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What is Organizational Leadership?

November 12, 2021

By Erinn Sweet What happens when companies and organizations value people over profit? Can leadership in the workplace be taught, or is it a practiced skill? These and other questions are just few of the timely topics addressed in UC’s Organizational Leadership major, offered through the College of Arts and Sciences, designed to teach students to cultivate and apply leadership skills in corporate, nonprofit, or community settings. The program combines a liberal arts education with a curriculum that focuses on theoretical and practical study of leadership. In the classroom, students gain tactical career experience through class projects, guest lectures, and certifications that provide them with marketable knowledge. “This degree is a pathway,” says assistant professor Tom Mobley. He notes that at least one-third of students graduate with a professional certification (for example, certification through the Society for Human Resource Management). Mobley adds that about 60 percent of students complete an internship during their undergraduate career.

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UC research funding grows in FY 2021

December 10, 2021

University of Cincinnati researchers collected more external research funding in Fiscal Year 2021 —$221 million — than the $207 million in FY 2020. Top federal sponsors in FY 2021 included the U.S. Department of Education, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and the National Science Foundation. Local and state supporters include the Harold C. Schott Foundation, Talbert House, the Ohio Department of Transportation, Ohio Department of Youth Services and others.

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WVXU: UC/Children’s pilot new WIC enrollment method to reach the eligible

July 17, 2023

Researchers from the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have received federal funding to develop user-friendly enrollment tools for Greater Cincinnati residents eligible for WIC, the federal assistance program called the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.

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UC, Children’s to make local WIC enrollment easier for the eligible

May 24, 2023

Too many women and children in the Cincinnati region who qualify for federal nutrition benefits are missing out on receiving them — in many cases because of the application process and language barriers. Now a team led by Cincinnati Children’s pediatrician Chidiogo Anyigbo, MD, MPH, and University of Cincinnati pediatric psychologist Cathleen Stough, PhD, has funding to do something about that.

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UC researcher to study the FAB400, a cohort of sexual minority women

July 26, 2023

A federally funded study, led by University of Cincinnati clinical psychologist and researcher Sarah Whitton, PhD, looks to identify mental health risks and protective factors for sexual minority women (SMW). The study is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health.

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Student scholar follows personal research dream at UC

July 25, 2023

Timothy White, who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia nine years ago, is taking part in a 10-week summer program in the College of Medicine called RISE UP. He is researching the type of cancer he had.