UC Faculty Awards 2020: Bert Lockwood
April 8, 2020
Bert Lockwood, director of UC's Urban Morgan Institute and editor-in-chief of Human Rights Quarterly, is a pioneer in the field of international human rights. He is being honored by UC with the Provost Faculty Career award.
CityBeat: Would more police officers reduce crime? UC criminologist suggests not
August 21, 2020
At least 20 people were shot, five fatally, in several separate incidents in Cincinnati the weekend of Aug. 17. In examining one of the city’s most violent weekends on record, CityBeat magazine turned to the research of University of Cincinnati criminologist John Eck.
WCPO: Ohio board considers standards for police during mass protests
August 18, 2020
University of Cincinnati criminologist Robin Engel, a nationally renowned expert on policing policy, is one of 12 community and criminal justice leaders from across the state to serve on the Ohio Collaborative Community-Police Advisory Board.
Journal-News: UC education expert weighs in on ‘new normal’ for schools
August 17, 2020
More than 70,000 area K-12 students will soon resume their school lives in Butler County amid a very different school atmosphere, reports the Journal-News. In examining how COVID-19 will affect the lives of Butler County students, it turned to Laura Dell, associate dean for the University of Cincinnati’s School of Education.
Business Courier: UC College of Law receives $200,000 gift from alumnus Bill Morelli
August 5, 2020
The Business Courier spotlights the donation received by the UC College of Law of $200,000 from alumnus Bill Morelli.
NPR: How Seattle’s police chief navigated city’s protests
August 5, 2020
University of Cincinnati criminologist Robin Engel talks to NPR about how reformist police chiefs are navigating activist calls for social justice.
Enquirer: UC criminologist helps shed light on Cincinnati use-of-force reports
August 6, 2020
In examining why Cincinnati police use-of-force reports have declined, the Enquirer turns to University of Cincinnati criminologist Robin Engel, a renowned expert on policing policy.
Championing science amid adversity
University of Cincinnati epidemiologist Diego Cuadros is used to telling people what they don’t want to hear. The assistant professor runs the Health Geography and Disease Modeling Lab in UC’s College of Arts and Sciences, where he studies global topics such as HIV, malaria and, this year, COVID-19. He condenses data into easy-to-follow maps that predict the future with uncanny accuracy.
Social justice through medicine
Carl Fichtenbaum, a professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and one of the leaders in UC’s efforts to combat COVID-19, is still going to protest marches as his passion for social justice, personally and profession- ally, burns as brightly as ever.