November 13, 2002
More than 1,000 young people from disadvantaged backgrounds will learn that they, too, can go to college, as GEAR UP brings academic opportunities, college-related activities and support for teachers.
November 12, 2002
A new shirt created by UC co-op students Jaleen Francois and Regina Schneider will fight sexual assault, $10 at a time.
November 11, 2002
In 1998, University of Cincinnati researchers unveiled a novel electronic network to increase equipment safety, improve student education and reduce costs in high school and college chem labs. Their system, called MeasureNet, will be recognized with a Governor's Award for Excellence in Energy Efficiency on Nov. 12, 2002, in Columbus.
November 12, 2002
A new shirt created by UC co-op students Jaleen Francois and Regina Schneider will fight sexual assault, $10 at a time.
November 11, 2002
In 1998, University of Cincinnati researchers unveiled a novel electronic network to increase equipment safety, improve student education and reduce costs in high school and college chem labs. Their system, called MeasureNet, will be recognized with a Governor's Award for Excellence in Energy Efficiency on Nov. 12, 2002, in Columbus.
November 11, 2002
UC s College of Applied Science (CAS) is set to celebrate its rich heritage as the quiet cornerstone upon which Cincinnati industry, learning and culture has built itself since the school s founding on Nov. 20, 1828. The school was founded as the Ohio Mechanics Institute, the first school dedicated to technical education west of the Alleghenies. On Wednesday, Nov. 20, the college will toast its birth with a Founder s Day reception from 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the first floor of the CAS Administration Building, 2220 Victory Parkway.
November 11, 2002
Cincinnati -- School chemistry labs are "high risk" zones for PCs, printers and computer monitors.
November 10, 2002
Co-oping has been nothing but good news for UC Honors-PLUS senior Zach Osborne. It's proving to be not quite as auspicious for the 11 reptiles he keeps as pets.
November 5, 2002
Despite a backdrop of state budget problems, both of the major credit rating agencies this week affirmed UC's current bond ratings. Continued strong ratings gave a positive impact on the university budget.
October 31, 2002
University of Cincinnati President Joseph A. Steger announced that he will retire as president June 30, 2003.
October 31, 2002
As a student at the University of Cincinnati, you can gain real-world experience across the United States and around the world.
October 29, 2002
Helpless in the face of terrorism - that's not a phrase that University of Cincinnati geography researcher Richard Beck wants applied to him.
October 28, 2002
Hear the details of what you will be voting for with Issue 7 the 1/2 cent sales tax to fund the Hamilton County portion of the MetroMoves Regional Transportation Plan (expanded bus service, light rail trains, trolleys), on the November ballot in Hamilton County, and a range of view points responding to this Issue.
October 28, 2002
Cincinnati -- A recent study of coral formations in different tropical locations will be used to help geologists reconstruct climate and storm patterns of the past and learn more about the preservation of reefs.
October 24, 2002
The election year of 1992 was deemed "The Year of the Woman," but a University of Cincinnati political researcher who has recently interviewed female candidates suggests that 2002 deserves that title even more.
October 20, 2002
During the second century B.C., a mummy-maker took a scroll of poetry and used it as stuffing for a corpse. The roll of papyrus remained hidden inside the mummy's chest cavity until its rediscovery in the early 1990s. Today, what was once treated like trash survives as the oldest surviving example of a Greek poetry book, as well as an important source of information about the past.
October 16, 2002
A day after President Bush was in Cincinnati to make his case for attacking Iraq, a panel of University of Cincinnati professors argued for prudence.
October 13, 2002
Assistant Dean Jeannette Songer and her crew of student workers are pleased to introduce Elizabeth Bearcat Browning, the McMicken College of Arts & Sciences entry for "Mascot Mania," a new decorating contest modeled after Cincinnati's Big Pig Gig.
September 25, 2002
Despite massive excavations in recent years, few images exist to tell us what Jerusalem looked like in the first century - a period important to Christians as their founding as well as to Jews because of the flourishing and ultimate destruction of the Temple.
September 24, 2002
The most popular undergraduate major for first year college students is Undeclared! Even for those who enter college with a declared major, multiple major changes are common.
September 23, 2002
Middle age spread. More than one person moving through their 40s and 50s has been known to complain about getting old and heavier at the same time. But it now appears that volcanoes may also get old and fat together as well.
September 22, 2002
Ask the average person if they'd like to go to Hawaii, and very few would hesitate to say "Yes," expecting nothing but sun and fun.
September 14, 2002
UC geology students and two faculty members are spending the week before classes start getting a close-up look at the active volcanoes on the Big Island of Hawaii.
September 12, 2002
Today's students have spoken.
August 20, 2002
The Dirt on Midea, an interactive CD-ROM co-produced by students in UC's Center for the Electronic Reconstruction of Historical and Archaeological Sites (CERHAS) and the School of Design, has won a distinctive merit award in the 81st annual New York Art Directors competition.
August 20, 2002
DISCOVER Vol. 23 No. 7 (July 2002). Homer's Bones: Can an archaeological dig in Greece reveal the line between truth and fiction in the Iliad and the Odyssey?
July 21, 2002
The Department of Romance Languages is pleased to announce three new courses in the Elementary Arabic Language will be offered this academic year in Autumn, Winter, and Spring Quarters.
July 9, 2002
Barely a foot in the door of McMicken Hall and a staff member welcomed Dick Friedman with a bear hug and big "Welcome Home!" Dick started his UC career at McMicken College as an Assistant Dean.
June 4, 2002
A global reputation as an outstanding theoretical physicst earned UC Professor Fu-Chun Zhang the honor of being named a Distinguished Research Professor by the UC Board of Trustees.
May 16, 2002
Bomb blasts, earthquakes and daunting secret codes have never been enough to distract historian Ann Twinam from her quest to better understand the history of Latin America.
May 16, 2002
Jarrell is a lot like the electrons he studies - always on the move .
May 16, 2002
Jamison-Hall displays such enthusiasm for black writers such as Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison, Paul L. Dunbar, Gwendolyn Brooks, Zora Neale Hurston, Dorothy West and Ann Petry that her students can't help but catch it from her. Her courses are considered a crown jewel in the Department of African American studies. Not even dialysis three times a week for three hours a day has diminished her fervor for African American literature.
April 29, 2002
Develop and oversee the McMicken College of Arts and Sciences new and continuing internship, co-op, and experiential learning programs.
April 29, 2002
The Ohio Academy of History presented its 2002 Outstanding Teaching award to history professor John K. Alexander of the McMicken College of Arts and Sciences.
April 21, 2002
University of Cincinnati students are about to get a national voice in evaluating the quality of their education, and it will take only about 10 minutes to get involved.
April 15, 2002
Cloning, genetic manipulation, and designer babies may sound like progressive developments at the forefront of modern medicine, but to historian Wendy Kline they can be counted among the latest terms in a century-long movement to "build a better race" in the United States.
April 10, 2002
One of the most influential national panels looking at global climate change traveled halfway around the world earlier this year to see what UC geologists and their collaborators have discovered about climate change in the Southern Hemisphere.
April 10, 2002
Twelve years of climbing, coring, and collecting evidence of climate change across the Southern Hemisphere are leading to a new understanding of global climate change and attracting the attention of top climate scientists.
April 8, 2002
Develop and oversee the McMicken College of Arts and Sciences' new and continuing internship, co-op, and experiential learning programs.
April 3, 2002
The Ohio Academy of History (OAH) will award its prize for the best dissertation of 2000-2001 to University of Cincinnati alumnus Sanjam Ahluwalia, who completed her PhD in history at UC in late 2000.
April 3, 2002
The Friends of Women's Studies will honor five UC alumnae during Women's Studies Presents on Saturday, April 13.
April 3, 2002
UC chemist William Connick has found a way to get a single particle of light - one photon - to do twice the expected amount of work.
April 2, 2002
At 17, Amy Harris is younger than a typical college freshman.
April 1, 2002
Many University of Cincinnati students struggle with deciding on a major and or career.
March 11, 2002
A 5-foot weather tower installed last week will provide continuous weather data to students in geography courses who are studying meteorology.
March 5, 2002
The wailing of the noon civil defense sirens March 6 began a somber UC service in memory of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
March 4, 2002
UC students plan to tour the museums and landmarks of post-impressionistic artists in southern France this Spring Break during the Spring Arts Tour.
February 27, 2002
UC's Mock Trial team has won a trip to the Undergraduate Mock Trial Association national championship tournament in Des Moines, Iowa April 5-7.
February 26, 2002
Description of Freshmen Seminars: These 3-credit hour interactive, small-enrollment courses are designed to engage students immediately in the intellectual life of the college.
February 19, 2002
Faculty Service Awards: This year, UC is honoring the following A&S faculty for their many years of service.
February 19, 2002
Keith Griffler, Assistant Professor, African American Studies, Arts and Sciences and Kevin Burke, Electronic Media, College Conservatory of Music $20,000 major media grant from the Ohio Humanities Council, awarded December 2001 for the public television documentary "Wade in the Water" about the Underground Railroad.
February 18, 2002
In what was billed as the most important delegation of the year in the U.S. Department of State's International Visitor Program, a group of 21 representatives from some of the world's most conflict-ridden regions participated in a special human rights program at the College of Law on Feb. 15
February 17, 2002
Psychological Services Center provides a variety of services including counseling, group therapy and LD/ADHD evaluations for students at the University of Cincinnati.