July 7, 2004

Cincinnati sisters Kelly and Raegen Salchow are both on pins and needles as the August Olympics in Athens approach. Kelly, rowing on the U.S. women s quadruple sculls team, is a soon-to-retire veteran seeking a medal after barely missing out with a fifth-place finish in the 2000 games. That hoped-for medal would suit Raegen just fine. It's Raegen who put her fashion-design degree to work for her sister, creating a state-of-the-smart unisuit that s more than sew-sew in providing a competitive advantage.

July 7, 2004

Repeated studies by 42 researchers fail to reproduce original findings by British scientists.

July 6, 2004

Pat Turpening, the head of Preservation and Archives in the UC College of Law's Marx Law Library, has earned the 2004 Renee D. Chapman Award for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Services Law Librarianship. The award is decided on by the Technical Services Special Interest Section of the American Association of Law Libraries, and will be presented to Turpening next week at the AALL's annual meeting.

July 6, 2004

Sophomore psychology major, Christy Searcy, became an all-star fundraiser for the university last year by raising $109,100 as a student advocate with the UC Telefund.

July 6, 2004

The U.S. Arctic Research Commission has appointed Ken Hinkel, UC professor of geography, to its task force consisting of scientists and engineers charged with identifying key issues and research needs to foster greater understanding of global change impacts on permafrost in the Arctic and their importance to natural and human systems.

July 6, 2004

Brockway Clarke, assistant professor of English and fiction editor of The Cincinnati Review is the recipient of the 2004 Prairie Schooner Book Series Prize for Carrying the Torch, which will be published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2005.

July 6, 2004

If you build it, they will launch it. That s been the basic hope of a small team of high school and college students from Ohio and Wyoming who are building a rocket from scratch. NASA will launch their handiwork come the middle of July.

July 6, 2004

Anthony J. Perzigian, Senior Vice President and Provost, has announced the appointment of Roy Eckart, Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, as Interim Dean of the College of Engineering beginning Sept. 1.

July 6, 2004

One Internet connection, one household, many users: many homeowners (and businesses) are turning to wireless networks (Wi-Fi) to link computers for sharing files, printers and Internet connections.

July 6, 2004

A total of 187 student-athletes from UC s 17 sports were named to either the Bearcat or the Topcat Honor Roll for their classroom performances in the spring quarter, with baseball player Jim Olds and track and field athlete Abi Hamrick named as the top scholar-athletes of the quarter with perfect 4.0 grade point averages.

July 6, 2004

The UC Clermont College Art Gallery today opens a new exhibit, Color: the Artists' Perspective, a collection of collagraph and mixed media works by Cincinnati artist Sherry L. Sicking and Noblesville, Ind., artist Arlyne Springer. A reception with the artists is coming up July 22.

July 5, 2004

Howard Tolley, professor of political science, received a unique distinction during the fall of 2003 when he held the Fulbright Scholar Program s Thomas Jefferson Distinguished Chair.

July 5, 2004

Siblings Rob and Lauren Reinerman found college to their liking even while in high school and, as a result, graduated as two of the most accomplished students in the Class of 2004.

July 5, 2004

The U.S. Arctic Research Commission appointed Ken Hinkel, professor of geography, to its task force.

July 5, 2004

Dennis Berkey became the 15th president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute on July 1, 2004.