March 23, 2003
University of Cincinnati sociologist Steven Carlton-Ford says that in the best case scenario the next 12 months will see somewhere between 37,000-74,000 Iraqi civilians die as a result of the aftermath of war.
March 23, 2003
UC sociologist Steve Carlton-Ford has spent years analyzing wars that occurred from 1946 to 1995. He estimates that over the next 12 months - in the best case scenario - 22,000-44,000 children under 5 will die as a result of the current war in Iraq.
March 23, 2003
Brad Sierer has been taking random classes to figure out a major. Now the freshmen has some help: UC's new Center for Exploratory Studies
March 23, 2003
Tara Copanas is a 20-year-old UC student trying to figure out what major will be best for her career plans. For some guidance, she has turned to the new Center for Exploratory Studies.
March 20, 2003
University of Cincinnati design senior Jennifer Daggy, 23, has reached the finalist ranks in a national competition sponsored by the Council of Fashion Designers of America and Target Corporation.
March 20, 2003
Rabbi Abie Ingber sends a Jewish prayer book to a UC alum who's a member of the Ohio National Guard. The pocket prayer book, made of iron, protected a Jewish soldier 60 years ago in World War II.
March 20, 2003
University of Cincinnati students Elizabeth Ward and Jessica Sharpe are on a mission: To raise awareness of the many issues associated with the current war in Iraq.
March 20, 2003
The University of Cincinnati (UC), with partners Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) and The Ohio State University (OSU), will receive $750,000 in federal funding to support NetWellness (netwellness.org), the Internet health resource founded at UC in 1995
March 19, 2003
For a student who fell in love with politics during the presidential campaign of 2000, nothing could top landing an internship on the White House staff.
March 19, 2003
A presentation sponsored by the UC College of Medicine entitled Ethics and Policy in the Age of Genetics and Medicine will be given by Eric M. Meslin, PhD, director of the Indiana University Center for Bioethics, on Thursday, March 20, from 4-5 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium, UC College of Medicine Medical Sciences Building.
March 18, 2003
Alfred Blumstein, a member of Carnegie Mellon's faculty and the director of the National Consortium on Violence Research, will address "Some Recent Trends in Crime and Punishment." He will speak on April 3 at noon in Room 118 of the College of Law. UC Streaming Media will also webcast the lecture, which is part of the Seasongood College Visitor program and co-sponsored by the Urban Justice Institute.
March 18, 2003
Students at the UC College of Law are offering help to low-income residents with tax questions through their Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. Check here for more details, including dates and times that student help will be available.
March 18, 2003
Consumer confidence fell in February as Ohioans were more pessimistic about U.S. business conditions, making major household purchases and their own family finances, according to the latest release of the Ohio Poll. The poll is produced by UC's Institute for Policy Research.
March 18, 2003
UC's Campus Scheduling Office will begin accepting applications to schedule facilities for the 2003-04 academic year beginning April 1, 2003. All non-academic activities must be scheduled through this office.
March 18, 2003
Tickets for the NCAA Division I Women s Basketball Championship games that will be played in Fifth Third Arena at Shoemaker Center next week are currently on sale through the UC Athletic Ticket Office. Among the four teams playing on campus will be the No. 10-seeded UC Bearcats.
March 17, 2003
Sociologist Jennifer Glass will examine the ages' old question of how to organize work and love.
March 17, 2003
Young patients will be among the benefactors of a new partnership to share academic research.
March 17, 2003
The School of Planning at the University of Cincinnati is set to better prepare students to work around the world thanks to a new agreement between the school and the Peace Corps.
March 17, 2003
Communication major Stephen Rosfeld is getting an experience of a lifetime serving on the White House staff at a time that may be long remembered in history. In addition to seeing the real president, Rosfeld has met the fictional one from TV's "West Wing."
March 16, 2003
To recognize the long-standing leadership of Dr. Joseph Steger and the positive impact that the University of Cincinnati has had on developing greater Cincinnati leaders, Fifth Third Bank President & CEO George A. Schaefer, Jr., today presented a $10 million contribution to the University of Cincinnati. The gift among the largest single gifts ever received by the university will support the Richard E. Lindner Varsity Village, a plan for improving current athletic facilities. Varsity Village will also position UC as one of America s elite athletic programs.