November 14, 2002

Children in Cincinnati Public Schools will be the winners of a new contest between the UC and Xavier Mortar Board chapters. The Crosstown Book Drive is taking book donations for the libraries of the schools.

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 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.