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Serendipity Plays a Role in First Oxley Scholarship

New York native Imani Driskell chose UC because of focus on the "culturally competent physician."

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Radhika Grandhi

“The myriad situations that I have experienced while leading and participating in student organizations have provided me with many friendships and fostered a deeper understanding of the complexities of effective communication. As a leader, I have facilitated the diffusion of ideas by catalyzing activities for diverse populations.”

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Humanitarian Design in Africa

UC’s co-op program gave me the opportunity to work with Architecture for Humanity, a non-profit design organization that draws from a network of more than 35,000 architectural professionals around the world to assist with global humanitarian-focus architecture projects.

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‘Twilight’ in the Dark on Native Americans

Undergraduate’s research shows popular fantasy fiction is misrepresenting Native American culture to millions of young readers.

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Choosing Education First

Lyndsey Miller's decision to switch her major and pursue her passion was rewarded with a Choose Ohio First Scholarship.

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Goal Getter

Yates Scholar looks forward to remaining on UC campus for graduate school.

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Q&A with Clinical Research Fellow Ashlee Edgell

A former varsity athlete and two-time Big East Conference champion swimmer, Ashlee holds several roles in UC’s Department of Emergency Medicine.

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An Auspicious Encounter with Engineering

Brad Theilman's third-grade quest to understand how a computer works led him to study at UC's College of Engineering and Applied Science years later.

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Truman Scholarship Finalist Goes From Chess Champ to People’s Champ

Truman finalist and UC student Jonathan Hilton puts his pro chess career on hold to pursue change in U.S. immigration and asylum law.

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Never Missing a Beat

Life-changing accident propels business scholar Mike Jarvis to embrace positive attitude and stay on track for graduation.

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Psych Club Offers Fun, Informative Networking to all Students

President Brittany Bradley has made new friends, gotten to know her professors and honed her leadership skills through the club.

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Getting a Global Perspective

Olivia Schafer, a University Honors Program student, traveled to Accra, Ghana, to study about population and development in developing countries.

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Jacklyn Woniger

UC senior Jacklyn Woniger isn’t afraid to make waves in her pursuit of both athletic and academic excellence.

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Kara Loo

In Winter 2011, I went with two fashion design students and one other digital design student to live and work in Athens, Greece for 11 weeks.

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Keenen Maull

“Being involved in student organizations opens your eyes to who you are and what you are like. If it weren’t for campus involvement, I would not have had the experiences that helped me grow into the person I am now.”

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Student Recognized for Leadership in Community Service

Megan Hathaway is a 2011 recipient of the Charles J. Ping Award from Ohio Campus Compact.

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Doing More Is More For UC Student

Many college students try not to overwhelm themselves by putting too much on their plates. For second-year information systems major and finance minor Bhavik Modi, it’s the opposite.

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UC = Smart Choice for Math Student

With financial assistance and the promise of two degrees in five years, Langston Joiner is happy to call UC home.

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Neuroscience Student Finds Place in Orthopedics Lab

A Q&A with Holly Weekley, junior neuroscience major.

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Sticking with It

Marketing student pursues lifelong love of retail through education and extracurriculars.

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A Personal Best On and Off the Field

Future pharmacist Chelsea Gerken doesn't settle for second best. This track star shines as a #1 athlete, scholar and student leader.

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Discovery in Dalian

A Bearcat Bound conversation led Lane Hart to follow his interest in Chinese culture all the way to Dalian, China.

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Exploring All Opportunities

Elisabeth Hieber has UC and a Cincinnatus scholarship to thank for her many new experiences—including her first year as a Girl Scout leader.

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A Hero for Habitat

For Billy Spies, Cincinnati's Habitat is more than just a place to live.

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Following in Family Footsteps

UC sophomore Mark Schutte continues a family tradition of Bearcats, but says it was quality and affordability that sealed his decision to earn a degree at UC.

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Bridging Town and Gown

Community involvement enhances education — and vice versa — for Cincinnati native Sarah Stenger.

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UC Scholar-Athlete for September

Aerospace engineering student Sydney Barker eyes playing pro soccer and designing sleek cars or fast airplanes.

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Data Comes Alive for Undergrad Research Fellow

Asia Harris' interest in data analysis lead her to SURF and STARS—not athletics and astronomy, but two undergraduate research programs at UC.

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Freshman Focuses on Nano Studies

Chemical engineering student Trent Amstutz's research in the Nanoworld labs earned him the May Undergraduate Research Student of the Month award.

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Community and Service At The Heart of Greek Week

Greek Week President Abigail Melampy shares why she got involved in UC’s Greek organizations.

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DAAP Student Wins Second Place in National Packaging Competition

DAAP student Rachel Eckberg received the good news about her win recently while studying abroad in France.

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Student-initiated Co-op Leads to Rewarding Experience

Research student Richard Godby explains angiogenesis.

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Nursing Doctoral Student Focuses on Community Health

Kate York traveled to Tanzania to study and help prevent river blindness.

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Allied Health Doctoral Student will Expand Telemedicine Program

Lindsay James Riegler received a grant to expand an innovative telemedicine project to help local veterans and their families.

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Research Examines Approaches to Treating Substance Abuse Among African-Americans

A study led by doctoral student LaTrice Montgomery was recently published in “Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology,” a journal of the American Psychological Association.

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Project Sri Lanka Brings Health Camp to Asia

UC arts and sciences major Felicia Rinaldi learns about Asian culture while helping others through Project Sri Lanka.

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Chief Radiology Resident Completes J.T. Rutherford Government Relations Fellowship

Bhavya Rehani, MD, recently spent a week in Washington, D.C., learning about health care policy as part of the American College of Radiology’s (ACR) J.T. Rutherford Government Relations Fellowship.

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Cincinnatus Freshman is a Scholar and an Athlete

Cincinnatus Award recipient Brian Barney says he was looking for a college experience that offered excellent academics and athletics.

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UC Student Helping Impact Campus Minority Community

“I used to feel that people generally had an everyman for themselves mentality,” says 4th year biological science major Randy King. But after he and other UC students founded GQ: Gentlemen’s Quarterly, Randy now thinks a lot of people have much determination to help others.

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UC Student Empowering the Community through Education

Clarence Garrison, an Industrial Management student from Cleveland, OH, has helped establish a lifestyle clothing brand which is laying a positive foundation for future generations.

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Scholar Athlete Missy Harpenau

Being a student athlete “not only symbolizes working hard in the gym and on the court, but also in the classroom as well.

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Story Telling leads to Studying Abroad for UC Student

University of Cincinnati student Carlo Cruz will be traveling to India on Dec. 7 to work on a documentary film with members of the NM Saduru Water and Development Foundation.

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