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Search the News Archives for UC News November 2002 to Present Recent NewsInternationally known activist Harry Wu will be on campus to discuss human rights, China and the "Bodies" exhibit currently on display at the Cincinnati Museum Center. A May 15-16 festschrift will honor the groundbreaking accomplishments of UC Psychology Professor Joel Warm. Students are invited to pay a buck and dunk a professor as part of a new campaign to build a Bearcat statue on campus. Lisa Holstrom is honored for leading a program that addresses the urgent needs of mostly non-traditional female students working in child-care settings. Rocco Dal Vera is not only an excellent teacher and resource for CCM students, he's also one of the country's leading voice coaches. With two rewarding career choices already behind her, Marianna Brown Bettman was pleasantly surprised to discover the best was last – she feels like she's found her true calling on the faculty of the UC College of Law. Keith King began his career by helping troubled teens at an inpatient psychiatric unit for adolescents, which reinforced the importance of positively connecting with youth. Lanthan Camblin's commitment to the university, to students and to upholding UC's diverse and Just Community spans decades. For decades, this UC psychology professor has served his department, his college, the Faculty Senate and the UC faculty union. Colleagues from around the country gather this week to celebrate the groundbreaking career of Professor Joel Warm, who began teaching psychology in A&S 41 years ago. The College of Engineering shows pride in its alumni with the inaugural presentation of two awards established to honor alumni who embody the aspirations of all alumni and to honor the span of career achievements. The Center for Entrepreneurship Education and Research celebrates its tenth anniversary on Thursday with a banquet at the Kingsgate Marriott. The agreement with the Hamilton County Park District provides a Cincinnati Center for Field Studies — a living lab for students, teachers and scientists to conduct hands-on research in archeology, geology and environmental studies — and more. The University of Cincinnati has had to cancel Theodore Bikel's appearance tonight. The partnership aims to create a state-of-the-art learning program focusing on science, technology, engineering and math. The UC design course, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, has a tame title. But while discussing plastic materials and textiles, teacher Howie Baum unmasked the creative possibilities by dressing as a clown during an hour-long lecture. One of the college's most prominent alums, Washington, D.C., attorney Billy Martin, will deliver the address as the UC College of Law prepares to graduate an expected class of 125 students. More than 1,000 UC students and employees will deck out in their UC red-and-black spirit for this foot parade through campus on May 16. The new baby bearcat will join them! Book lovers will truly appreciate this presentation that traces the history of the book as a work of art. UC audiology expert Stephanie Lockhart says the fastest growing segment of people being diagnosed with hearing problems is between the ages of 45 and 64. She says high-frequency hearing loss, which affects understanding, is becoming even more common among the younger "I-Pod" generation. It's a free ride to college on both sides of the river as Metro and TANK expand free rides regionally to the University of Cincinnati and to Northern Kentucky University. A day of workshops, seminars and chats with veteran journalists is designed to give students the scoop on life in the news industry. The C-Ring has been given since 1922 to an outstanding graduating senior woman. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious awards at the University of Cincinnati. Television journalist Lisa Ling speaks at UC on May 27. The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden announces the results of the contest to name the baby binturong: Cincinnati loves “Lucy”! Past projects from UC’s Tech Expo have or are making an impact for regional companies even today. Check out the list below. The medal is the university’s most prestigious honor for undergraduates. It’s automatic. The technology and applied research produced at UC and demonstrated during May 22’s Tech Expo means millions in potential economic development for the region. Companies as diverse as Acculube in Dayton, Aeronca, Inc., in Middletown, and Yanmar America Corporation of Illinois seek out and sponsor Tech Expo projects. Below is a partial list of the 150 projects that will be on display May 22. College of Applied Science construction management students built a winning record in national competition. Scholarships ranging from $500 to $2,000 were recently awarded to UC culinology students by a local business group. A new Extreme Environments design course has been a sink-and-swim experience for UC architecture and interior design students asked to set up a framework-and-net shelter at the bottom of the university’s Olympic-sized lap pool. Scroll down to view a video. Administrators, staff and students will share personal memories of those who passed away over the past year. UC’s sororities organize a campaign to support women battling cancer. Mechanical engineering technology student Curtiss Myers of the College of Applied Science recently found a simple cleaning job on an old lathe turned into a major renovation project. CCM students shine in Puccinni's quintessentially romantic opera. The University of Cincinnati Commencement Ceremony for winter and spring graduates takes place on June 14. The UC alumnus and pioneer of the designer uniform will be honored at the University of Cincinnati Commencement Ceremony on June 14. The UC alumnus, former NFL star and youth advocate will be honored at UC’s Commencement on June 14. HemCon bandage co-inventor/developer and BioSTAR Group founder William “Bill” Wiesmann, MD, will receive an honorary doctorate at the University of Cincinnati Commencement Ceremony on June 14. Milton C. Anderson will be honored at the University of Cincinnati Commencement Ceremony on June 14. An outstanding group of faculty, staff, students and alumni earned recognition at the Arts and Sciences award dinner. Attend College Access Breakfast 'Archaeology of the American Dream' Exhibit By Photographer Brad Phalin Featured at UC Clermont Gallery The exhibit runs from May 1 - 23. Ohio's Chancellor, college and university officials, business, civic, student leaders and the public will participate in the forum about the 10-year plan and its impact on economic development. The UC community is invited to this event that truly celebrates the people who exemplify our UC|21 values of scholarship, citizenship, stewardship, leadership and partnership. Through their actions and commitment, they’re the people who exemplify the principles and spirit of UC’s Just Community. Presentations about all aspects of the Romance languages and literatures will be the focus from May 8-10, when UC hosts the 28th annual Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures. The third annual Taft Research Symposium includes 19 different academic presentations, plus a keynote address by Mark Lilla. Highlights include performances from the popular International Student Festival. Outreach efforts spreading throughout McMicken College help budding scholars explore STEMM – science, technology, engineering, math and medicine – programs. Oscar Jarnicki's life has featured a series of twists he didn't expect when he graduated from UC 35 years ago. The latest is a doozy – he's producing a movie starring Billy Ray Cyrus and Heather Locklear partially based on his own life story. McMicken College of Arts & Sciences' Romance Language Department presents 'La mirada desde allá' or 'The gaze from over there.' It's still too early to tell if popular diets that focus on eliminating some essential nutrients while loading up on others will lead to long-term health benefits, according to researchers at UC. Get highlights of the UC Authors, Editors and Composers reception and details on the exhibit. Sunflower Revolution officials celebrated the fifth anniversary of the region's largest and most important fundraiser for Parkinson's disease research Thursday at the Queen City Club by announcing record proceeds of $442,000 from the 2007 gala and bike ride. Geochemist E. Bruce Watson of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shares his research on the Earth's geologic past on Friday, May 2. The United States is facing a brain drain of scientific talent, especially in government and nonprofit fields, as aging environmentalists retire. Princeton University's Alison Williams uses current literature and personal anecdotes to explore what can be done to attract and retain students in scientific fields. Mark Gooden takes part in a lecture examining education and social inequality in Kenya and the U.S. The event will be held at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. The Columbus Dispatch reported on the results of a survey of U.S. drivers conducted by AAA. Quoted in the story is UC Professor of Psychology Gerald Matthews, who has done research into driver stress and performance. Physicist, ecologist, author and environmental activist Vandana Shiva presents, “Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability and Peace.” Trust established by the late Patricia A. Corbett will support Greater Cincinnati arts groups. Anyone interested in learning more about cancer prevention, detection and treatment should plan to attend the fourth annual University of Cincinnati (UC) Community Cancer Education Day. Janice Schulz is appointed to the Ohio Electronic Records Committee. Reserve your space for the May workshops. The spring edition of UCit's online newsletter, "UCit Now," is now available. UC's president will be among seven individuals receiving honors for their service to the world and the world of letters during the Commencement exercises at Northeastern University on Friday. The university is considering a future move to a semester calendar. If approved, the likely date for the switch from quarters to semesters would be autumn 2011. This event will help bolster the environment in Greater Cincinnati through the planting of 1,400 native trees at Glenwood Gardens. Annual awards recognize significant contributions to the local arts and culture landscape. Multiple UC colleges take grad students and area teachers into the world so that they can bring the world of science back into their classrooms. Could the “reel” Speed Racer car be made real? Yes, says the former GM designer Brigid O’Kane who now heads the University of Cincinnati’s top-ranked Transportation Design Track. Researchers at the University of Cincinnati and Florida State University have confirmed evidence of domesticated sunflower in Mexico — 4,000 years before what had been previously believed. The new movie, “Speed Racer,” opens nationally on May 9. Students from UC’s top-ranked design program have been working for weeks to create their own “Speed Racer” concepts, to go on view during Cincinnati’s “Speed Racer” premiere set for May 6 at Newport-on-the-Levee. UC’s Relay For Life for the American Cancer Society exceeds fundraising goals. Bearcat MotorSports finishes first in Fuel Economy Event in the 2008 Formula SAE competition, held the last weekend of April at the Virginia International Raceway. Astronomy Week runs from May 5-9. Employers, alums, community are all welcome! "Spear-phishing," the practice of attempting to get computer users to fall victim to a phony e-mail and reveal their password information, is back for another round on UC computer systems, according to UC's Information Security office. A draft final report from UC's Semester Conversion Task Force is being presented to various groups on campus and is also available online. UC’s sororities and fraternities celebrate a successful Greek Week fundraiser. Video highlights show the dunk tank contest on McMicken Commons. The honor for UC Professor F. Robert Wilson was presented at the association's annual convention. The collaboration provides for the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center to embrace new audiences. Get your spring football fix when the Bearcat football team, coming off a 10-win season a year ago, wraps up its spring practice season with "Bearcat Bowl II" on April 26 at 7 p.m. in Nippert Stadium. Admission is free. Over 105,000 people nationwide are on the waiting list for an organ transplant—thousands of whom live in Ohio. With April being National Donate Life Month, UC experts are encouraging local residents to think about giving a piece of themselves to save lives. Event is free and open to the public. The annual spring concert will be held on Sigma Sigma Commons. UC Air Force ROTC celebrates a spring tradition on April 26. People who want to understand how environmental exposures can affect their overall health are invited to attend the fourth annual public forum on the environment and cancer offered by the Cincinnati Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Center. CCM alumnus discusses fundraising, friend-raising and grassroots cause marketing. Event is the next in the Joan Cochran Rieveschl Lecture Series: Visionaries in the Arts. The latest International Student Barometer, the largest survey of international college students in the world, rates UC fourth out of 84 institutions around the world when it comes to the opinion of international students. Sixteen Greater Cincinnati nurses will be recognized for delivering exceptional patient care during the University of Cincinnati's 16th annual Florence Nightingale Awards for Nursing. The New York Times quoted Tara Stopfel, UC's assistant dean for academic advising in the McMicken College of Arts and Sciences, in a piece that looked at the current state of declaring a minor by today's college students. Now in its third year, this benefit concert stars CCM's renowned piano faculty. Professor George Uetz is known at the University of Cincinnati for his expertise in spiders, animal behavior and ecology. He’s less known for being on the forefront of the very first Earth Day: April 22, 1970. Enter your favorite name for Cincinnati's baby bearcat. Your valid UC ID gets you half-price admission to the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden through May 25. Check this page regularly for links to growing registration information for UC’s summer camps and programs. Students, Donors and Alums gather at UC Clermont College’s Scholarship Recognition Luncheon An overnight event on McMicken Commons is billed as the largest student-organized community service event on campus. The world’s news writers have spent the past month reporting on UC research, with the university earning headlines from The Associated Press, International Herald Tribune, The New York Times and Reuters. The 5.2 earthquake that jolted area residents from their sleep on April 18 was a surprise to some, but not to researchers at the University of Cincinnati. The rising rate of obesity among kids and teens is now leading to other health problems in that age group, including diabetes, high blood pressure and vascular damage. UC's Center for Imaging Research presents a lecture by Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Imaging Xiaoping P. Hu at 12 p.m. on April 17 in Room 2351 of MSB. Hu will speak on "fMRI – Beyond Brain Mapping." University Libraries celebrates the diverse publishing talent of University of Cincinnati faculty at this annual spring event. The University of Cincinnati has a variety of experts in ecology and the environment. Here are some examples from the College of Engineering and the McMicken College of Arts & Sciences. Annual event recognizes achievement in vocal performance. Philharmonia Orchestra and choirs dedicate performances to the memory of former CCM professor Gerhard Samuel. In his far-reaching study of climate change, geology professor Tom Lowell gathers cold, hard facts from glacial patterns over time. Cincinnati Zoo Executive Director Thane Maynard and UC President Zimpher announce arrival of 3-month-old baby bearcat. It’s been too long since we’ve seen a binturong in the house. The May 3 event is an opportunity for the UC community to take part in beautifying the Uptown community. A conservation awareness campaign will include eliminating trays from UC's residential restaurants. Raymond Walters College will celebrate its history on April 19, when the college plays host to its annual alumni event. UC’s annual celebration of a world of cultures on campus takes on a world awareness of the environment. With Earth Day set for April 22, the UC solar house is now back on campus, located on McMicken Commons. It will be open for tours throughout April 21-22. In the coming months, the house will serve as a living laboratory to test alternative-energy technologies. Journalism student Lissa Kramer is the student intern for the Archives & Rare Books Library. The "Chronicle of Higher Education" called Marc Bousquet the "Al Gore of higher education." Bousquet talks Wednesday at UC about higher education in the United States. More than 200 leaders from the region's information technology community are expected to be in attendance on April 21, when the third annual CIO Symposium comes to the Kingsgate Conference Center. Associate professor of English Brock Clarke pens a New York Times op-ed piece on why preserving "the Mount" is such a worthy cause. Recital scheduled for Monday, April 14, cancelled due to illness. UC’s Barry Maynard points out Cincinnati’s geological hazards in hands-on seminars Thursday and Friday. Falls are the leading cause of emergency room visits and injury-related hospitalizations among adults over age 65, according to the Hamilton County Fall Prevention Task Force. But UC researchers are trying to see if that risk can be reduced by simply teaching the elderly to detect their own chances of taking a spill. People on long waiting lists for corneal transplants, which could help recover their eyesight, may not have to wait any longer. According to a new study conducted by researchers at UC, older corneas may transplant as well as younger ones, which will expand the age of cornea donation to 75 and increase the corneal donor pool. Multimedia lecture concert illustrates the origins and impact of a unique and rarely heard musical genre. Cyclists of all ages and skill levels are invited to pedal across Greater Cincinnati for breast cancer awareness at the 2008 Ride Cincinnati on June 1. An April 10-11 symposium hosted by graduate students honors Sir Harold "Harry" Kroto, co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in chemistry. Martin's lecture is entitled, “Digital Obesity and the Need for Fuzzy Thinking.” In the past, a kidney cancer diagnosis almost always meant losing a kidney, leaving the patient with one functioning kidney and an increased risk of needing dialysis in the future. But UC urologic surgeons say that is no longer the case. UC Biomedical Engineering Professor Peixuan Guo and CCM graduate student Aik Khai Pung will join with the Sound of Joy Chinese Folk Music Ensemble for a performance on April 19 that will benefit the 2008 Fine Arts Fund Campaign. The Cincinnati Initiative to Reduce Violence – an effort that is drawing substantially on the expertise in UC's Division of Criminal Justice – is seeing promising early returns from its new approach to stopping senseless youth violence on city streets, and soon will be expanding its reach to other Ohio cities and even to Europe. Physicians at the UC Pancreatic Disease Center recently completed their 100th autologous islet cell transplantation at University Hospital, a highly specialized surgical procedure that can "cure" chronic pancreatitis. A new exhibit by Anissa Lewis will be seen in the UC Clermont Art Gallery. Nadine Cruz, executive director of the Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs, will be speaking at UC on April 16. UC's student-driven Relay For Life fundraiser for the American Cancer Society will be held April 25-26 on McMicken Commons. Fay and Michael Kanin's drama based on Japanese stories explores the power of perception. Students from Taft take a short trip to UC to see their own futures down the road. Donation program has placed 1,400+ instruments with aspiring performers in need. The annual spring research conference is sponsored by the University of Cincinnati, the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville. The next "Cincinnati Seminar on the City" lecture is set for April 10, and features UC grad and University of Maryland-Baltimore Professor Kriste Lindenmeyer. Check out this spring tradition on UC’s campus that’s packed with games and good deeds. The warmth and values he wove into family life on Walton’s Mountain became a weekly family television event. In June, UC alumnus Earl Hamner visits his UC family to address Spring Commencement. Zeballos will hold informal discussions in the Office of Ethnic Programs and Services in the Steger Student Life Center. Free Movie: 'Maxed Out,' Thursday and Friday The Ohio Council for Economics and Education will be hosting a free showing of the movie "Maxed Out" in UC's MainStreet Cinema. Attempts to trick users into revealing their password info, known as "spear-phishing," were launched against some UC student e-mail accounts over recent weeks, and are being reported by the Chronicle of Higher Education as occurring at many other colleges. UCit's Information Security office is offering advice on how to protect yourself from such threats. The UC Wellness Center presents a series of discussions and events to examine body image in our society. Guy Doud, a National Teacher of the Year, will be the featured keynote speaker at the awards celebration. ASU’s Bert Hölldobler discusses communication and cooperation in ant societies. He might have lessons for us all. Ever try to get through TUC at noon on a Wednesday? Cooperation and communication among social insects, and in particular, ants, is up for discussion during the April 7 George Rieveschl Jr. Geo Lecture Series. As the weather warms and recreation and travel increase, a Cincinnati specialist in neurocritical care urges people of all ages to protect themselves from the risk of brain and spinal cord injury by always planning for the unexpected. Check out programs and waive your application fee if you submit your application at the event. The top papers and presentations will win monetary awards. The history behind some of the most famous and interesting cases in the field of education law will be discussed on April 14, when UC's College of Law and the College of Education, Criminal Justice and Human Services host a symposium based around the new text, "Education Law Stories." A three-year grant from the Posen Foundation helps develop new courses on secular Jewish history, culture and literature, with more history-based A&S offerings on the horizon. University Libraries hosts the annual event for book lovers to eat their words. Ten films from filmmakers located around the globe will be featured this month, during the Global Lens 2008 Film Festival at UC's MainStreet Cinema. UC environmental health department has received a $7.8 million grant to continue operating its Center for Environmental Genetics. Prospecitve students interested in studying science, technology and related fields - everything from architectural engineering technology to Web/software development - may meet faculty and advising staff as well as tour UC's Distinquished nanoscience researcher and Nobel laureate Harold Kroto will visit UC April 10-11, appearing at four events, including two formal lectures. Kroto, the co-discoverer of carbon buckyballs, was a 1996 recipient of the Nobel Prize in chemistry. His lectures are being presented by the Department of Chemistry, the Chemistry Graduate Student Association and UC's Fellows of the Graduate School. UC's nationally top-ranked architecture program is offering an architecture summer CAMP for rising 8th and 9th graders July 13-19. Space is limited, and the registration deadline is May 1. The event takes place April 4-6 at Kingsgate Conference Center. A new electronic submission process and resource-filled Web site will provide UC researchers with speedier service and convenient access to research information. Visiting for three days as part of the UC College of Law's Judge-in-Residence program, Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson spent time on Tuesday discussing the pitfalls of judicial elections with the UC law community. No Foolin' -- Edible Book Festival is April 1 University Libraries sponsors an event that lovers of literature can really sink their teeth into. |
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