April 12, 2005
A new study from the Rosenthal Institute for Justice at the UC College of Law finds that tax assessments on residential real estate in Hamilton County appear to be made equitably and consistently across all racial and income demographics. This is not the case in several other areas of the country where similar studies have been done.
April 12, 2005
Three alums -- William Howard Taft, Colombe Nicholas and Michael Neumark -- will be honored as the 2005 class of Distinguished Alumni when the UC College of Law's Alumni Association holds its Spring Alumni Luncheon on April 22. Taft is being honored posthumously on the 125th anniversary of his graduation from the college.
April 14, 2005
Sen. George McGovern will join Holocaust survivors Werner Coppel and Anna Ornstein on Monday, April 18, at the UC College of Law for a program on "Military Action for Humanitarian Needs: Why Wasn't Auschwitz Bombed?" Besides his long career in politics, McGovern was a decorated WWII bomber pilot who flew missions over Germany and Poland. The event is free and open to the public, and will be available for live viewing as well through a Webcast over the Internet.
April 19, 2005
Unity Dow, a judge on the High Court of Botswana and an international leader in human rights, will speak at the UC College of Law on April 21.
May 3, 2005
Three demanding years of preparation and training come to an end for approximately 125 students at the UC College of Law, when the college holds its 172nd annual Hooding Ceremony on May 21.
May 9, 2005
With a small-college background of his own, Howard Tolley of political science has made a mission of helping his students escape some of the impersonal pitfalls sometimes associated with life at a large public university.
May 13, 2005
For a decade I have sought to realize the promise of international distance education while avoiding perils that compromise academic standards -- malfunctioning computers, technologically challenged students, high attrition, network downtime, time zone differences, and the difficulty of replicating face to face classroom interaction live videoconferences.
May 16, 2005
The UC College of Law's 172nd annual Hooding Ceremony takes place May 21, marking the finish line for Sean Arthurs and about 125 other third-year law students. Arthurs will then prepare to help the burgeoning Latino community in Greater Cincinnati with their legal needs, after he was awarded one of the nation's most prestigous law fellowships on the basis of his proposals to serve that community.
June 13, 2005
Louis D. Bilionis has been selected to become the new dean of the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
June 14, 2005
University of Cincinnati sports researcher Kevin Grace delves into the first half of the 20th century as he writes about his favorite era of baseball. He writes that while the Reds were an average team on the field in those decades, they developed a management vision that defined how the game is played today.