PRESIDENT ’S REPORT O N T H E
Spring 2016
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More than simply a marketplace of ideas, colleges and universities are a magnet for talent, a
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— President Santa J. Ono (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
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“Not only do I get paid to learn but I’m also
gaining experience that I can use when I graduate... ”
— UC student Mike Mayleben
$57 MILLION in annual collective co-op earnings by UC students helps to pay their bills. It also speaks to the value that UC students are adding to the workplace, where they apply what they’re learning in the classroom to real-world jobs and gain experience in the soft skills they need to be successful. As the birthplace of the cooperative education model now used at over 1,000 educational institutions around the world, UC is home to the largest mandatory co-op program in the nation. Its co-op program ranks among the nation’s best, according to U. S. News & World Report.
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$57M $48M $38M percent of co-op grads took jobs in their field of study
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“Cincinnati lays claim to a growing and vibrant startup ecosystem.” — The Huffington Post
7 AN INNOVATION SUMMIT, called “Next Lives Here,” will bring together UC’s research and commercialization enterprise with corporate and community leaders Oct. 26–28 in a forward-looking event envisioned by Robert Richardson, chair of the university’s Board of Trustees. In recent years, UC has transformed its innovation capacity to inculcate commercialization throughout its colleges and disciplines. These efforts engage on all fronts: education, faculty research and commercialization, and industry/ community partnerships. At the core of these initiatives sits a commitment to nurturing success.
Examples of UC faculty’s latest commercialization activities include: Jason Heikenfeld’s Eccrine Systems, a start-up company developing sweat sensors as light and flexible as Band-Aids to assess a patient’s health. The HorseFly Octocopter, an unmanned aerial vehicle under development with Workhorse Group Inc. to help trucks deliver goods faster. The Standard Bariatrics Clamp, invented by Jon Thompson, to hold stomach tissue in place while surgeons perform the most popular form of bariatric surgery for obesity.
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Cincinnati’s rank among “Cities Secretly Great for Tech Grads”
UC Research Institute (UCRI) Matching faculty and industry • “Next Lives Here” sums up the UCRI. • Connects industry needs to UC expertise, research and resources. • Partnered in 416 contracts totaling $21 million since 2013.
Center for Entrepreneurship & Commercialization (CEC) Education and support for budding/existing entrepreneurs, external consulting/service, entrepreneurship research • Serves regional startups and UC students. • Educates students, small business owners about entrepreneurship. • Lends student talent to businesses to help them grow. • Its 600 client companies have created thousands of jobs and millions in revenue. • Through student clubs and competitions, provides opportunities in innovation and entrepreneurship.
UC Technology Accelerator for Commercialization Faculty research, start-ups • Supports integrated, comprehensive approach to commercialization of research. • Recently garnered $1.5 million in external support. • Has supported 20 researchers with seed grants in the past three years and provided coaching by entrepreneurs-in-residence to 100 faculty teams. • Projects and start-up companies working with it have attracted $20M in capital and grants.
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The Louisiana Council for Economic Education plans to promote the
UC-developed “$martPath” in 1,500 elementary schools.
A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LEADER in the field of economic and financial education, UC’s Economics Center conducts scores of studies and analyses to help business, industry, nonprofit and government leaders make evidenced-based decisions. Also significantly, the center provides students and teachers in schools across the nation and in the Cincinnati region with practical personal finance education and financial literacy skills. • 25,000 elementary, middle and high school students reached through center activities.
• More than 11,000 students in grades 4 to 12 involved in the center’s Stock Market Game, which teaches the basics of investment, risk and diversification through a $100,000 virtual portfolio. • 400 teachers participate in more than 40 professional development courses for grades K-12. • 29 teachers enrolled in the Alpaugh Scholars Leadership program to learn about current business, economic and social issues.
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Led by Director Julie Heath, the UC Economics Center recently launched a new online educational portal called $martPath. The innovative software allows educators to make learning math and personal finance more fun. Even better, it’s offered free to educators and students around the globe.
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“Student growth, rising rankings,
innovations and partnerships are all sources of inspiration for the East Campus Master Plan.”
— Mary Beth McGrew, University Architect
THE NEW YORK TIMES recently showcased UC’s “starchitecture” in a photo gallery of the university’s world-acclaimed buildings and spaces (see cover photo). Transformation of UC’s physical landscape continues as a 100-yearold building undergoes updates to provide cutting-edge spaces for the Winkle College of Pharmacy. The College of Allied Health Sciences, which has outgrown its current home, has a new one in the planning stages. The $60 million project includes a landscaped quad (near right).
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Fifth Third Arena, home to Bearcats basketball and volleyball, is slated for an $85 million renovation, creating a 360-degree seating bowl, a new upper-level concourse with fan amenities and a new main entrance (far right).
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in UC health campus construction over next 3 years
One of the top-20 winningest programs in the nation, Cincinnati men’s basketball has won more than 1,700 games while claiming 28 conference titles, 10 league tournament crowns and two national championships.
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1. Alumnus Joseph Strauss led the design team that created the Golden Gate Bridge. 2. Tea kettle, designed by alumnus Michael Graves, available from Alessi and introduced in 1985. 3. Tony-Award winning Broadway musical “Rent,” produced by alumnus Kevin McCollum. 4. Oral polio vaccine developed by pediatric faculty member Albert Sabin.
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5. CD featuring alumna Kathleen Battle, known as one of the most beautiful soprano voices in the world. 6. Pringles stackable chips, designed by UC astronomer and alumnus Paul Herget. 7. Alumnus and researcher George Rieveschl’s Benadryl, the first antihistamine. 8. Seal of the President, office held by alumnus and law school dean William Howard Taft before becoming Chief Justice. 9. College basketball’s Player of the Year Award, named for UC and NBA legend Oscar Robertson. 10. The iconic Shure Unidyne mic, the first patent of alumnus and engineer Ben Bauer. 11. Alumnus Alex Smith at Super Bowl 2016 with Lady Gaga. 12. Books by former University of Cincinnati president and leadership scholar Warren Bennis.
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“By co-oping at UC,
I realized what I really wanted to do before it was too late.” —Myron E. Ullman III, former CEO of JCPenney and Macy’s
A LIST OF THE TOP UNIVERSITIES for producing Fortune 500 CEOs puts UC in the Top 25. The 2016 list, produced by BestColleges.com and focusing on MBA alumni only, puts UC at No. 7 among public universities in the number of CEOs. UC alumni have served as CEOs and presidents in a wide variety of companies around the world, not just those in the United States with the largest gross annual revenue. Among them are: • Carl H. Lindner III and S. Craig Lindner – the co-CEOs/Presidents and Directors of American Financial Group Inc. (Fortune 500).
• Myron “Mike” Ullman III, former CEO and current Executive Chairman, JCPenney Company; former CEO, Macy’s (Fortune 500 and Global 500). • Kathy Selker, President and CEO, Northlich brand engagement agency. • Paul Polman, CEO, Unilever (Global 500). • John F. Barrett, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, Western & Southern Financial Group (Fortune 500). •Roger Newport, CEO, AK Steel (Fortune 500).
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Top: Kathy Selker. Bottom, left to right: Myron Ullman, Paul Polman, Roger Newport.
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“I feel so lucky to have best friends around the world. They make the big world feel a little bit smaller.” —Abby Listerman, UC student
RECORD LEVELS of UC students are exploring the rich array of sites and cultures our world offers, from the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland to temples in Japan. UC ranks among the nation’s Top 50 universities in the number of students studying abroad. To capture their amazing experiences, UC’s International Office encourages the more than 1,600 students who venture overseas to share their photos and impressions via social media posts, using the hashtag BearcatsAbroad. You can see a sampling from their treks around the globe on these pages.
isabelleluuli This little boy was so enthusiastic in class, almost as enthusiastic as he was about his beetle. #universityofcincinnati #BearcatsAbroad
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UC students who studied abroad in 2014-15 taylorlims A view of Salzburg from the fortress that protected the city for over 10 centuries. #austria #beautiful #BearcatsAbroad
goingseoulsearching Back to Seoul! #BearcatsAbroad
terrainman_rob Got lucky again with absolutely perfect weather at The Cliffs of Moher! #cliffsofmoher #ireland #nofilter #BearcatsAbroad
ariannashaw Au Revoir #BearcatsAbroad
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“A groundbreaking
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(for) underrepresented populations...” —Inside Philanthropy
Musical Theatre Fact: A record-breaking 730 prospective students are vying for 18 places in UC’s highly selective musical theatre program, the first program of its kind in the United States.
A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND program teams a major American orchestra with a major conservatory to foster more diversity and inclusion in the orchestral profession. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded the University of Cincinnati’s CollegeConservatory of Music (CCM) and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) a $900,000 grant to pilot a new performance fellowship program for exceptional string players. The CSO/CCM Diversity Fellowship program provides an unparalleled two-year learning experience for graduate-level violin, viola, cello and double bass players coming from populations that are historically underrepresented in classical music.
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Fellows will perform an equivalent of five weeks per season with the CSO and receive focused mentorship by professional CSO musicians, while simultaneously completing their master’s or artist diploma degrees under the guidance of the renowned faculty at CCM. UC welcomes the inaugural class of Fellows in August 2016.
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Musical Education Fact: CCM’s Division of Music Education offers formal programs of study leading to both bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Graduates in music education at CCM enjoy a 100% placement rate.
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“When they put those
gold medals around our necks, I don’t know how I could have had a bigger smile.”
—George Wilson, 1964 Gold Medalist 1
Four Bearcats with Gold Medals: 1. George Wilson, basketball, Tokyo, 1964 2. Oscar Robertson, basketball legend, Rome, 1960 3. Jenny Kemp, swimming, Munich, 1972 4. Mary Wineberg, track and field, Beijing, 2008
GOING FOR THE GOLD drives every athlete who competes in the Olympics. The same will be true this summer at the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 15–21. Bearcats alumnus Josh Schneider and current Bearcats student-athlete Jackie Kiere, both swimmers, have Olympic hopes but will not know if they make the cut until further competition later this year. Several other current and former Bearcats in track and field have a chance to qualify for the Olympics this year, including Adrian Valles, UC’s recordsetting pole-vaulter from Spain. At least two other Bearcats are expected to participate – not as athletes but as NBC sports television commentators: Cris Collinsworth (law) and Lewis Johnson (communications).
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UC FIRSTS
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First program of cooperative education – Herman Schneider (1906)
Associate: 74
• Enrollment stands at the highest level in UC
First oral polio vaccine – Albert Sabin
Baccalaureate: 112 Master’s: 111 Professional (MD, JD, PharmD): 3
history, with over 44,200 students, the third year in a row at record-breaking levels. The first-year class includes 20.6 percent students of color.
Total: 379
• Six UC online graduate programs rank in
First use of YAG laser to remove brain tumor
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First bachelor’s degree program in nursing
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the nation’s top 50, including two in the top 10 (nursing and master’s of science in taxation) − U.S. News & World Report.
First emergency medicine residency program
Holdings: 4.4 million volumes; 1.4 million e-books
First safe anti-knock gasoline
Use: 1.3 million visitors; 42,000 reference transactions, 143,000 items circulated
First observations leading to the National Weather Service – Cleveland Abbe First antihistamine, Benadryl – George Rieveschl
Doctoral: 79
First electronic organ – Winston Koch
First degree program offered via satellite UC’S COLLEGES McMicken College of Arts and Sciences College of Allied Health Sciences Carl H. Lindner College of Business
STUDENT/FACULTY RATIO 18/1 ENROLLMENT (2015-2016) 44,251
UC Blue Ash College UC NOTABLES
College-Conservatory of Music
President and later Chief Justice William Howard Taft; Albert Sabin, developer of the oral polio vaccine; Nobel Peace Prize winner and U. S. Vice President Charles G. Dawes; Benadryl inventor and UC Foundation founder George Rieveschl; Pulitzer Prizewinning cartoonist Walt Handelsman; Doris Twitchell Allen, founder of Children’s International Summer Village; Astronaut Neil Armstrong; soprano Kathleen Battle; Cleveland Abbe, whose work at UC led to the National Weather Service; Eula Bingham, environmental scientist and head of OSHA; Marilyn Gaston, assistant surgeon general; author Thomas Berger; Prima Ballerina Suzanne Farrell; sports greats Sandy Koufax, Oscar Robertson, Jack Twyman and Tony Trabert; architect Michael Graves; artists Tom Wesselmann and Gilbert Young; Tony Award winner Faith Prince; and Elwood Jensen, pioneer in breast cancer research.
College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services College of Engineering and Applied Science College of Law College of Medicine College of Nursing James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy The Graduate School CAMPUS Total acreage: 473 Number of buildings: 117 Campus locations: 7
national award – the American Pharmacists Association Good Government Student Award − for her advocacy on behalf of the profession.
• Residential facility Morgens Hall earned the 2015 American Institute of Architects of Ohio Award, the state’s highest prize for design.
• UC’s campus ranks among the world’s most beautiful, according to Forbes.
UC Clermont College College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning
• Pharmacy student Hanna Burgin won a
• The College of Medicine launched its first undergraduate major – a bachelor of science in medical sciences – in fall 2015.
• Three faculty members have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2015: David Lentz, biological sciences; Carolyn Price, cancer and cell biology; and Marc Cahay, electrical engineering.
• Fall 2015 brought a record number of 50 National Merit Scholars in the first-year class.
• UC ranks among the Top 200 Global Universities – U.S. News & World Report.
• UC earned No. 1 in Return on Investment from Policymic.
ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION Trending highlights the array of activities and outcomes at the University of Cincinnati, one of the nation’s top public research universities. Here you will see UC collaborating with business and community, expanding the boundaries of art and ideas, applying technology to society’s needs, and more. UC has made great strides in recent years, and Trending demonstrates how we have accelerated our advancement with focused, ambitious and achievable goals.
ON THE COVER The New York Times recently featured this issue’s cover image, with its crisscrossing pedestrian pathways and green space, in an article and gallery about the “starchitecture” of the University of Cincinnati campus. Forbes named UC one of the world’s most beautiful campuses with its many buildings by signature architects. (Photo by Ofer Wolberger/BRANSCH INC.)
PHOTO CREDITS (PAGE 10–11) Alessi Teakettle, courtesy of Michael Graves Architecture & Design, 2016. Lady Gaga at Super Bowl 2016, by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images. Microphone for photo, loaned by the National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting.
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