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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Bearcats ONEchat and Projects will launch the week of Nov. 16

November 12, 2026

Bearcats ONEchat and Projects will be available to all BearcatsGPT users beginning the week of Nov. 16. Together, the new features represent the university's continued effort to provide accessible, user-friendly AI tools that support teaching, learning, research and administrative work across the university community.

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Cincinnati Stride event to help young people who stutter build confidence

November 12, 2026

For children who stutter, speaking can sometimes be frustrating, anxiety-inducing and a source of low confidence. The University of Cincinnati is a host of Cincinnati Stride, formerly Fluency Friday, which gives kids a chance to connect with others who understand what they're going through. Event organizers recently appeared on both WLWT-TV and WKRC-TV to raise awareness ahead of the free workshop.

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Bearcats ONEchat and Projects will launch the week of Nov. 16

November 12, 2026

Bearcats ONEchat and Projects will be available to all BearcatsGPT users beginning the week of Nov. 16. Together, the new features represent the university's continued effort to provide accessible, user-friendly AI tools that support teaching, learning, research and administrative work across the university community.

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Cincinnati Stride event to help young people who stutter build confidence

November 12, 2026

For children who stutter, speaking can sometimes be frustrating, anxiety-inducing and a source of low confidence. The University of Cincinnati is a host of Cincinnati Stride, formerly Fluency Friday, which gives kids a chance to connect with others who understand what they're going through. Event organizers recently appeared on both WLWT-TV and WKRC-TV to raise awareness ahead of the free workshop.

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UC Online Business Partnership Program attracts regional partners

November 11, 2026

UC Online’s Business Partnership Program helps employees at 50 regional companies access discounted tuition across more than 130 online programs. The program was recently featured in the Cincinnati Business Courier. Designed to support career advancement and workforce retention, the program makes higher education more affordable for working professionals while helping employers invest in employee growth and engagement.

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Volunteers work with UC to reforest parts of downtown

November 9, 2026

More than 70 volunteers helped reforest a patch of ground next to a highway with help from University of Cincinnati co-op students. The urban reforestation project is modeled after a demonstration project students planted at UC's Center for Field Studies.

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Beyond the uniform: Veterans bring their experience to UC Nursing

November 9, 2026

Before Austin Davis ever sat in a nursing classroom, he was practicing casualty care alongside Army combat medics. As an infantryman, he trained on litters and CPR and discovered he enjoyed the hands-on work more than he expected. After four years on active duty, he is now a sophomore in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program at the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing, using the GI Bill to build a second career around the same instinct: helping people directly.

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Then, Now, Next: CCM Opera/Voice featured in New York City recital

November 3, 2026

The Gerda Lissner Foundation presents "CCM Opera: Then. Now. Next" on at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, 2026, in a special performance at The Greene Space at WQXR Studios in New York City. Presented as part of the Lissner Recital Series, the performance will be recorded live and streamed on the Foundation's YouTube channel.

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UC student gets to design next generation of theme parks

November 3, 2026

UC mechanical engineering student Amelia Leonard used co-op to land engineering experiences with Walt Disney Imagineering and Universal Creative, gaining confidence, industry connections and hands-on experience in theme park design.

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UC alumnus Matt Kasee earns 40 Under 40 recognition

November 2, 2026

Matt Kasee, a graduate of the College of Allied Health Sciences, has received the 2026 Cincinnati Business Courier's 40 Under 40 recognition. He credits inspiring mentors and his health sciences education for his success.

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When grief doesn't end: Nursing PhD students bring a classroom theory to Ohio families

October 29, 2026

Most of us think of grief as something with an ending. A loss happens, it hurts, and over time the hurt fades. For many parents of children with developmental disabilities, it doesn't work that way. The sadness can quiet down for months or years and then come back. It might return on the first day of kindergarten, at a cousin's wedding, at a high school graduation, or on the day a young adult ages out of school services. Nurses and researchers have a name for this: chronic sorrow. Last October, two University of Cincinnati College of Nursing PhD students helped bring that name to a room of families, people with disabilities and the professionals who support them.