News & Events
Silent harmony
September 1, 2015
Former Bearcat left gig at Maryland to take the head coaching job at the country's only university for the deaf.
Call of the homeland
September 1, 2015
Nursing professor went willingly to the front lines of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to care for the sick and dying in his birth country.
Tiny dreams
September 1, 2015
UC urban planning graduate takes a minimalist approach to help homeless get off the streets.
No limits
September 1, 2015
Students with intellectual disabilities get a chance at the full college experience at UC.
The haze after the blaze
September 1, 2015
Veteran's personal experience helps him relate to students struggling with reintegration.
Mutual drive
September 1, 2015
UC personal trainer guides legally blind athlete in races worldwide to bring dream of Paralympic gold into focus.
Finding strength
September 1, 2016
One UC grad's battle with cancer pulled family, friends and the UC medical community into the fight for her life.
Accidental activist
September 1, 2016
A simple hike led one UC law grad to spend two decades standing up for old-growth trees in the American West.
United by music
September 1, 2016
Five musicians in their first semester at CCM are winners of a new diversity fellowship that promotes inclusion in American orchestras.
UC launches Bearcats Affordability Grant
January 7, 2026
The University of Cincinnati is making college more attainable for students across Ohio with the creation of the Bearcats Affordability Grant. The new grant will provide a pathway to tuition-free college for students of families who make less than $75,000 per year. Beginning in fall 2026, the Bearcats Affordability Grant will cover the remaining cost of tuition for Ohio residents who are Pell eligible.
Two University of Cincinnati colleges benefit from $4 million gift
November 7, 2025
University of Cincinnati alumni Mohammad H. Qayoumi, MS ’79, MS ’80, MBA ’84, PhD ’83 and Najia Karim, BS ’82, MEd ’83, RD, have made a $4 million gift supporting two of the university’s colleges. A donation from the couple establishes a fund and an endowed chair at the College of Engineering and Applied Science, as well as an endowed chair at the College of Allied Health Sciences.
UC’s annual Fluency Friday workshop supports children and teens who stutter
October 16, 2025
This year marks the 25th anniversary of UC’s Fluency Friday, a one-day workshop that brings together children and teens who stutter, along with their parents and caregivers, local experts on stuttering and speech-language pathology graduate students.