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Celebrating the newest Bearcats on Decision Day

December 11, 2025

The University of Cincinnati admits its newest Bearcats for Fall 2026. Interest in the university is at an all-time high with more than 35,000 applicants for admission. Decision Day was also a time to celebrate 10 new Marian Spencer Scholarship recipients.

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Celebrating the newest Bearcats on Decision Day

December 11, 2025

The University of Cincinnati admits its newest Bearcats for Fall 2026. Interest in the university is at an all-time high with more than 35,000 applicants for admission. Decision Day was also a time to celebrate 10 new Marian Spencer Scholarship recipients.

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UC College of Engineering and Applied Science receives $10 million scholarship estate gift

December 4, 2025

A $10 million estate gift from Ray Brooks, CEAS ’83, and Connie Brooks will benefit generations of students at the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Science. The impact of the Connie and Ray Brooks Scholarship Fund, originally established in 2018 with a five-figure donation, will be far-reaching for UC students and the engineering industry.

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Engineering student aims to protect drinking water

November 25, 2025

For Jackson Quinn, the cooperative education (co-op) program is what drew him to the University of Cincinnati. As an undergraduate student, he participated in research, authored papers, and earned a master's degree in tandem through the Accelerated Engineering Degree (ACCEND) Program. Recently, he was named Graduate Student Engineer of the Month by the College of Engineering and Applied Science.

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UC's collaboration with Siemens prepares engineers for the future

November 17, 2025

In the 1960s, a handful of engineering professors at the University of Cincinnati (UC) joined together to form the Structural Dynamics Research Corporation (SDRC), a group that would eventually become one of the founding pillars of major technology company, Siemens Digital Industries Software. For more than 50 years, Siemens has remained a strong supporter of UC’s College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS), supporting students and faculty through cooperative education (co-op), research efforts, software access and more.

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Two University of Cincinnati colleges benefit from $4 million gift

November 7, 2025

University of Cincinnati alumni Mohammad H. Qayoumi, MS ’79, MS ’80, MBA ’84, PhD ’83 and Najia Karim, BS ’82, MEd ’83, RD, have made a $4 million gift supporting two of the university’s colleges. A donation from the couple establishes a fund and an endowed chair at the College of Engineering and Applied Science, as well as an endowed chair at the College of Allied Health Sciences.

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Playing a winning hand

November 4, 2025

UC mechanical engineering student Brooke Boeding parlayed her co-op at an Ohio engineering and consulting company into a full-time job. Her co-op adviser not only helped her land her first co-op job but also provided guidance to launch her career.

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Moth-like drone navigates autonomously without AI

October 22, 2025

Engineering researchers at the University of Cincinnati developed a moth-like drone that flies autonomously using extremum-seeking feedback systems instead of artificial intelligence. The research could help explain how tiny insects with small brains are such adroit flyers.