January 31, 2024
WCPO highlighted the Ohio Department of Health's COVID-19 surveillance program that UC engineering students oversee. UC Associate Professor David Wendell recruits students to help monitor wastewater to track the virus on campus.
May 15, 2024
GE Aerospace Foundation is investing further in its Next Engineers program, including the Cincinnati location facilitated by the University of Cincinnati, extending the program locally through 2028. Engineering Academy, a three-year engineering education program for high-schoolers, graduated its first cohort of students. Students who complete the program and go on to pursue an engineering degree in college will receive a scholarship.
October 31, 2022
University of Cincinnati students and faculty get a chance to work on global wildlife conservation projects with the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, considered one of the best zoos in North America.
August 4, 2022
UC’s Undergraduates Pursuing Research in Science and Engineering gives students in underrepresented groups the opportunity to engage with faculty and peers in scientific research.
September 12, 2022
The University of Cincinnati’s co-op program stands at No. 4 in the U.S. News & World Report’s latest rankings, continuing its historical placement among the top five co-op programs in the country — and No. 1 for co-op among public universities. The latest 2023 issue of the magazine’s influential “Best Colleges” guide ranks UC in the top tier, including among the “most innovative among national universities,” (No. 68) — UC’s first-ever ranking in that category.
April 26, 2023
University of Cincinnati student Rebecca Gilligan found a passion for engineering as a teenager at a local high school. After earning her bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, she is staying at UC to begin the direct-Ph.D. program in aerospace engineering. While at UC, Gilligan has received numerous prestigious awards, the latest being the Presidential Leadership Medal of Excellence. This award, given by the University President, is bestowed upon students who best exemplify the ideals of the university including scholarship, leadership and character.
July 11, 2022
The first year of the Perseverance rover mission on Mars captured the imaginations of scientists and the public alike with an interplanetary helicopter flight and the first chance to hear the sounds of the red planet. But two students at the University of Cincinnati say the best is yet to come in year two as the rover and their NASA science team begin in earnest to look for ancient life on another planet.
August 18, 2022
The University of Cincinnati anticipates record enrollment as classes begin Monday, Aug. 22, with a projected 48,300 students — a 3% increase over last year. It will mark nearly a decade of continuous growth of a student body that increasingly reflects the university’s core values.
April 27, 2021
Jason Shearn, associate professor of biomedical engineering and the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Science, is researching how we could coax the human body into self-healing common injuries like ACL tears.
March 10, 2021
The University of Cincinnati has announced the inaugural class of University Research Council (URC) Faculty Scholars Research Awards to early career support of faculty researchers studying areas ranging from engineering to German studies.