UC Answers: How does UC support first-gen students?
November 8, 2020
First-generation college grad Jamar Beckham is a financial aid adviser at the University of Cincinnati and proud UC alumnus. Beckham received his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice in 2018 from UC’s College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services. He offers advice to other first-generation students navigating higher education.
UC startup helps police departments prevent, solve crime
May 16, 2022
Software technology from a University of Cincinnati Venture Lab-backed startup that focuses on records management and data analytics is helping law enforcement agencies more efficiently manage and share data to help solve crime.
Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program: A classroom behind bars
March 13, 2024
One day a week, UC students travel to correctional facilities in Ohio to learn about life behind bars and share thoughts with incarcerated individuals. It's called the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program and is offered through UC's School of Criminal Justice.
UC researchers to study overdose hot spots in Cincinnati
January 14, 2025
A federally funded study by UC criminal justice researchers and the Hamilton County Office of Addiction Response is taking a new approach to help combat the growing overdose crisis in the region.
Knowledge Nexus aims to empower new faculty with research capabilities
September 26, 2024
Knowledge Nexus is a series of workshops—presented in partnership with the University of Cincinnati's Associate Dean of Education Innovations and Community Partnerships and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs (Dean’s Office, CECH)—that outline common intricacies of research development at CECH and UC, which, as an R1 institution, absolutely values research activity.
UC's CECH recognizes students, faculty and staff for outstanding service in 2023-24 academic year
April 19, 2024
In the early weeks of April 2024, UC's College of Education, Criminal Justice, Human Services, and Information Technology recognized and celebrated students, faculty and staff achievements annual Outstanding Student Awards and All College Awards ceremony, the latter of which awarded both Faculty and Staff Awards and the college's Golden Apple Awards.
UC’s Dean Lawrence J. Johnson, a transformative figure in CECH, celebrates 25 years
May 17, 2024
The University of Cincinnati's College of Education, Criminal Justice, Human Services, and Information Technology Dean Lawrence J. Johnson retires this year after 25 years in the role (and 34 years with the college). In this article we look at his road to academia and journey to a transformative quarter century at UC.
CECH welcomes 25 new faculty members to the University of Cincinnati
October 3, 2024
With the 2024-25 school year at University of Cincinnati underway, the College of Education, Criminal Justice, Human Services, and Information Technology (CECH) welcomes 25 new faculty members to the classrooms and hallways of the Teachers-Dyer Complex for the fall semester. The newly hired instructors are teaching within all of the college's four schools, preparing undergraduate and graduate students to be essential changemakers, impacting their communities and the world in a variety of fields.