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Retiring diversity director leaves legacy of compassionate service

July 14, 2020

Trusted confidant. Toughest critic. Mentor. Advocate. These are some of the ways colleagues paid tribute to Marilyn Kershaw, director of the Office of Diversity and Access at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Arts and Sciences, at an online retirement reception last month. Kershaw’s retirement ends an 11-year tenure with the college, where she helped move forward a more diverse and inclusive culture in faculty and staff hiring and graduate student recruitment, working with characteristic grace to change biases and open doors. Kershaw’s influence also helped pave the way for the creation of a dean’s-level diversity and inclusion role at A&S.

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Hong Kong to UC to New York City

July 24, 2020

Mark Woo came to Cincinnati from Hong Kong when he was 17 years old. Now, he is set to graduate from UC next May with both bachelor's and master's degrees in architectural engineering.

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UC remembers mechanical engineering pioneer

June 30, 2020

Clark Beck, one of the University of Cincinnati's first engineering graduates, died on June 14. He was 91. The pioneer in his field had a successful career as a civilian research engineer before joining academia as an assistant dean where he was a champion of STEM programs.

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CSO and CCM announce 2020-22 class of Diversity Fellows

June 23, 2020

The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) have selected five outstanding musicians for their next class of CSO/CCM Diversity Fellows. Born out of a mutual desire to help American orchestras be more inclusive and to better represent the communities they serve, the performance fellowship program was launched in 2015 with a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.