November 16, 2003

Architecture and planning students turned picnicking pranksters for a day picnicking in a metered parking space on a busy downtown street, on a six-lane roadway median and on the courthouse steps. They and other students found creative ways to test and stretch the social boundaries of public spaces to find ways to improve Cincinnati s public events.

December 15, 2003

University of Cincinnati fine artist Matt Lynch is helping to lead a team that will begin work on a site-specific art structure in February at New York s Whitney Museum of American Art. The work will then be included in the Whitney s prestigious biennial that opens March 11.

November 22, 2004

Five University of Cincinnati fashion students have beat out competitors by the hundreds to represent the United States in a prestigious international competition set to take place in Paris Dec. 16.

November 7, 2004

Cemeteries and memorials are where history comes alive. That s why Jane Alden Stevens, UC professor of fine art, chose to travel Europe over two years time to document World War I s enduring impact on landscapes and lives. Apropos to this Thursday s celebration of Veterans Day, her images part of a recently released book are now on exhibit locally.

November 22, 2004

Students from the University of Cincinnati and Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, are pooling their energy and talents to encourage housing redevelopment in Cincinnati s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood.

November 8, 2004

Early in April 2000, Northside resident Heather Sturgill had made a decision, Yes, I ll do it. That decision? To return to the University of Cincinnati to complete her education. Two weeks later, another motorist ran a stop sign, hitting the car Heather was in. But in the end, Heather didn t let years of recovery and her life in a wheelchair slow her drive for an education.

November 22, 2004

In all her years of teaching, Ruth Burbank, adjunct instructor in UC s prestigious College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, has always concentrated on figures. In nearly 20 years of teaching high school mathematics, it was the numerical kind. Now that she s an in-demand instructor of machine knitting, Ruth s focus is, rather, on helping students cut the most fashionable figure.

May 9, 2005

The C-Ring is an award given each spring to the outstanding graduating senior women at UC. Selected by a diverse committee of UC faculty, staff, students and alumnae, the winner is announced at the annual banquet, which will be Saturday, May 14 this year.

May 24, 2005

The final presentations of the 2005 "Medical Device Innovation & Entrepreneurship Program" interdisciplinary student teams will take place on Wednesday, June 1, from 4 to 5 p.m. in room 427 ERC (Engineering Research Center) on the West Uptown Campus.

May 1, 2005

A UC project that has architecture students designing a line of furniture for a national  market is providing a competitive career boost.  Student Ben Curry says his next portfolio will be the manufacturer s catalog with a post-it note where my work is.