UC President Neville G. Pinto
Dear UC Community,
For me, 2023 has been educational as well as inspiring — and for many reasons. It has been a year in which UC enjoyed thriving enrollment, high student success rates, a nationally acclaimed innovation agenda and all-time highs for both research and scholarship. We held important grand openings for Calhoun Hall, the new Bioscience Center, Clifton Court Hall and others. Each unveiling made us better by elevating our academic setting and enhancing our campus experience.
This year I’ve had the privilege to tour our university and engage with our community on a deeper level than perhaps any other time during my presidency. In February, we eclipsed the fifth anniversary of Next Lives Here, our strategic direction, and I set a goal to visit every college and major administrative unit to share our progress on key goals and reveal what’s next. I can tell you with confidence that we are accelerating the pursuit of our vision to be leading urban public universities into a new era of innovation and impact.
Though I have a few more stops to go to complete my tour, I have already been wowed by our students, faculty and staff. Perhaps more important than what I’ve shared has been what I’ve learned — where we are succeeding as well as where we have more work to do. These conversations inform my thinking and remind me of the value of leading by listening.
As we wrap up 2023, I’m hopeful for our future, and I’m humbled by our progress. I’m inspired by your commitment to discovery and innovation and lifted by your deep belief in public higher education.
This year of visits has reminded me that I don’t thank you enough for all you do to make our university incredible. I genuinely appreciate our students and their passion for learning. And I’ve never been more proud or more thankful for our dedicated faculty and staff, who care deeply about the success of the next generation.
While we celebrate our successes, we also acknowledge the challenges we have faced as a campus and a larger community. May we be bound as Bearcats and stand together ready to take on 2024 with even more excitement, kindness, unity and resolve.
I wish you all happy holidays.
The University of Cincinnati officially entered the Big 12 as a conference member on July 1, 2023. The move has elevated UC’s reputation and exposure both athletically and academically on a national level. The Bearcats will look to reach even greater heights as a member of the Power 5 conference that has seen its teams win 81 team national championships since its inception in 1994.
August 17, 2023
Cincinnati news outlets covered the opening of the University of Cincinnati's Bioscience Center, which will collaborate with doctors to create groundbreaking medical technology.
September 20, 2023
The University of Cincinnati celebrated the opening of Clifton Court Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 19, with a ribbon cutting, attended by approximately 200 administrators, faculty, staff and students. The event was covered by multiple media outlets.
October 24, 2023
The University of Cincinnati celebrated the opening of the Portman Center for Policy Solutions on Monday, Oct. 23. The new center, housed within UC’s School of Public and International Affairs, will make its physical home in the new Clifton Court Hall.
The University of Cincinnati delivers a significant economic boost to the region and state of Ohio thanks to alumni impact, operations and research spending, student demand for goods and services, launch of startup companies and more.
September 12, 2023
The University of Cincinnati Foundation announced that it has raised $2 billion through Next, Now: The Campaign for Cincinnati. The UC and UC Health fundraising campaign has reached its goal in advance of a planned June 2024 close.
July 25, 2023
A team of UC students, faculty, staff and supporters traveled to East Africa for a service-learning trip across three villages in Tanzania. They returned to campus with a transformational cultural experience and lessons that last a lifetime.
November 13, 2023
Few understand the value of co-op quite like Jeremy Jarrett. Jarrett is president and CEO of Cincinnati-based tech consulting firm Kinetic Vision, a company that has integrated UC co-op students for over 30 years. Jarrett himself got his start at the company through co-op as UC aerospace student in the '90s.
The newest Bearcats learn they’ve been accepted into the University of Cincinnati on Decision Day.
34 UC students, faculty, staff and supporters visited Tanzania on a trip organized by the Village Life Outreach Project.
These are our moments…
The Big plays, Big crowd, Big ideas, Big city, Big possibility, Kind of moments.
