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UC in Crete: Blazing New Trail for Backwaters-Turned-Boomtowns

October 1, 2003

Towns in Crete were once backwaters for Greece's annual flood of 10 million tourists. Now, the island's once-traditional communities are tourist boomtowns being loved to death. The cure: a University of Cincinnati applied research team that is just back from its fourth summer dedicated to changing the face and pace of tourism.

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An Educational Odyssey: Troy Goes Virtual Thanks to UC Architect

April 4, 2004

Hollywood s May release of Troy will, no doubt, hype the romance to be found in the Homeric epic, the Illiad. But the compelling reality of Troy has been enough to grip University of Cincinnati researchers, one of whom will be building a digital Troy, funded by a just-received National Endowment for the Humanities grant for $182,000 outright with the possibility of receiving an additional $7,500 from the NEH if a matching $7,500 grant can be found.

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Profile: Wool Win Gives Student the Itch to Compete

March 1, 2004

Young University of Cincinnati fashion student Adrianne Gammie certainly need not be sheepish about her skills. Only 21 years old, she s just won a national design competition, only the second national contest she s ever entered.

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Students Step in to Help Preserve Historic Dance Hall

February 29, 2004

University of Cincinnati design students are seeking partners to help them bring new life to a historic Over-the-Rhine gem, a 19th-century German dance hall. Meanwhile, they re having a ball, brainstorming ideas for the interior space at 1313 Vine Street.

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PROFILE: Happy Accidents Chart His Planning Career

April 5, 2004

UC employee and student Cory Thomas has traveled the globe as a Master s of Community Planning student. Ironically, he didn t actually plan on his new academic course. It just happened by accident.