February 20, 2024
Cuts to fire protection funding initially have a larger effect on home prices than crime, school quality or environmental quality, but the short-term decreases don’t persist, University of Cincinnati economists found.
April 21, 2020
Christopher Smith served 12 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit and then even after a federal judge ordered his release when his conviction was overturned on constitutional violations, faced a COVID-19 scare when prison officials refused to release him. He's finally free, thanks to the Ohio Innocence Project at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
November 18, 2020
Stephen Slaughter is an assistant professor in the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning. This year, like so many instructors, Slaughter had to shift gears in his classes in DAAP’s School of Architecture and Interior Design to accommodate online learning. Slaughter shares how he adapted his studio classes for a virtual environment.
June 10, 2020
More driverless cars. More networked roads. More naps. UC is helping change how we drive.
When did the COVID-19 pandemic first make an impact on your life? March 10? That was the day the University of Cincinnati decided to change something it has excelled at for 200 years. Teaching. Educating. That day UC announced that all lectures in classrooms, experiments in labs or designing in studios would be suspended. Students started what was expected to be just an extended spring break, but then 12 days later all courses had gone virtual to protect the university community and stop the virus’s spread.
July 23, 2020
UC's Robin Engel tells Scientific American that while there lacks systematic studies on de-escalation use in policing, accountability and supervisory oversight are necessary with any de-escalation policing policy.
July 8, 2020
New details are emerging in the case of Christopher Smith, a man who remained imprisoned even after the Ohio Innocence Project worked to secure his freedom from a wrongful conviction.
August 11, 2020
The Journal-News examines how local parents are making the decision whether to send kids back to the classroom or to choose virtual online learning. They talk to UC's Sarah Schroeder, director of the Learning Design Collaborative in the College of Education.
January 23, 2023
The newest Bearcats learn they’ve been accepted into the University of Cincinnati on Decision Day, and UC officials surprised area students at their high schools with admission, scholarships and more.