Fitness-Focused. Fun Encouraged!

Community is at the heart of Campus Recreation. 

In addition to offering an award-winning fitness facility, Campus Recreation strives to be a place where members can connect with one another in a safe and positive environment - a place where everyone feels welcome. 

We know movement and recreational activities help improve mental and physical health, add balance, reduce fatigue, restore energy, and improve self-confidence. 

Campus Recreation’s 212,000 square feet offer so many ways for members to get active – from cardio and weight equipment, to group fitness, swimming pools, a climbing wall and more.  Explore all Campus Recreation has to offer!

Campus Recreation Center

Cincinnati’s Campus Recreation Center (CRC) is a state-of-the-art fitness and recreation facility on its Uptown West Campus. With over 200,000 square feet of recreation space, the CRC offers university students, employees and friends of the university a wide range of exercise and fitness opportunities.

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Fitness Center at CARE/Crawley

The Fitness Center (FC) at CARE/Crawley on Eden Avenue at the Medical Campus offers 12,000 square feet of fitness and wellness space. The FC offers membership options for everyone including UC students and employees, university affiliates (e.g., Children’s Hospital) and community members.

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Siddall Fitness Center

Siddall Fitness Center located on the ground floor of Siddall Hall, adjacent to MarketPointe.  Siddall Fitness Center includes 5,000 square feet of fitness and wellness space. This locaton is for residents living in Siddall and Calhoun Residence halls. 

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Latest News

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How sports gambling is changing the game

February 13, 2026

Fantasy sports and the wager on which team will win a game are nothing new. But with sports gambling apps making it practically effortless for people to wager on just about any aspect of a match, gambling’s popularity is changing the game. The Journal-News turned to Mike Fry, professor of operations, business analytics and information systems at the University of Cincinnati’s Lindner College of Business to break down the rise and the risks of sports betting.

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Scientists: Slushy snowmelt isn’t just a nuisance

February 13, 2026

Slushy snowmelt isn’t just a nuisance, scientists say. It can send a toxic flood of road salt, sand and car exhaust, as well as dog poop, into rivers and streams, The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine's Yevgen Nazarenko, PhD, assistant professor of environmental and industrial hygiene in the Department of Environmental and Public Health Sciences, recently told The New York Times that research has shined a light on how pollution from all sorts of vehicles — planes, cars, trucks — can get trapped in the snow.

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Can Cincinnati become a Blue Zone?

February 12, 2026

Under the Blue Zones Project umbrella, 75 U.S. cities currently are working on group diet and exercise programs while also changing the community’s culture, so that residents are encouraged to make healthy choices. Cincinnati is not an official Blue Zones Project city yet, but Florence Rothenberg, MD, adjunct professor of cardiology at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and clinical cardiologist at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center, is leading one public effort to encourage a Blue Zone lifestyle. Her work was recently featured in Cincinnati Magazine.