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NEH grant supports DAAP professor’s research on art

November 5, 2026

UC DAAP art history professor Christopher Platts receives NEH support to research exhibitions and collections of European art in colonial and Revolutionary America and how they inspired the nation’s earliest painters, collectors and cultural institutions.

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Design your workforce with co-op

October 27, 2026

At Chicago’s bKL Architecture, UC DAAP alumna and associate director Olivia Kempf now hires the co‑op students she once was, using UC’s architecture co‑op program to bring in fresh design ideas, build a talent pipeline and help students launch their careers.

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Still the top ‘cat

October 20, 2026

The University of Cincinnati Bearcat mascot was voted Cincinnati’s favorite mascot in a Cincinnati Enquirer reader poll, earning 45.1% of the vote and topping other local favorites.

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From hobbyist photographer to professional educator

October 9, 2026

DAAP alum and photographer HATSUE studied communication design after a pivot in high school from a track toward veterinary school. Today, they teach photography at 1001 Colors white working as an artist and curator in Cincinnati.

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First-generation student sketches a future at UC Clermont

October 6, 2026

When Marlene Galvan walked across the stage in the University of Cincinnati’s Nippert Stadium to receive her associate degree last spring, the moment represented more than just two years of hard work. The milestone was also the fulfillment of a dream her parents carried with them when they left Jalisco, Mexico, more than two decades ago in search of opportunity.