November 19, 2024
Watch the latest alumni guest lecture presented as part of CCM Speaks, lead by the UC Alumni Association. UC College-Conservatory of Music alum Evan Gidley presents "Inspiring Hope: Creating Connection Through Participatory Art."
November 13, 2024
This year, four UC College-Conservatory of Music alumni and one current faculty member are among the nominees named for the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, which will be held in February of 2025. Represented across four categories, the Bearcats specifically named in the Grammy's published list of nominees include CCM Associate Professor of Voice Elliot Madore along with alumni Kevin McCollum (BFA Musical Theatre ’84, HonDoc ’05), Fotina Naumenko (MM Voice ‘12, DMA Voice ‘18), Jeannette Sorrell (MM Orchestral Conducting) and Donald Nally (BM Music Education ‘82).
November 12, 2024
All eyes are on #GivingTuesday at the University of Cincinnati, with the 2024 edition of the annual day of charitable giving set for Dec. 3. At UC.
November 19, 2024
Watch the latest alumni guest lecture presented as part of CCM Speaks, lead by the UC Alumni Association. UC College-Conservatory of Music alum Evan Gidley presents "Inspiring Hope: Creating Connection Through Participatory Art."
November 13, 2024
This year, four UC College-Conservatory of Music alumni and one current faculty member are among the nominees named for the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, which will be held in February of 2025. Represented across four categories, the Bearcats specifically named in the Grammy's published list of nominees include CCM Associate Professor of Voice Elliot Madore along with alumni Kevin McCollum (BFA Musical Theatre ’84, HonDoc ’05), Fotina Naumenko (MM Voice ‘12, DMA Voice ‘18), Jeannette Sorrell (MM Orchestral Conducting) and Donald Nally (BM Music Education ‘82).
November 12, 2024
All eyes are on #GivingTuesday at the University of Cincinnati, with the 2024 edition of the annual day of charitable giving set for Dec. 3. At UC.
November 6, 2024
As the calendar flipped to the 1990s in Cincinnati, the entire program hung in the balance. From 1982-88, UC football played 20 home games at Riverfront Stadium while fighting for I-A eligibility and navigating a crumbling stadium in Clifton.
November 4, 2024
The UC College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) proudly celebrates the recent achievements of alumna Miranda Southwood (MA/MBA Arts Administration), who has taken on the role of Executive Director of the American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras (AYPO). In this new leadership role, Miranda is excited to guide AYPO's next chapter as it celebrates its 60th anniversary.
November 4, 2024
Chelsea Lovelace, manager of cyber threat intelligence at leading defense contractor RTX, didn't always know what she wanted to do. Grappling with family tragedy, she entered community college after high school, but upon visiting University of Cincinnati, she fell in love with the campus. Today, with an undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice and a master's in IT—both from UC—she's excelled in roles with the National Guard, Cincinnati Police Department and now in the corporate world.
October 30, 2024
As the 1970s gave way to the 1980s, uncertainty was the mood around Cincinnati football. The Bearcats were 10 years removed from conference membership and no closer to building a winner or clearing the myriad financial hurdles that plagued the program. After a winning 1977 campaign, Ralph Staub’s Bearcats trudged to a 9-24 record from 1978-80 while Nippert Stadium attendance figures sunk to 40-year lows. And yet, for Bearcats faithful, the ’80s would only be scarier.
October 24, 2024
If you missed UC Homecoming 2024 weekend, check out our photo gallery.
October 23, 2024
When the Cincinnati Bengals completed their two-year stay at Nippert following the 1969 season, they packed up and moved down the hill to the newly constructed Riverfront Stadium, a 60,000-seat flying saucer on the Ohio River, complete with the latest in futuristic playing surface technology: AstroTurf.
October 17, 2024
UC College-Conservatory of Music alumnus an countertenor John Holiday (MM Voice, '12) was recently featured on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series. Watch his performance online.
October 17, 2024
The University of Cincinnati Foundation will recognize its Outstanding Philanthropic Volunteer Award honorees at the George Rieveschl Recognition Dinner on October 17, 2024.
October 16, 2024
Bearcats basketball legend Jack Twyman was selected by the Rochester Royals in the second round of the 1955 NBA draft and the franchise moved to Cincinnati in 1957, becoming the Cincinnati Royals. Oscar Robertson would follow in the 1960s, and on his heels wearing red, white, and blue at Cincinnati Gardens were fellow UC stars Tom Thacker and George Wilson. Cincinnati basketball won back-to-back titles in 1961 and 1962 (and nearly grabbed a third, falling to Loyola Chicago in ’63).
October 16, 2024
The UC College-Conservatory of Music opened its 2024-25 concert series in epic fashion on Saturday, Sept. 21, with a sold out performance of Gustav Mahler’s colossal Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection," in Corbett Auditorium. The entire performance is now available for on-demand streaming below, including opening remarks by new CCM Dean Pete Jutras. This performance of Mahler's Resurrection Symphony features the combined forces of the CCM Philharmonia student orchestra, CCM Chamber Choir, CCM Chorale and UC Choruses, along with alumni guest artists Amanda Woodbury (soprano) and Kayleigh Decker (mezzo-soprano). CCM faculty member Mark Gibson conducts.
October 11, 2024
The University of Cincinnati community will unite Oct. 18-19 for Homecoming weekend. With a presence in the city’s four-day BLINK event and an “Eye of the Bearcat” theme on campus, the festive occasion will honor treasured traditions and the ongoing relationship between alumni and students.
October 11, 2024
University of Cincinnati Homecoming activities on Saturday, Oct. 19, will feature the annual Homecoming Parade around campus starting at 8 a.m. and the football game versus Arizona State University at noon in UC’s Historic Nippert Stadium.