UC positioned for growth in computer science
April 26, 2022
The University of Cincinnati’s College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) will establish a new Department of Computer Science.
Endowment Impact Stories
Each of UC's 2,200 endowment funds has its own story and makes its own impact. Each one supports a specific scholarship, professorship, research project, or other program; and, ultimately, UC’s mission.
From helping a student afford to attend college, to sponsoring a lecture series that inspires a future career, to developing a life-saving drug, to exonerating an innocent life...their missions are varied and their stories and impacts reach far and wide; and it's the privilege of the Investment Office to work ambitiously day-by-day to drive investment gains in order to maximize those impacts.
Two programs we're particularly proud to support through the endowment are the Ohio Innocence Project (OIP) and the Gen-1 Impact House. These programs are making an immeasurable impact thanks, in part, to the perpetual gifts which helped to establish and continue to provide funds for each endeavor.
Ohio Innocence Project
The goal of the Ohio Innocence Project is to exonerate every wrongly-convicted Ohioan. Harnessing the energy and intellect of UC law students as its driving force, OIP seeks to identify inmates in Ohio prisons who are actually innocent of the crimes they were convicted of committing. Since its founding in 2003, the Ohio Innocence Project has helped 33 individuals obtain their long-sought freedom.
We are their last hope. Someone to advocate and believe in them and fight for them when no one else will.
Mallorie Thomas Former OIP Fellow
Gen-1 / Impact House
Gen-1 is a groundbreaking UC program and the nation's first living-learning community to focus on first-generation college students. The Gen-1 Program was established in 2008 and is a living and learning community that shepherds Pell-eligible, 1st generation college students helping to ensure academic success through high-intensity advising, academic courses, and co-curricular experiences. One such measure of success is Gen-1's 92% 1st-to-2nd-year retention rate — well above the national rate of 62%.
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Other Recent Impact News
UC to award honorary degree to 'technology trailblazer'
April 22, 2022
UC will confer a Doctor of Commercial Science honoris causa to Lori A. Beer, global chief information officer for JPMorgan Chase & Co.
President Pinto celebrates talented UC community during State of...
April 15, 2022
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UC nursing PhD candidate remembered with scholarship for...
April 8, 2022
Following UC College of Nursing PhD candidate Louis Gambia Ti Banguima's death, a classmate established a new scholarship fund in his honor.
UC College of Arts and Sciences to celebrate alumni awards
March 22, 2022
Four alumni from the University of Cincinnati’s College of Arts and Sciences are being recognized for contributions to their professions, their communities and the university next month. Nominated by fellow alumni, faculty or staff and chosen by the college, this year’s honorees include Darlene Walley, chemistry; Shannon E. Finn Connell, ’92, psychology; Charles Barnett, ’71, history; and Brande Victorian, ’07, journalism. They will be formally celebrated at A Night With A&S: A Celebration of Excellence and Philanthropy on April 6.
UC College of Engineering and Applied Science earns diversity...
March 21, 2022
The University of Cincinnati’s College of Engineering and Applied Science has been lauded as a national leader among engineering programs for significant progress in increasing diversity, inclusion and degree attainment outcomes. The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) has awarded the college bronze status — the highest current level — in its Diversity Recognition Program.