June 7, 2024

After hailing from the African country of Ghana and later growing up in the Columbus, suburbs, Lance Entsuah ultimately landed in the bustling halls of the University of Cincinnati. Since then, he's charted an extraordinary path marked by academic excellence and ambitious innovation — an achievement he attributes significantly to his involvement in the university’s NEXT Innovation Scholars program.

June 3, 2021

Maggie McKinley-Maric, A&S ’00, was running hurdles for the University of Cincinnati track and field team when life placed different types of hurdles in her path. She was a rising sophomore when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. And she was a gay woman striving to find her way in a pre-enlightened world while sometimes feeling that she and her gay friends were “part of a secret society.”

March 23, 2021

Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey (CECH, Criminal Justice ’88) never imagined she’d be where she is today – the first woman and first openly gay person to serve as Hamilton County sheriff.

June 1, 2021

When Leisan Smith, ’99, ME ’03, began work this year as the inaugural chief equity officer at the prestigious Columbus School for Girls, the school’s staff and faculty were thrilled. The job description, they said, “was written for you.”

May 19, 2021

Mick Roebel, a proud alumnus of the James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy, credits his time at UC for his achievements in pharmacological research and regulatory affairs.

March 15, 2021

Victor Shtrom (CEAS ’90, PhD ’96) is the first to admit that he was in the right place at the right time. “I got lucky,” he says.

February 10, 2021

Boy meets girl at DAAP, they fall in love pulling all-nighters in the studio, and the rest is history, right? Well, kind of.

March 26, 2021

As Perseverance hurtled toward its destination in February after years of preparation and a 7-month, 300-million-mile spaceflight, emotions ran deep among three recent University of Cincinnati graduates.

December 3, 2020

Logan Lindsay had big plans for his final year at UC. It would be the culmination of all that he loved most about college: building and celebrating friendships and, as Student Body President, seeing his newly created initiatives come to life in the well-being of his fellow students.

November 6, 2020

Jeffrey “Jeff” Williams is a student in the University of Cincinnati’s College of Education, Criminal Justice, Human Services, and Information Technology, studying IT Cybersecurity.