February 7, 2023
Anti-Semitism is on the rise and a Cincinnati community group, called Action Tank, is holding discussion groups to address concerns. UC expert Matthew Krause, a Judaic studies expert at UC, is cited in a Spectrum News 1 article on Action Tank's efforts about how forums such as this need key elements to be effective.
March 9, 2023
Jenny Caplan joined UC in the Fall of 2022. as an assistant professor; and her first book is now receiving international recognition. The book, " “Funny, You Don’t Look Funny: Judaism and Humor from the Silent Generation to Millennials," traces attitudes toward American Jewish comedy over the decades.
April 28, 2021
The Cincinnati Innovation District and University of Cincinnati team up with partners in 1819 Innovation Hub DriveOhio, Cincinnati Bell and Microsoft to innovate with UC talent and help bring future innovation within reach in FlyOhio student challenge.
August 26, 2020
Janet Moore, a University of Cincinnati law professor and former public defense attorney, weighs in on the participatory defense model in this story by The Progressive.
February 26, 2021
UC Judaic studies department head Matthew Kraus is part of a religious letter writing campaign to U.S. leaders.
June 4, 2024
Students in UC’s Judaic studies class, Teaching and Remembering Trauma: Designing Holocaust and Genocide Education, took a first-hand look at the story of Holocaust survivor Fritzie Fritzshall and her experiences at Auschwitz-Birkenau, thanks to virtual reality (VR) technology provided by the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center. UC is one of the first colleges granted exclusive access to the museum’s traveling set of VR headsets. Alexis Morrisroe, adjunct instructor in the Judaic Studies program, secured access to the VR headsets through her prior role as a youth educator at the museum from June 2008 to April 2020. Seizing the opportunity, the department became one of the first schools participating in the soft launch.
December 2, 2020
On Dec. 7, University of Cincinnati honors students in the Save our Schools! seminar will present Ohio political leaders with their best ideas to address some of the state’s thorniest education issues at an educational reform symposium, to be held via remote technology.