May 5, 2020
Isiah Andrews was wrongfully convicted in 1975 of murdering his wife of just three weeks. It would take more than 45 years and a team of attorneys and students from the Ohio Innocence Project at the University of Cincinnati College of Law to uncover evidence that led to his conviction being overturned.
May 18, 2020
The city of Cleveland will pay an $18 million settlement to Rickey Jackson, Wiley Bridgeman and his brother Kwame Ajamu who spent decades in prison for a murder they did not commit. Jackson was freed in 2014 with the help of the OIP at UC College of Law.
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.
October 6, 2021
UC medical student Rohan Rao received unprecedented grant funding for summer brain tumor research in the lab of Soma Sengupta and Daniel Pomeranz Krummel and participates in a number of other College of Medicine activities in preparation for his goal to work as a clinician scientist.
February 11, 2021
The University of Cincinnati received a $4 million award from the National Science Foundation to establish a Cybersecurity Scholarship for Service program.
April 21, 2023
As the world honors the 53rd celebration of Earth Day on April 22, the University of Cincinnati racks up sustainability recognition on a national level. Eco-friendly campus building boasts 15 LEED silver or Gold certification, green spaces, recycling efforts, living walls and sustainability programs and pedagogy are woven throughout every academic program across the university.
January 28, 2022
News media highlight UC's Decision Day records as students get surprised with admission and scholarships.
April 4, 2024
Using recommendations from University of Cincinnati students, a cryptocurrency fund has grown from $50,000 to more than $120,000 in less than 15 months. As part of an economics course, Economic Applications of Blockchain, UC students are challenged to research potential cryptocurrency investments for a fund owned by UC’s Kautz-Uible Economics Institute.
September 1, 2020
Claudia Rebola is an assistant professor and the associate dean for research at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Arts, and Planning. She is part of a UC team using innovation and design expertise to respond to COVID-19.
June 7, 2021
UC has made major strides in its efforts to get more campus-bred, early-stage startups off the ground. Chief Innovation Officer David Adams speaks to the Cincinnati Business Courier about Venture Lab's success.