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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Mapping the present, imagining the future

March 24, 2026

The Hoffman Honors Scholars (HHS), a prestigious undergraduate scholarship program, has hosted a series of events during the 2025-26 academic year — exploring emerging AI tools, technologies and futures.

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UC's twirlers are a trio of engineers

March 24, 2026

The Bearcat Bands are an iconic part of the University of Cincinnati student experience. Bringing tradition, spirit, and excitement to sporting events and campus life, every part of the band is critical to its success. The College of Engineering and Applied Science has a strong reputation in the band and all three of the university's feature twirlers for 2025-26 are engineering students.

Latest News

1

Mapping the present, imagining the future

March 24, 2026

The Hoffman Honors Scholars (HHS), a prestigious undergraduate scholarship program, has hosted a series of events during the 2025-26 academic year — exploring emerging AI tools, technologies and futures.

2

UC's twirlers are a trio of engineers

March 24, 2026

The Bearcat Bands are an iconic part of the University of Cincinnati student experience. Bringing tradition, spirit, and excitement to sporting events and campus life, every part of the band is critical to its success. The College of Engineering and Applied Science has a strong reputation in the band and all three of the university's feature twirlers for 2025-26 are engineering students.

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WATCH: CCM Acting Class of 2026 Senior Showcase

March 23, 2026

UC College-Conservatory of Music's BFA Acting program launches its 2026 Senior Showcase website, featuring performance videos available to watch on demand. Explore the website to watch film scenes and self tapes, listen to voiceover demos and get to know the graduating students: ccm.uc.edu/actingshowcase.

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CCM alumna advances Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition Grand Finals

March 16, 2026

Three UC College-Conservatory of Music alumni and one current student are semifinalists in the 2026 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition. One of the most prestigious singing competitions in the world, the Laffont Competition's national semifinals take place on Sunday, March 15, 2026.

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Aerospace engineer studying bio-inspired flight

March 16, 2026

Doctoral candidate Ahmed Elgohary chose the University of Cincinnati to further his education in aerospace engineering. Part of the Modeling, Dynamics, and Control Lab, he has conducted meaningful research work in the areas of nonlinear control systems and bio-inspired flight. Recently, he was named Graduate Student Engineer of the Month from the College of Engineering and Applied Science.

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UC co-op offers a glimpse into the future

March 12, 2026

UC engineering student Savannah Dickens wore many hats at companies during her co-op rotations. She will graduate this spring and a has a job lined up with Davey Resource Group in Akron, Ohio.

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PHOTOS: UC greenhouse offers colorful respite from winter

March 11, 2026

Atop a roof at the University of Cincinnati, six high-tech glass houses that grow plants for biology in the College of Arts and Sciences. Greenhouse Manager Audrey Trauth is here most days tending the plant collection, which is organized into biomes to accommodate the desert, temperate and tropical plants.

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Full out, all in

March 9, 2026

Nursing students Emma Martin and Riley Gerwel balance the demands of UC's College of Nursing with competing on the Bearcat Dance Team — heading to the ICU World Championships in hip hop while navigating clinicals, exams, and everything in between.