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Taft Medal honoree cherishes successful career’s winding road

June 17, 2025

Upon being introduced by UC President Neville Pinto as the 2025 recipient of the William Howard Taft Medal for Notable Achievement at the UC Alumni Celebration in April, Darrell Miller gave in to the understandable urge within him, given his surroundings. There in historic Cincinnati Music Hall, he paused a moment, then belted out several bars of Nessun dorma from the Puccini opera Turandot, showing off a set of pipes that don’t get exercised all that often these days but remain mainstage-worthy.

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Bats and snakes and roaches, oh my!

June 17, 2025

The halls of UC’s biology department came alive with high school students early last month. Scores of students from Hughes, Aiken and Lockland high schools poured in for a day of learning. Molecular parasitology, hydrogeology and spider vision were all on the schedule, and there was plenty of hands-on learning as they handled snakes, hissing cockroaches and frogs, studied vertebrate anatomy and combed through stream samples searching for elusive mayflies, sowbugs and crayfish. The occasion? The tenth anniversary of Biology Day, which UC’s College of Arts and Sciences hosts each year in partnership with Cincinnati Public Schools.

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Work hard, play well

June 17, 2025

A co-op at Lego shows one University of Cincinnati student that innovative design starts with a spirit of play.

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Nursing student on a mission to build Cincinnati’s first minority-owned hospital

June 16, 2025

Brittany Knott, MSN, RN, does not just see herself as a nurse, but as a changemaker. A lifelong learner with four academic degrees under her belt, Knott is now just one semester away from earning her Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) certificate from the University of Cincinnati. But her ambitions stretch far beyond the classroom or hospital floor—she is actively working to open Cincinnati’s first minority-owned hospital.

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UC students: Enroll now for CCM's fall 2025 arts electives

June 16, 2025

UC’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) offers dozens of different general studies and arts elective courses in fall 2025. These credit-granting courses are open to all UC students and cover a wide range of topics including dance, movies and media, music and theatre arts!

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Engineering professor honored with distinguished teaching award

June 16, 2025

Janet Dong, PhD, professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Cincinnati's College of Engineering and Applied Science and director of the UC Center for Robotics Research, was recognized by the university with the Distinguished Teaching Professor Award. This award is given to one faculty member each year who exemplifies educational excellence through impactful teaching, curriculum development, and student mentorship.


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This provision could ban AI regulation for 10 years

June 12, 2025

The proposed “big beautiful bill” has a provision that would ban states from enforcing regulation on artificial intelligence models and systems for 10 years. The legal implications of the bill’s moratorium on AI regulation are a source of confusion across the political spectrum. Cincinnati Edition on WVXU recently spoke with director of UC’s Applied AI Lab Jeffrey Shaffer for insight on what the provision could mean at the crossroads of innovation and safety.

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New facility 'changes the game' for UC Athletics

June 12, 2025

The University of Cincinnati cut the ribbon on the Sheakley Indoor Practice Facility and Athletics Performance Center, culminating a two-year construction process for the $134-million, 210,000-square-foot complex that will redefine the student-athlete experience at UC.

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Romans traded exotic animals across empire

June 10, 2025

MSN highlights UC Classics research in Pompeii that showed ancient Romans traded exotic animals such as giraffes. Professor Steven Ellis discovered giraffe bones while excavating the ancient city entombed in ash from a volcanic eruption.

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How co-op is shaking up the business of accounting

June 9, 2025

Major accounting firms are auditing their approach to recruiting new talent, according to a new article by the Cincinnati Business Courier. The Courier lays out what local firms are doing to shake up the industry, including hiring more employees, raising salaries and creating plenty of hands-on student opportunities. Chelsea Anderson, PhD, assistant professor of accounting in UC’s Lindner College of Business, told the Courier that co-op is a great way to gain that vital experience.