Impact

Celebrate philanthropy and community impact with stories of UC changemakers and transformative initiatives. 

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UC hosts CPS All-Star Showcase

March 20, 2026

The University of Cincinnati is partnering with Cincinnati Public Schools to host the fifth annual CPS All-Star Showcase event set for noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 4, in Fifth Third Arena.

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Remembering two UC greats: Professors Randy Allemang and Dave Brown

March 17, 2026

Quantifying the impact that University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Science emeritus professors Randy Allemang, BSME ’72, MS ’73, PhD ’80, and Dave Brown, AE ’61, MS ’63, PhD ’76, had on the field of structural dynamics is a tall order.

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Miniature marvels: A librarian’s lifelong passion finds a home at UC

March 9, 2026

In the mid-1950s Melinda C. Wells Brown moved to Cincinnati to live with her great aunt and became captivated by a collection of miniature Shakespeare plays her great aunt kept on display. Brown came to Cincinnati after the death of her father, and without her great aunt’s guidance and generosity, she would not have been able to continue her education. Her great aunt’s holistic support was instrumental during Brown’s undergraduate studies at the University of Cincinnati — where she worked in the University Library (now known as Blegen Library) and uncovered a deep passion for literature and libraries.

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1

UC hosts CPS All-Star Showcase

March 20, 2026

The University of Cincinnati is partnering with Cincinnati Public Schools to host the fifth annual CPS All-Star Showcase event set for noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 4, in Fifth Third Arena.

2

Remembering two UC greats: Professors Randy Allemang and Dave Brown

March 17, 2026

Quantifying the impact that University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Science emeritus professors Randy Allemang, BSME ’72, MS ’73, PhD ’80, and Dave Brown, AE ’61, MS ’63, PhD ’76, had on the field of structural dynamics is a tall order.

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Miniature marvels: A librarian’s lifelong passion finds a home at UC

March 9, 2026

In the mid-1950s Melinda C. Wells Brown moved to Cincinnati to live with her great aunt and became captivated by a collection of miniature Shakespeare plays her great aunt kept on display. Brown came to Cincinnati after the death of her father, and without her great aunt’s guidance and generosity, she would not have been able to continue her education. Her great aunt’s holistic support was instrumental during Brown’s undergraduate studies at the University of Cincinnati — where she worked in the University Library (now known as Blegen Library) and uncovered a deep passion for literature and libraries.

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Training future corporate lawyers

February 25, 2026

Neil Taylor, director of the Corporate Law Center at the University of Cincinnati, is working with students to him them chart a path into promising legal career.

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UC Digital Futures and Cincinnati Fire Museum launch educational video game

February 17, 2026

A new collaboration between the University of Cincinnati's Digital Performance Lab (DP Lab), CCM Acting, UC's School of Information Technology, and the Cincinnati Fire Museum is using gaming technology to bring essential fire safety education to children. The project titled Fire Escape is an interactive video game designed to teach K-12 students how to respond safely during a house fire. It was developed through Digital Futures research support, student game development, and guidance from local fire safety professionals.

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A century of Bearcats in the family

February 16, 2026

When Eloise Brown was deciding where to go to college, she spoke to a family friend who was an environmental engineering professor at the University of Cincinnati and realized UC's engineering program would be a great fit for her. She decided to make the move to Cincinnati, continuing a family legacy at the College of Engineering and Applied Science.

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Love, Emma makes functional, fashionable clothing for young women with disabilities

February 13, 2026

Emma Biros, an alum of UC's Special Education program, never wanted to be a teacher. Rather, she aimed to make the world a better place for people living with disabilities. She fell in love with transition work while working in CECH's IDD Education Center, which led her to a position with a local non-profit, Genesis at Work. Today, Biros is launching her Love, Emma line of adaptive clothing designed to make functional fashionable for young women with disabilities.

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Co-op offers chance to experience a career in manufacturing

February 9, 2026

William Walker, a second-year chemical engineering major at the University of Cincinnati, discusses his first cooperative education experience at American Rheinmetall. Walker is a graduate of Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati and a Marian Spencer Scholar.

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Alpaugh family legacy continues

February 3, 2026

A $10 million estate gift from the Alpaugh Foundation will support the Alpaugh Family Economics Center at the University of Cincinnati, continuing the extraordinary legacy the Alpaugh family began half a century ago.

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The business behind a better future

January 29, 2026

Sofia Ferrigolo is in her final semester at the Lindner College of Business, where she took charge as a sustainability advocate, culminating in a trip to COP30 in November and a job offer for sustainability consulting at a major global firm.