NEXT Graduate Scholars focuses on nurturing a culture of research excellence, creative expression and discovery, professional preparation and workforce development, student success and access, and forward-thinking interdisciplinarity that truly leverages UC’s impressive intellectual diversity, we position UC to impact our regional economy and accelerate new knowledge to practice. We will prepare our students to be future leaders.
Research Excellence and Impact: Catalyze high impact research and creative expression by nurturing a culture that empowers scholars to accelerate translation of knowledge to practice solving global challenges and impact our community.
Professional and Workforce Development: In addition to cultivating disciplinary excellence, empower graduate programs and scholars with training that transcends disciplinary boundaries, accelerating knowledge to practice while preparing them to lead and make impactful contributions in their professions, communities, and our local and regional economy.
Student Success and Access: Foster a student-centered graduate education environment that creates new education, training, and career pathways for students and provides resources and support for successful navigation of student experiences at UC and in the next stages of their careers.
Interdisciplinary Knowledge Generation to Practice: Be a strategic leader in the development of innovative and interdisciplinary graduate programs that create partnerships across our unique campus to position UC at the forefront of graduate education and research, yielding solutions to the world’s most pressing problems.
October 23, 2025
Joey Yong is a graduate student in the UC School of Information Technology's Master of Science in Information Technology (MSIT) program. As she nears graduation this December, the central Kentucky native looks back on the invaluable instruction, networking opportunities and leadership lessons she gained during her time at UC.
October 16, 2025
When Tara Sand and Rebecca Sullivan began their nursing careers, neither imagined they would one day be driving leadership initiatives, teaching systems thinking simulations and mentoring the next generation of nurse leaders. But thanks to a shared vision—and a shared journey through the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing Systems Leadership Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program—that’s exactly where they’ve landed.
October 30, 2025
The University of Cincinnati’s new Master of Public Health Alumni-Student Mentorship Program connects graduates of the program to current students to support them to reach their academic and professional goals.
Interim Dean of The Graduate College &
Ohio Eminent Scholar
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