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Partnerships powered by philanthropy

December 11, 2025

Scott Dust, PhD, associate dean and Kirk and Jacki Perry Professor in Leadership, is leveraging the best of the University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business to strengthen local companies in the greater Cincinnati area and create new leadership opportunities for students.

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UC College of Engineering and Applied Science receives $10 million scholarship estate gift

December 4, 2025

A $10 million estate gift from Ray Brooks, CEAS ’83, and Connie Brooks will benefit generations of students at the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Science. The impact of the Connie and Ray Brooks Scholarship Fund, originally established in 2018 with a five-figure donation, will be far-reaching for UC students and the engineering industry.

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Lindner Business Honors Homecoming salutes Marvin P. Kolodzik

November 18, 2025

The Carl H. Lindner College of Business welcomed students, alumni, friends and supporters of the Lindner Business Honors program for its homecoming celebration on Oct. 22. Programming for Lindner Business Honors’ (LBH) annual gathering focused on the contributions, accomplishments and generosity of Marvin P. Kolodzik, BBA ’59, the founder of the legacy Honors program Kolodzik Business Scholars (KBS).

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UC's collaboration with Siemens prepares engineers for the future

November 17, 2025

In the 1960s, a handful of engineering professors at the University of Cincinnati (UC) joined together to form the Structural Dynamics Research Corporation (SDRC), a group that would eventually become one of the founding pillars of major technology company, Siemens Digital Industries Software. For more than 50 years, Siemens has remained a strong supporter of UC’s College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS), supporting students and faculty through cooperative education (co-op), research efforts, software access and more.

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Fluency Friday workshop empowers children who stutter

November 14, 2025

Families attended the 25th annual Fluency Friday workshop on Nov. 14 on the University of Cincinnati's medical campus, where speech pathologists emphasized to children and their parents that "it's okay to stutter." The annual event is now called Cincinnati STRIDE.

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UC pride on display at Bearcats/Innovate Philadelphia

November 14, 2025

One doesn’t need to search hard for a common thread uniting accomplished, Philadelphia-based professionals in the business, academic, music, athletics, and medical fields: a shared affinity for the University of Cincinnati.

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Two University of Cincinnati colleges benefit from $4 million gift

November 7, 2025

University of Cincinnati alumni Mohammad H. Qayoumi, MS ’79, MS ’80, MBA ’84, PhD ’83 and Najia Karim, BS ’82, MEd ’83, RD, have made a $4 million gift supporting two of the university’s colleges. A donation from the couple establishes a fund and an endowed chair at the College of Engineering and Applied Science, as well as an endowed chair at the College of Allied Health Sciences.

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Shining like a disco ball: Rachel Hoermann’s story of finding passion and purpose at UC

November 6, 2025

Rachel Hoermann has dreamed of becoming a writer since childhood. But like many who grew up in Ohio’s rust belt, the idea of going to college felt out of reach. For years, she cycled through work that never quite satisfied her creative drive. That changed when she came across a box that once belonged to her father—a discovery that would alter the course of her life.

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Bearcats for Life: Emma Off's path as a lifelong learner

November 5, 2025

Emma Scharfenberger Off, Law ’11, never saw the fork in the road until it was right in front of her. She was flourishing as a mergers and acquisitions attorney at Thompson Hine, one of the region’s largest law firms. She loved her work, loved her colleagues and — not yet 40 years old — had been named one of the top M&A lawyers in Ohio.