Melanie writes about a variety of campus updates, activities and faculty, staff and student success.
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May 9, 2022
Known as the southern gateway to campus, where almost 3,000 students pass through on their way to U-square every day, the more than $80 million facelift on the University of Cincinnati's Calhoun residence hall now shines a light on the positive, modern features adorning the 16-story tower overlooking UC’s Uptown campus and surrounding city.
April 21, 2022
With national Earth Day celebrated on April 22, events across all four campuses are bringing the awareness of UC's green energy initiatives and the improved built environment to light. While Earth Day was created in 1970, today a growing group of sustainability stewards all across UC continue to carry out the original Earth Day mission: from awareness to action.
March 8, 2022
While University of Cincinnati pioneers Elizabeth Dyer and Marian Spencer broke critical sex and racial barriers across campus and the community throughout history, today’s UC changemakers are leading the way across the globe. UC celebrates its women leaders with many fun and enlightening Women's History Month campus events.
January 26, 2022
The University of Cincinnati celebrates Black History Month 2022 with music, film and historical discussions that pay homage to Black Americans who have shown "uthabiti" — resilience in Swahili — and those who continue to conquer their dreams during a global pandemic.
Event: January 13, 2022 11:00 AM
UC's African American Cultural & Resource Center presents Martin Luther King Jr. Day virtual celebrations and thoughtful discussions on current issues, hope and future promise on Jan. 13 and 18. Virtual events includes panel discussions by Cincinnati Vice Mayor Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, UC students, staff and other local community activists.
November 15, 2021
The Cincinnati Innovation District ® (CID) and UC’s 1819 Innovation Hub corporate partner FIS held a national student hackathon tasking teams with solving financial inclusion challenges many people face every day. The competition's winning team from Wisconsin took their concept, an app designed to help underprivileged people gain financial independence, through UC's Venture Lab pre-accelerator cohort 16 to successfully bring their startup to market.
November 5, 2021
Cincinnati Innovation District, University of Cincinnati's 1819 Innovation Hub host the second FlyOhio Vertiport Innovation Challenge, inviting students from institutions across the state of Ohio. Thirteen teams from six colleges presented concepts for Advanced Air Mobility vertiports focusing on how medical or cargo transport would benefit the community, sustain itself and create more than 15,000 new jobs and convert existing jobs.
October 27, 2021
University of Cincinnati interdisciplinary research reveals ancestral puebloans in ancient Chaco Canyon interacted with local ecosystem to thrive for more than a millennium, but unsustainable deforestation practices likely contributed to destabilizing environmental impact prior to their final exodus.
September 28, 2021
The Cincinnati Innovation District ® (CID) — Ohio’s first purpose-built innovation district, powered by the University of Cincinnati — presents a newly formed advisory council of global business leaders who are committed to the economic future of companies in our region.
September 24, 2021
University of Cincinnati leadership provided an inspiring look at what is possible for a group of Cincinnati Public High School students at the 1819 Innovation Hub, the nerve center of the Cincinnati Innovation District® (CID). As part of the “My Brother’s Keeper” (MBK) leadership series in Ohio, more than 22 Cincinnati area high school students enjoyed a fun-filled day engaging with leaders at UC’s 1819 Innovation Hub, learning about career opportunities through the CID and how to achieve a college degree in IT or cyber security through UC’s Early IT program.