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CCM and UC Athletics partner on state-of-the-art live broadcast studio

January 26, 2026

Media Production students work on live broadcasts with UC Athletics in a new, state-of-the-art sports media broadcast control room at UC College-Conservatory of Music. CCM Media Production and UC Athletics are working collaboratively on the university's sporting events, producing video board displays and live, multi-camera sports broadcasts for the ESPN+ streaming service since Fall 2020 from the Nippert Stadium control room. Now, with the addition of the new CCM sports media broadcast control room, video teams can cover multiple events at the same time.

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UC alum making historic waves

January 23, 2026

Christopher Bak is a UC Lindner alum making history. His gold at the 2025 World Championships was his third win and fifth time medaling overall. Bak’s achievements put him in the running for World Rowing’s Men’s Crew of the Year, a competitive award with only three nominees across the globe. Winners will be announced at the World Rowing Awards hosted at Switzerland’s Olympic Museum on Jan. 24. Not only is Bak in the running, but his coach, a UC faculty member, is nominated as well. Mark Oria, assistant professor of research at the UC College of Medicine, is one of four finalists for World Rowing’s Coach of the Year. The two have been working together since Oria joined the coaching team at UC back in 2017.

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Charting vitals and chasing tries: UC Nursing students develop skills on and off the rugby field

December 16, 2025

At the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing, students like seniors Kaleb Kiely and Josiah Soberano are proving that the path to becoming a nurse can be as varied, challenging and sometimes almost as intense as a rugby match. Their stories highlight the dedication and thoughtfulness behind choosing nursing as their career path, and how the discipline, camaraderie and resilience built on the field as part of the UC’s Rugby team fuel their growth as future nurses.

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UC to lead study on extended use of drug in ACL reconstructions

December 1, 2025

The University of Cincinnati will lead a national study that could have a major effect on how people, especially teens, recover from ACL surgery. It will soon begin enrolling patients in a clinical trial. The study will look at the effectiveness of using a surgical drug post-operatively to speed up recovery. Tranexamic acid (TXA) is already regularly used during surgeries to limit bleeding.

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UC Clermont athletics celebrates historic season

November 21, 2025

The University of Cincinnati Clermont is celebrating a record-breaking fall sports season, culminating in national championships in women’s volleyball and women’s soccer, and a national runner-up finish for men’s soccer.

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Big Noon Kickoff at Bearcats Commons to feature free food, prizes

November 19, 2025

The University of Cincinnati will be home to the biggest pregame tailgate of the weekend as FOX's Big Noon Kickoff show makes its second-ever trip to Cincinnati for the Bearcats’ showdown against Brigham Young University on Saturday. The show will take place at Bearcats Commons, the site of Big Noon Kickoff in 2023. The fan pit opens and the pregame party begins at 8:30 a.m.

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FOX Big Noon Kickoff coming to UC Saturday

November 17, 2025

FOX Sports announced on Sunday that its national pregame show Big Noon Kickoff will be making its second-ever trip to Cincinnati next weekend for the Bearcats’ showdown against Brigham Young University on Saturday, Nov. 22. The Cincinnati and BYU game will kick off later that night at 8 p.m. on FOX, UC’s final home game at Nippert Stadium this year. The pregame show is set to begin at 10 a.m. that morning.

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Scoring big with FC Cincinnati’s Jeff Berding

November 4, 2025

The Founders+Funders 2025 Summit brought FC Cincinnati CEO Jeff Berding to UC’s 1819 Innovation Hub, where he explained his rise and introduced attendees to various sessions about sports entrepreneurship.