News & Events

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Injecting hope

September 1, 2015

UC doctor takes on heroin epidemic with needle exchange program.

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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.

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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.

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Tiny dreams

September 1, 2015

UC urban planning graduate takes a minimalist approach to help homeless get off the streets.

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No limits

September 1, 2015

Students with intellectual disabilities get a chance at the full college experience at UC.

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The haze after the blaze

September 1, 2015

Veteran's personal experience helps him relate to students struggling with reintegration.

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Mutual drive

September 1, 2015

UC personal trainer guides legally blind athlete in races worldwide to bring dream of Paralympic gold into focus.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.