September 19, 2023
Study abroad is back to 75% of pre-COVID levels at the University of Cincinnati, and a wide variety of international study options is available to students in any program. Where do you see yourself in the world?
September 15, 2023
It's now official. The University of Cincinnati enrolled 50,921 students for the fall semester. Growth has been continuous with the student body increasing by 19% during the past decade.
August 23, 2023
Five career resources every UC student should know as they begin the new semester
August 21, 2023
The University of Cincinnati is anticipating a record fall enrollment with a projected 50,500 students. The growth represents a 5.39% increase and reflects the university's core values around academic excellence, access and inclusion, and affordability.
August 10, 2023
Dr. Chris Lewis first visited Tanzania nearly 20 years ago as a UC medical resident intent on making a difference in the country. Now he’s instilling a passion for global health in a new generation of students through Village Life Outreach Project.
July 31, 2023
The University of Cincinnati will recognize its 2023 summer graduates during two commencement ceremonies Friday at Fifth Third Arena.
July 26, 2023
University of Cincinnati Department of Geography Robert South leads 29th “sequent occupance” study abroad tour of the Yucatan since he created the program in 1987, showing the students the interaction of cultures over time in that landscape.
July 25, 2023
A team of UC students, faculty, staff and supporters traveled to East Africa for a service-learning trip across three villages in Tanzania. They returned to campus with a transformational cultural experience and lessons that last a lifetime.
July 10, 2023
Radhika Bhargava pursues global research as a National Geographic Explorer following multiple study abroad experiences at the University of Cincinnati.
May 10, 2023
Marian Spencer Scholars, NEXT Innovation Scholars and UC students from Engineers Without Borders are traveling with Village Life Outreach Project to Tanzania for a host of service projects promoting healthcare, education and access to clean water.
April 24, 2023
The University of Cincinnati will recognize a record number of graduates at its spring commencement.
April 14, 2023
University Honors Program students explore Iceland in a travel writing course taught by professor Jenny Wohlfarth.
March 29, 2023
According to national studies, as many as 75% to 85% of undergraduate students will change their major at least once before earning their degree. One in ten undergraduate students will change their major more than once throughout their college career. With over 40 majors to choose from in the University of Cincinnati’s College of Arts and Sciences, declaring a major can be a comprehensive process. Fourth year undergraduate student Maggie Sweeney found her perfect fit in the International Affairs program. “I used my resources at UC and looked into a couple different majors,” said Sweeney. “International affairs stuck out to me because it is an interdisciplinary major and all my interests in history, language, and social justice were encompassed into one major as a whole.”
February 28, 2023
Establishment of The Portman Center for Policy Solutions to foster bipartisan dialogue, engagement
February 6, 2023
Fourth year journalism student Zach Jarrell began his college career at the University of Cincinnati as a statistics major. Despite having an interest in studying journalism, Jarrell had his doubts. He was unsure about the practicality of that degree, and his ability to pay off his future student loans through it.
January 23, 2023
The newest Bearcats learn they’ve been accepted into the University of Cincinnati on Decision Day, and UC officials surprised area students at their high schools with admission, scholarships and more.
December 6, 2022
University of Cincinnati chemists, geologists and art historians are collaborating to help area art museums answer questions about masterpieces and detect fakes — and teaching students about their methods.
November 7, 2022
UC undergraduate Mars Robinson understands as well as any the financial challenges that can face college students. A non-traditional student, Robinson took a break after high school graduation before entering UC’s College of Arts and Sciences to pursue an English major with an emphasis on creative writing. In the beginning, Robinson worked in a casino to pay tuition while she pursued her degree. The night work wasn’t compatible with her goals, she says, and she found herself mentally drained and struggling academically. Then, in 2021, she found an internship opportunity with the University of Cincinnati Press.
November 4, 2022
Sometimes it takes a couple of tries to find your true passion. University of Cincinnati alumna Deja Shanks took a second swing at her path and found professional home near the footlights and greasepaint at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.
October 31, 2022
University of Cincinnati students and faculty get a chance to work on global wildlife conservation projects with the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, considered one of the best zoos in North America.
October 31, 2022
The University of Cincinnati will join a historic delegation of U.S. academic institutions on a visit to Greece in November to explore new opportunities for student scholarship in both countries.
October 27, 2022
The ancient Maya’s Calakmul once was the biggest city in the Americas, full of apartment complexes, temples and shrines stretching across an area the size of Washington, D.C. New mapping tools are giving an international team of scientists their first complete look at the scale and complexity of the enormous metropolis hidden beneath centuries of rainforest.
September 23, 2022
Last summer, Molly McKee spent her days fulfilling her goal to work in community service. She combined her drive towards bettering the community with her co-op requirement in UC’s College of Arts and Sciences through a co-op position with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. A fourth-year student, McKee is double majoring in political science and International affairs, with a minor in Spanish. Having discovered the service learning co-op option through UC’s honors program, McKee landed a position as an outreach center programs associate position at St. Vincent de Paul. For her, the experience was transformational.
September 20, 2022
A group of UC Geology graduate students, faculty and alumni saw billions of years of the Earth's history on a field trip to Northern Minnesota and the Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada region in early August 2022.
Event: September 29, 2022 8:00 PM
Ellen McLaughlin’s adaptations of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata and Euripides’ The Trojan Women tell stories of women impacted by war and their struggle to take control of their fates. A satirical comedy, Lysistrata focuses on women who try to end the Peloponnesian War by going celibate until their men see reason and lay down their arms. Known as the first anti-war play in the western canon, The Trojan Women focuses on the surviving women who grapple with grief, fear and the total devastation of their homes after their city’s defeat in the Trojan War.
September 12, 2022
The University of Cincinnati’s co-op program stands at No. 4 in the U.S. News & World Report’s latest rankings, continuing its historical placement among the top five co-op programs in the country — and No. 1 for co-op among public universities. The latest 2023 issue of the magazine’s influential “Best Colleges” guide ranks UC in the top tier, including among the “most innovative among national universities,” (No. 68) — UC’s first-ever ranking in that category.
September 8, 2022
The college ranking and review service Niche released its 2023 college rankings and gave UC the top spot in the ‘Best college locations in Ohio’ category.
August 26, 2022
University of Cincinnati geologists reconstructed a massive landslide in Nevada that wiped out an area the size of a small city more than 5 million years ago.
August 18, 2022
The University of Cincinnati anticipates record enrollment as classes begin Monday, Aug. 22, with a projected 48,300 students — a 3% increase over last year. It will mark nearly a decade of continuous growth of a student body that increasingly reflects the university’s core values.
August 12, 2022
Meet UC Student Body President Isaac Smitherman. He's a third-year environmental engineering major. Smitherman, a Black openly gay student and possibly the first to lead the UC student body, is also a vegan and a proponent of sustainable practices that support human, ecological and economic health and well-being.
August 10, 2022
The Cincinnati Enquirer highlights research by UC associate professor Steven Ellis and his students who are discovering new insights about ancient civilizations in Italy.
July 20, 2022
Muslim Khzir, a Marian Spencer scholar, shares his story with WCPO-TV for a segment about his journey from his hometown of Erbil, Iraq, to the University of Cincinnati..
July 11, 2022
The first year of the Perseverance rover mission on Mars captured the imaginations of scientists and the public alike with an interplanetary helicopter flight and the first chance to hear the sounds of the red planet. But two students at the University of Cincinnati say the best is yet to come in year two as the rover and their NASA science team begin in earnest to look for ancient life on another planet.
June 14, 2022
Share a photo or short video (1-minute or less) of yourself at work telling us what you like about co-op on Instagram or LinkedIn during UC's first Coast-to-Coast Co-op Contest. We want to hear about the projects you’re working on, where you work, the people you work with, or other perks of the job.
June 8, 2022
Immersion innovation is ‘triple winner’ when it comes to current and future patient care, student career options and readiness, and as a means to help close healthcare workforce gaps
May 26, 2022
University of Cincinnati master's student Julie Barnes works as a veterinarian at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden where she recently performed an ultrasound on a hippo.
May 16, 2022
Paula Vulić, a master’s student in astrophysics from the University of Zagreb in Croatia set her sights high during an internship exchange semester this spring at the University of Cincinnati.
May 4, 2022
Biologists at the University of Cincinnati are studying low-cost ways to improve water quality and wildlife habitat in Greater Cincinnati’s creeks. UC biologists Stephen Matter and Michael Booth are examining whether water quality and wildlife habitat can be improved simply by adding logs and branches in select parts of the upper Cooper Creek. The addition of fallen timber could help slow periodic floodwaters, create more standing pools for fish during droughts and add nutrients for plants and fungus that support other aquatic life, researchers said.
April 25, 2022
The University of Cincinnati will recognize a record 7,080 graduates at its spring commencement during four ceremonies on Friday and Saturday at Fifth Third Arena.
April 15, 2022
Faculty, staff and students from UC gathered online and inside Probasco Auditorium for President Neville G. Pinto's April 14 State of the University Address.
April 12, 2022
The UC Center for Public Engagement with Science (PEWS) has announced three new sustainability interns. As part of UC’s Research 2030 initiative, the internships were created to coincide with university-wide sustainability initiatives, according to Angela Potochnik, director of PEWS and professor of philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences.
April 4, 2022
Three students from the University of Cincinnati were announced as finalists for the Critical Language Scholarship this year. The CLS Program is a study abroad opportunity for American college and university students to learn languages essential to America’s engagement with the world.
March 29, 2022
The 2023 edition of the U.S. News & World Report “Best Graduate School” rankings released March 29 shows several programs at the University of Cincinnati moved up significantly.
January 25, 2022
Intel Corp. announced on Friday it will open two new semiconductor fabrication plants outside Columbus as part of an estimated $20 billion investment in Ohio. The three-year construction project represents the biggest private investment in the history of the state, offering the promise of new high-tech jobs for thousands of residents, including many graduates of the University of Cincinnati.
January 24, 2022
University of Cincinnati students Maricela Manzanares and Nina Greene are getting an early start in the world of research, thanks to scholarships and mentorship at UC.
January 19, 2022
Filmed in July 2021, UC’s episode is a crash-course in being a Bearcat, starring a few of the university’s best and brightest students and alumni. Some are lifelong Cincinnatians; others are from across the globe. But they’re all excited to show viewers why they've called UC home: From its beautiful spaces and state-of-the-art facilities to co-op and campus life.
January 4, 2022
James Avant, CEAS ’15, says his ability to be a full-time graduate student in the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) is thanks to the investment others have made in his future.
December 17, 2021
University of Cincinnati President Neville G. Pinto looks back on a historic year that brought students, faculty, staff and the community back together like never before.
December 6, 2021
The University of Cincinnati will celebrate fall commencement for 2,284 graduates on Friday, Dec. 10, in two ceremonies at Fifth Third Arena. UC will host its doctoral hooding and master’s degree recognition ceremony at 9 a.m. followed by the undergraduate commencement at 2 p.m. Doors to the arena open 90 minutes before the ceremonies.
November 19, 2021
University of Cincinnati alumna Angelique Kennedy-Chavannes combines English major and study abroad experiences into a career at Fodor’s.