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Passing along compassion

August 4, 2021

Christopher Slack was a sophomore in high school when his mother had a double brain aneurysm and was given a 5% chance of survival. Now in his second year of medical school at the University of Cincinnati, he says that experience convinced him: becoming a doctor was his calling.

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UC Notable Alumnus: Rafael de Acha, CCM ’70

August 27, 2021

Personal history can turn on the smallest of events. For Rafael de Acha, CCM ’70, it occurred at 42nd Street and 5th Avenue in New York City in 1967 when he was 23 years old.

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Students create virtual walking tour of UC's Black history

August 12, 2021

Step back into UC’s history with the help of a new tour created by students. This Black History Walking Tour guides participants through numerous where one can learn more about prominent figures of Black History like Ralph Belsinger, Marian Spencer and The Quadres Society, as well as locations and events throughout history.      The self-guided tour titled, University of Cincinnati’s Black History Walking Tour, was created by a group of UC students as a way to inform others about important people, events, and locations of Black history around campus, covering with information from the 1800s to modern day.       It is available now through free app, PocketSights. Although the tour has a website, it is designed to be followed as a self-guided tour through mobile device and can be downloaded in the App Store or on Google Play.  

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 UC alum creates platform to encourage young women in STEM

October 6, 2021

Madelyn Leembruggen has long excelled in STEM-related subjects, with the study coming naturally to her. The alumna of UC’s College of Arts and Sciences graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a 4.0 in 2018, with degrees in Physics, Astrophysics and Mathematics. Leembruggen has long been aware of the lack of representation of women role models for young girls interested in pursuing their STEM passions. Now a PhD candidate in theoretical physics at Harvard, Leembruggen set out to help inspire the next generation of women in STEM.

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Pride at Lindner begins fundraising drive for first-of-its-kind endowment at the Carl H. Lindner College of Business

September 29, 2021

It started with a mid-summer check-in between student leaders and faculty advisors. Pride at Lindner’s (PaL) student executive board and its faculty/advisor leadership met to discuss strategic planning and goals for the upcoming school year and beyond. According to PaL advisor Nadia Ibrahim-Taney, those present overwhelmingly expressed the need for student financial aid, specifically an endowed scholarship. Such was the genesis of the Pride at Lindner Scholarship and Programming Fund, an endowed scholarship that would allow the current PaL team to leave a legacy for current and future LGBTQ+ students.