of International Services, started participating in the International Student Barometer survey 5 years ago, UC became one of only a few U.S. participants. The benefits of seeing how UC international students’ experiences stacked up against more than 170,000 students from 700 colleges in 24 countries was immediately obvious. And, it served to leverage our international recruitment efforts. Read more . . .
UC Director of International Admissions, Jonathan Weller, weighs in on the issues of International Enrollment Management and the need for a comprehensive approach the entire relationship with the international student, from recruitment to graduation. Read more . . .
One of Nnamdi Elleh’s areas of study is how countries commemorate revolutions via architecture. As a UC faculty member, he’s won a Fulbright to study such architecture in South Africa and hopes to one day do the same in the aftermath of recent uprisings in the Middle East. Read more . . .
UC’s Jan Marie Fritz has won a Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Human Rights and International Studies to conduct research related to women’s rights this fall at the Institute for Human Rights in Copenhagen, Denmark. Read more . . .
College of Engineering student, Derek Vogel is one of 75 students selected to participate in the 2011-12 Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals (CBYX). This year-long, federally-funded fellowship provides for study and work in Germany. Read more . . .
