March 11, 2003
Azar Nafisi, who was a professor in her homeland of Iran for 15 years, will offer her stories of Iranian women, Islamic radicals and the chaotic times of the Islamic Revolution in a lecture on April 4 at 7 p.m. in the Raymond Walters College theater. Nafisi has a new book, "Reading Lolita in Tehran," due out later this month.
March 11, 2003
Nominations are open through March 27 for two top university research awards, the Rieveschl Award for Distinguished Scientific Research and the Sigma Xi Research Recognition Award.
March 11, 2003
World-Herald columnist Michael Kelly (History, '70) is the national winner of the American Society of Newspaper Editors 2003 award for commentary and column writing.
March 11, 2003
Haven't even thought about your tax return yet? Don't panic -- instead, go to this Web resource organized by the College of Law. You'll find links to all kinds of Web sites essential for preparing your taxes this spring.
March 11, 2003
The University Rules, as set out by the UC Board of Trustees, are now available online in a searchable format. For full details on how to find and use the rules, check out this announcement that was distributed to UC's Deans, Directors and Department Heads electronic mailing list.
March 11, 2003
The students were younger looking than usual on UC's campus March 8 as 60 sixth-grade girls shared in hands-on demonstrations as part of the Showcase of UC Women Scientists.
March 10, 2003
The Showcase of UC Women Scientists demonstrated to sixth grade girls the many possibilities in the science field.
March 10, 2003
E. Norman Veasey, Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court, will deliver this year's Marx Lecture in the UC College of Law. Veasey's topic is "Corporate Governance and Ethics in a Post-Enron/Worldcom Environment."
March 10, 2003
At a March 12 Rally to get volunteers signed up for Relay for Life, Zae Roderer shared a personal perspective of how this fundraiser for the American Cancer Society is saving lives.
March 10, 2003
The University of Cincinnati College of Nursing has awarded the National Speaking of Women's Health (SWH) Scholarship for a Women's Health graduate student at the UC College of Nursing to Holly Hinkle, RN, BSN.
March 9, 2003
A Harvard professor shares the findings of a study that sought students' opinions of what they found favorable about their college experience and what could be improved.
March 9, 2003
Prominent Cincinnati philanthropist and businessman Richard E. Lindner has committed $10.2 million to the University of Cincinnati's Varsity Village athletic facilities enhancement project, the university announced today. In recognition of Mr. Lindner's generosity, UC's athletic complex will be named the Richard E. Lindner Varsity Village and the new athletic center, which will be the centerpiece of Varsity Village, will be named the Richard E. Lindner Center.
March 9, 2003
The gods must be smiling down on William Johnson of UC's classics department. He won four - count 'em - four fellowships for 2003-04. Then the gods turned on him, and he broke his leg.
March 9, 2003
World-Herald writer Michael Kelly won the American Society of Newspaper Editors award for column writing.
March 9, 2003
Four full-year fellowships would be a big feather in the cap for any professor over the course of a long career.
March 9, 2003
Music students as well as those in the arts, engineering, pharmacy and horticulture come together quarter after quarter to play with fire at UC's College of Applied Science (CAS).
March 7, 2003
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati and Harvard have newly published studies showing that mutations of the human PLN gene are linked to heart failure. The UC research, led by Litsa Kranias, PhD, professor of pharmacology and cell biophysics, appears in the February 26 edition of the Journal of Clinical Investigations.
March 6, 2003
Terrorism expert Ed Bridgeman of UC's Clermont College offered information about terrorists and the kinds of theats the pose during a lecture on UC's West Campus Thursday.
March 6, 2003
Michael Solimine of the UC College of Law has been awarded the Ohio State Bar Association's Law Teacher Award for Outstanding Contributions to Ohio Law and to the Ohio Bar.
March 6, 2003
Applications are underway for high school students to earn college credit at UC for the coming fall. Interested students must get their applications in by April 15.