January 14, 2021

Steve Schaefer, a two-time University of Cincinnati graduate, retired from his namesake structural engineering firm on December 31, 2020. He started Schaefer in 1976 in Cincinnati and served as president until 2006 when he shifted to a principal role. Schaefer earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and his MBA from UC in 1970 and 1976, respectively. The UC College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) awarded him the Herman Schneider Distinguished Alumni Award in 2007.

January 28, 2021

Tucked away on the sixth floor of the college’s iconic building, is the school’s innovative Evelyn G. Burgoyne Fashion Technology Center. Named for a generous benefactor, the futuristic center houses three labs for computer-aided design, textile innovation and apparel production. Within the center, plaques on machines remind users of the people who made the place possible — UC donors.

January 28, 2021

University of Cincinnati graduate and ‘Project Runway’ alum is the Taft Museum of Art’s 2021 Duncanson artist-in-residence.

January 26, 2021

Two UC College-Conservatory of Music alums from the college’s theatre arts division come together to create a new Broadway musical. Jessica Hendy (BFA Musical Theatre, ‘93) and Richard Oberacker (BFA Acting, ‘93) are currently collaborating on With Becket, a one-woman show staring Hendy.

February 1, 2021

UC Communiversity Winter term moves from online classes in January to in-person in February.

January 25, 2021

Isaí Jess Muñoz (BM Voice, ’01) has found success as both a performer and an educator since his days at UC’s College-Conservatory of Music. After receiving a master’s and a doctoral degrees from Manhattan School of Music and Stony Brook University, he became an Associate Professor of Voice and Opera at the University of Delaware and the Vice President of the National Opera Association. Now, he is releasing his first solo album in over a decade with pianist Oksana Glouchko.

February 4, 2021

Alice McCollum, the first woman, and first Black woman, elected to the Dayton Municipal Court, reflects on 42 years of service in the legal profession.

February 3, 2021

Meet Adele Edmonds, a world traveler who is not afraid to take on a challenge.

February 1, 2021

The University of Cincinnati Alumni Association’s recognition of Black History Month will revolve around a series of events, held virtually, throughout February.

February 26, 2021

In stories by the Chicago Tribune and Yahoo, UC alum and artist Riva Lehrer depicts people with disabilities without the mock heroics, the ‘freak show’ or the toxic staring