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Innovative UC start-up gives back to community during COVID-19 crisis

August 5, 2020

By Adam Cline When the area non-profit Locally Fed began just a couple of months ago, things happened fast. Started by UC students, including College of Arts and Sciences Journalism graduate Madalyn Norman, and current students Madi Rinaldi and Emily Buck, the organization was designed as an innovative solution to a unique challenge: helping feed Cincinnati during the COVID-19 pandemic and support restaurants hit hard by the crisis. To get started, the women solicited donations from friends and family to buy meals from local eateries. They also reached out to different publications to get the word out and keep the donations coming in.

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UC medical students among the first to return to campus

August 10, 2020

The University of Cincinnati welcomes 182 newly admitted first-year medical students to campus this week. Residents from Ohio make up 47% or 85 students in this year’s medical class with non-Ohio residents accounting for the remaining 53% or 97 students. Women for the third time in the past five years make up a majority of the class accounting for 53% or 95 students. Men account for the remaining 47% or 86 students in the class. Ethnic minorities account for 23% or 42 students, while first-generation students account for 16% or 30 students. The average GPA for this year’s class is 3.74 and its average MCAT is 515.

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Apart today but united forever as Bearcats

August 8, 2020

The University of Cincinnati celebrated its first virtual commencement with an online doctoral hooding and master's recognition ceremony during the global COVID-19 pandemic.

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Music at home: Women-focused new music ensemble performs online during pandemic

October 19, 2020

In 2019, UC College-Conservatory of Music student and now alumna Caroline Sackleh (DMA Bassoon Performance, ’20) created a music collective that focuses on highlighting the skills of women musicians and performing the works of living composers. With that vision in mind, New Downbeat was born. The ensemble now boasts over 20 performers and six affiliated composers, most of whom are CCM students or alumni.

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Mechanical engineering student makes people his priority

October 20, 2020

Patrick Bidwell was selected as the Undergraduate Student Engineer of the Month by the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Science. Bidwell is a mechanical engineering student from Columbus, Ohio, who will graduate in the spring of 2021. As part of the engineering program's required cooperative education program, Bidwell will graduate with almost two years of work experience from GE Appliances and John Deere.

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Co-op 2.0 embedded into TAP at UC

October 26, 2020

The University of Cincinnati's (UC's) Transition and Access program creates innovative employment experiences for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.