July 21, 2003

Dr. Nancy L. Zimpher will serve as President of the University of Cincinnati beginning on Oct. 1, 2003.

July 21, 2003

UC and the Mediterranean island of Crete have long-standing ties that go back to 1999. Almost every summer since, students and faculty have labored to turn the tide for this tourist hot spot whose popularity has come at a steep economic and environmental price.

July 21, 2003

Designers from Asia, Europe, the Middle East as well as Central and South America from Argentina and Austria to Ukraine and the United Kingdom entered an auto design competition sponsored by Mitsubishi Motors. Winning the international Internet vote for best design was UC senior Nick Womeldorff.

July 21, 2003

Nancy L. Zimpher, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will become the 25th president of the University of Cincinnati on Oct. 1. Zimpher was recommended to the UC Board of Trustees by a Presidential Search Committee on Tuesday, culminating a search underway since Nov. 26, 2002.

July 21, 2003

This summer, the coastal city of Hersonissos on the Mediterranean island of Crete is a living laboratory for the university's planning students. They're seeking to solve the riddles of congestion, environmental degradation, loss of economic diversity and other problems caused by massive tourism. Below is the third report the students have sent back on their work.

July 21, 2003

A new agreement means Ohio's rural students can concentrate on their time in the classroom instead of time on the road.

July 21, 2003

Through UC's cooperative education program, fashion designer Maren Hartman has already landed some rockin' co-ops...and her next one will be with Stella McCartney in London.

July 20, 2003

Doctoral candidates Jeff and Camille Ludwick will defend their research on the same day. It's research that's of interest locally, nationally and around the world.

July 20, 2003

New sculptures on campus make a splash like angular dollops of paint in the green space between Teacher/Dyer and University Pavilion.

July 20, 2003

The University of Cincinnati, by winning two Conference USA championships in 2002-03, continued to dominate the league's championships. UC, victors of the women's soccer tournament and co-champs of C-USA football, has won the most regular season championships, 16, since the league's inception.

July 20, 2003

Students making the last-minute decision to go to college can still get a space in class with the streamlined On-Site Admissions program Aug.4-Sept.17.

July 15, 2003

The summer edition of UCit's online newsletter, UCit Now, features information on the Collegiate Structures Initiative, the latest on the Microsoft software agreement and cost savings for the university through a UCit program for computer purchases.

July 15, 2003

University Libraries play a large role in freshman orientation as Langsam Library co-hosts a two-hour information session with UCit.

July 15, 2003

Crete is serving as the research lab for planning students and faculty on a mission to assist the Mediterranean island better itself environmentally and economically via smart tourism practices. Here s a letter home from the UC team.

July 15, 2003

The UC Center for Community Engagment and the Hoxworth Blood Center will hold a campus blood drive July 17-18.

July 15, 2003

UC will receive funding to improve the health care of the elderly by working with faculty from specialty areas such as Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

July 15, 2003

Andrew Filak, MD, was awarded Educator of the Year by the Ohio Academy of Family Physicians, emphasizing the quality of the UC Department of Family Medicine.

July 14, 2003

Andrew Filak, MD, was awarded Educator of the Year by the Ohio Academy of Family Physicians, emphasizing the quality of the UC Department of Family Medicine.

July 14, 2003

University of Cincinnati student Annie McEachirn wants to put the skills she has acquired as a person with profound vision impairment to work to help others. She is completing her master s degree in social work.

July 14, 2003

College of Medicine researcher will use her recent award to extend her research on children with sickle cell disease.