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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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UC Elementary Education student is serious about horsing around

October 13, 2026

UC Elementary Education student Kendyll Roberts-Rosser found her love of teaching through outdoor education programs and a volunteer role caring for horses at a summer camp. So when she learned UC had an equestrian club, she tried out, made the team and today serves as the club's president.

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Lighting up the skyline for Blink

October 9, 2026

A team of University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music students designed “Echoes of Light,” a music-and-light installation on Ohio’s largest mural for BLINK, Cincinnati’s massive public light and art festival.

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Defying the demographic cliff

October 7, 2026

Despite the looming demographic cliff, the University of Cincinnati and five other major Greater Cincinnati universities grew enrollment this fall, with UC reaching a record 54,437 students, helped by strong first-year demand.

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Rooted in Tahlequah: UC Nursing alumnae expand women's health care in rural Oklahoma

October 6, 2026

Tahlequah, Oklahoma, is more than a place where University of Cincinnati College of Nursing alumnae practice. For Brandy Ponder, APRN, WHNP-BC, and Leonda Reese, MSN, APRN, WHNP-BC, it is home. Both are Cherokee Nation citizens. Both built their healthcare careers in northeastern Oklahoma. And both chose UC College of Nursing Women's Health Nurse Practitioner program to expand what they could offer the women and families in their communities. Their paths to advanced practice clinicians were different, but they eventually intersected in a way that illustrates the ripple effect of nursing education: Ponder became a mentor and preceptor to Reese, who recently graduated from UC and is now taking her expertise into an even broader network of rural communities.

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Dylan Mulvaney visits CCM, where she got 'the best degree in the world'

October 6, 2026

UC College-Conservatory of Music alumna Dylan Mulvaney (BFA Musical Theatre, '19) visited campus to meet with current students on Friday, Oct. 2. During the 2.5 hour Q & A session, Dylan talked about her career, shared advice and answered questions from CCM's current Musical Theatre students.

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First-generation student sketches a future at UC Clermont

October 6, 2026

When Marlene Galvan walked across the stage in the University of Cincinnati’s Nippert Stadium to receive her associate degree last spring, the moment represented more than just two years of hard work. The milestone was also the fulfillment of a dream her parents carried with them when they left Jalisco, Mexico, more than two decades ago in search of opportunity.

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Connecting through alternative communication

October 5, 2026

As a professional cheerleader and second-year student working toward a master’s in speech-language pathology at the University of Cincinnati, Grace Harahan shares what drives her to explore and advocate for alternative communication methods.

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UC Speech & Hearing Clinic serves patients while acting as training site

September 30, 2026

The University of Cincinnati's Speech & Hearing Clinic provides graduate students in audiology and speech-language pathology with hands-on experience while delivering care to patients across the region. Located on the university's medical campus, the clinic serves patients of all ages and was recently featured on Spectrum News 1 Ohio.