February 20, 2003

UC's International Co-op Program means living and working overseas, not just a brief trip.

April 24, 2003

University of Cincinnati design senior Jennifer Daggy, 23, has just sewn up a big win in a national competition sponsored by the Council of Fashion Designers of America and Target Corporation.

July 12, 2004

The summer break is no brake to the efforts of University of Cincinnati faculty and students at work on the Mediterranean island of Santorini. After years of having worked in other locales in Greece, the team was invited to this island paradise to help save it from a flood of tourists.

July 7, 2004

Cincinnati sisters Kelly and Raegen Salchow are both on pins and needles as the August Olympics in Athens approach. Kelly, rowing on the U.S. women s quadruple sculls team, is a soon-to-retire veteran seeking a medal after barely missing out with a fifth-place finish in the 2000 games. That hoped-for medal would suit Raegen just fine. It's Raegen who put her fashion-design degree to work for her sister, creating a state-of-the-smart unisuit that s more than sew-sew in providing a competitive advantage.

July 14, 2004

Local nuns evicted from their non-profit pizzeria don t have a lot of dough. That s why young design students from the University of Cincinnati have drawn up plans for and are now reconstructing portions of a storefront location in Over the Rhine to replace the location where the sisters formerly worked.

June 28, 2004

Roderick Williams is the first student to take advantage of a program linking UC's graduate planning program and the Peace Corps. Thanks to the program, Rod and his wife are currently living and working in Honduras. After their service term, Rod will return to his studies in the classroom at UC to complete his Master's in Planning, but in the meantime, here's a chance to check on their progress at http://geocities.com/rwdywill

June 7, 2004

Jaleen Francois of West Chester is graduating Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor s of science degree in graphic design. Her excellence in academics combined with her passion in using her talent to expose the tough issues and demand change has resulted in UC s highest honor for a female graduate: the C-Ring Award.

June 2, 2004

The University of Cincinnati's School of Planning recently became a participant in a Peace Corps program that provides students with financial benefits for graduate studies along with degree-related service internships in at-risk U.S. communities. UC graduate planning students will work in disadvantaged Cincinnati neighborhoods.

June 9, 2004

UC designers have won approval for their vision of the Greater Cincinnati Basketball Hall of Fame along the Ohio River at Sawyer Point. Now, city groups are courting donors for a ground breaking they hope will come within two years time.

April 13, 2005

The Stephen Marc lecture "Passage on the Underground Railroad: An Artist Exploring the Past with the Technology of the Future," sponsored by the Taft Memorial Fund and the departments of English, History, African and African American Studies and Fine Arts, is scheduled for today, April 14, at 4 p.m. in 5401 DAAP. The lecture will be followed by a reception for his exhibition at the Reed Gallery, DAAP, from 5 to 7 p.m.