Student Experience

From news updates to engaging features, insightful interviews and inspiring profiles, our stories spotlight the varied experiences, voices, achievements, and perspectives of UC's 50,000+ student population. 

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Co-op helps students at UC compete in a tight job market

January 14, 2026

WCPO 9 News in Cincinnati discusses UC's co-op program and job readiness in a tight job market. Journalist Taylor Woods speaks with UC students and Annie Straka, associate dean of the UC College of Cooperative Education and Professional Studies.

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Watch highlights from the CCM Wind Symphony's season-opening concert

January 14, 2026

Highlights from the CCM Wind Symphony's season-opening concert are now available to watch on demand. The Sept. 19 performance, titled "Tributes," featured music selections that were composed as tributes by Joel Puckett, James David, Michael Gandolfi and Jonathan Leshnoff.

Latest News

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Co-op helps students at UC compete in a tight job market

January 14, 2026

WCPO 9 News in Cincinnati discusses UC's co-op program and job readiness in a tight job market. Journalist Taylor Woods speaks with UC students and Annie Straka, associate dean of the UC College of Cooperative Education and Professional Studies.

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Watch highlights from the CCM Wind Symphony's season-opening concert

January 14, 2026

Highlights from the CCM Wind Symphony's season-opening concert are now available to watch on demand. The Sept. 19 performance, titled "Tributes," featured music selections that were composed as tributes by Joel Puckett, James David, Michael Gandolfi and Jonathan Leshnoff.

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 Painting her path: Award winning artist Alexandra Franz

January 14, 2026

From gallery exhibitions to flower-studded and figure filled paintings, University of Cincinnati alumnus Alexandra Franz is forging an artistic path shaped by cross-disciplinary curiosity, community connection and a deep commitment to creative growth.

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Student entrepreneurship: Taking ideas to market

January 14, 2026

Through UC’s ADAAPT Innovation Studio, DAAP students moved ideas off the page and into the marketplace during a December 2025 holiday pop-up shop, gaining hands-on experience with product development, pricing, marketing and sales while learning what it takes to launch a business.

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GE Aerospace extends Next Engineers program at UC

January 12, 2026

The GE Aerospace Foundation extended a partnership with UC to administer the Next Engineers program through 2034. The program introduces eighth graders and high school sophomores to careers in engineering.

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New CCM apparel available for purchase online

January 12, 2026

Show your school spirit this spring with official CCM apparel! New UC College-Conservatory of Music apparel is available for purchase online. CCM's Spring 2026 apparel can be ordered online now through Feb. 2, 2026. You can preview five wearable items below.

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Removing Barriers to Higher Education

January 8, 2026

Cincinnati media covered the rollout of the Bearcat Affordability Grant which provdes a pathway to tuition-free college for students of famlies who make less than $75,000 per year and are residents of the state of Ohio.

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UC launches Bearcat Affordability Grant

January 7, 2026

The University of Cincinnati is making college more attainable for students across Ohio with the creation of the Bearcat Affordability Grant. The new grant will provide a pathway to tuition-free college for students of families who make less than $75,000 per year. Beginning in fall 2026, the Bearcat Affordability Grant will cover the remaining cost of tuition for Ohio residents who are Pell eligible.

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Engineering professors studying how co-op impacts student journey

January 5, 2026

Cedrick Kwuimy, associate professor educator in the Department of Engineering and Computing Education at the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Science is studying how a student’s first co-op experience impacts the remainder of their journey as an engineering student, and how educators can better prepare them for these experiences. Kwuimy and his collaborators have received a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support this research.