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President’s Report on the University of Cincinnati
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UC’s impact as a student-centered, faculty-driven, urban-serving, public
research university has never been more needed or more important.
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— Neville G. Pinto, President
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“UC is not only known for its great academics, “It gives you a but footfor in the door incredible to start your career. ” opportunities, JUMP-STARTING A CAREER can be one of the including cooperative education.” greatest advantages of being a co-op student at Co-op student Samantha Burgess
UC. About two-thirds of UC students who gain job experience by co-oping get job offers from their co-op employers upon graduation. Another benefit is the paycheck – the average annual earnings of UC co-op students in 2015-16 reached $10,300. That comes to a collective $65 million, a record high. Co-op also helps students figure out what they like or don’t like. Arin Moyer, a fifth-year design major, has held four co-op positions from Florida to New York. She discovered that she enjoyed working for a smaller company after co-oping at an environmentally friendly clothier in Maine. Samantha Burgess, a fourth-year communications student who plays club soccer at UC, enjoyed working in a job related to her interest. She worked spring semester in the sales office of the Futbol Club Cincinnati, the city’s new professional soccer club.
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“This is empowering students to have a direct impact on the life of someone with a disability.� Jacob Knorr, EnableUC Founder, to Associated Press
ENABLEUC, A STUDENT-RUN ORGANIZATION, uses the 21st century power of 3-D printing to produce pediatric prostheses for children. The cost is much lower than the conventional kind. For growing children, the $10,000-to-$100,000 price of regular prosthetic devices can prove unaffordable as the body changes size. Among those helped by EnableUC is 3-year-old Ella Morton from Dayton, Ohio. She received a 3-D printed hand from EnableUC for free. The materials in it cost less than $20. Thirty students now take part in the life-changing work of this serviceminded organization started by biomedical engineering student Jacob Knorr. The group also works on assistive devices for physical and occupational therapy.
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News Coverage of EnableUC: USA Today / MSN / Associated Press / CBS / ABC / NPR
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“Over 46,000 UC students, staff and faculty engage with the community.”
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$ TUTORING, MENTORING, EVENT SUPPORT, fundraising – these are just a few examples of the many community service activities of UC students, faculty and staff. In all, UC volunteers donated 714,855 hours of work to local charities, nonprofits, faith-based organizations and other civic groups in one 12-month period. The university’s first-ever community engagement study, conducted by its Economics Center, examined UC volunteerism, philanthropy and community-based education during the 2015-16 academic year. UC’s community service generated nearly 90,000 days of work or the equivalent of $8,538,530 in financial impact. That’s equal to 344 fulltime jobs .
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EXAMPLES OF UC SERVICE: UC Serves – full day of service in the community / Field studies with Great Parks of Hamilton County / Higher ed mentoring to foster children / Teaching English to refugees with Catholic Charities / Free health center assistance / Whiz Kids arts education for elementary school children / Cooking for homeless families / Service learning in nursing homes / Back to Business program to help unemployed managers and professionals update skills / Diabetes prevention education / Syringe exchange program
ESTIMATED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF UC’S VOLUNTEER HOURS
THE VOLUNTEER HOURS OF STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF ARE EQUIVALENT TO 344 FULL-TIME JOBS
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TRANSFORMING THE TREATMENT for heart failure sits behind the entrepreneurial work of Jack Rubinstein. Now a faculty member in the College of Medicine, he is a native of Mexico who has spent 20 years working and teaching in health care, including as a director of clinical services for a large urban district in Mexico City. He now leads an active cardiovascular laboratory at UC funded by the National Institutes of Health and American Heart Association. He and his lab team have successfully licensed its first compound to a pharmaceutical startup. The drug already is FDA approved, but holds potential to save lives and revolutionize the way heart failure is treated around the world.
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Nippert Stadium Renovation Completed 2015 Nippert Stadium Field Expansion April 2017 Scioto Hall Renovation Completed 2016
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1819 Innovation Hub Phase 1 April 2017 UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute Spring 2019
High-Rise Residence/Office/Dining December 2017
Fifth Third Arena Renovation December 2018
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from the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sports.” Good Sports UC’S FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPION in track and field is Annette Echikunwoke, left, of Pickerington, Ohio. The junior captured the national title in the women’s weight throw in March at the 2017 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in College Station, Texas. Echikunwoke took the lead in the first round of throws and never looked back on her way to the top spot on the podium. Her win makes her the fifth UC student-athlete to earn an individual national title in the history of UC Athletics. The UC women’s track and field team won its second straight American Athletics Conference (AAC) title this spring. Echikunwoke won AAC Female Field Performer of the Meet, while UC’s Macklin Tudor won Male Performer of the Meet. Bearcats swimmer Jacqueline Keire, far right, of Ontario was selected to represent Canada at the 2017 FISU World University Games this summer in Taipei. Keire recently concluded a successful four-year career with UC. She is one of 24 swimmers tapped for Team Canada to compete in the games Aug. 19-30.
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All-time leader: Bearcats ranked among the all-time top 10 men’s basketball teams in a recent Associated Press analysis. Cincinnati appeared in the poll more than any other program not currently in a Power 5 Conference. BIG NO: Top 10 – All-Time ranking of Bearcats men’s basketball (AP)
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“I still remember that my English professor told me I was a very good writer. That gave me hope.” Eric Broyles, UC Blue Ash Distinguished Alumnus and CEO, ExpertConnect
UC’S OLDEST REGIONAL COLLEGE celebrates its 50th year starting this fall with a number of festivities, including a golden anniversary gala on Sept. 28 and the opening of the new Progress Hall. Founded in 1967, the UC Blue Ash of today may surprise some with its diversity, study abroad opportunities and focus on student success. One of two regional UC campuses, its faculty nearly all hold PhDs or terminal degrees in their fields.
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UC Blue Ash College: implementing new Honors Program fall 2017 / offers low tuition ($6,010/year full time) / serves as an open-access college / seamless transition (2+2) from associate degree programs to baccalaureate programs at UC Uptown / transition student average GPA = 3.02
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“Marian Spencer is a
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destined to fight ignorance, incivility and injustice.” Son Edward Spencer
A FREED SLAVE’S GRANDDAUGHTER, Marian Spencer led a campaign as a UC student from 1938 to 1942 to open a student dance to African Americans. Another student also led efforts to integrate campus life and started the UC chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, originally founded for black students denied entry into most campus fraternities. That student, Donald Spencer, became Marian’s husband. Both went on to become icons in our country’s struggle for civil rights, including desegregation of Cincinnati Public Schools, the YWCA pools and summer camps nationwide, and Coney Island Amusement Park in Cincinnati. Their 80 years of fighting for equal opportunity is documented in a historic collection of private papers and other memorabilia donated to UC Archives and Rare Books by Mrs. Spencer, 96, on the couple’s behalf. Mr. Spencer passed away in 2010 at 95.
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“Never before had I seen human society and
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THE LAND OF FIRE AND ICE, as well as ancient folklore, captivated UC honors students on their travels in the Nordic country of Iceland. Led by Kevin Grace, head of UC’s Archives and Rare Books Library, and Robin Selzer, assistant professor in Professional Practice and Experiential Learning, the students experienced modern culture while traversing the unusual landscape of volcanoes, fjords and glaciers. They also learned more about the island’s folk heritage of ghosts, elves and the “huldufolk,” or hidden people. Mingling with counterparts from the University of Iceland, the UC sojourners also met with folktale writer Alda Sigmundsdottir.
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First regional stroke team
College of Arts and Sciences
Identified protein vital for lungs to operate, leading to routine treatments for premature babies
College of Allied Health Sciences
Set enrollment record for fourth straight year at 44,338.
One of the first four centers to use gene therapy in treatment of recurring brain tumors Discovered new markers to identify prostate cancer risk
Carl H. Lindner College of Business UC Blue Ash College UC Clermont College College-Conservatory of Music
Discovered a biomarker for pancreatic cancer
College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning
Identification of a rare leukemia-causing protein
College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services
First program of cooperative education (1906) – Herman Schneider
College of Engineering and Applied Science
First oral polio vaccine – Albert Sabin
College of Medicine
First observations leading to the National Weather Service – Cleveland Abbe
College of Nursing
First antihistamine – George Rieveschl First functional heart-lung machine – Samuel Kaplan, Leland Clark and James Helmsworth First use of YAG laser to remove brain tumor – John Tew STUDENT/FACULTY RATIO: 17/1 ENROLLMENT (2016-2017): 44,338 CAMPUS Total acreage: 473 Number of buildings: 117 Campus locations: 7 PROGRAMS OF STUDY (2015) Associate: 74 Baccalaureate: 112 Master’s: 111 Doctoral: 79 Professional (MD, JD, PharmD): 3 Total: 379
College of Law
Recorded $258 million in total giving to the UC Foundation, including software gifts (FY 2016). Celebrated UC’s first Truman Scholar (2017 graduate Mohamed Elzarka) while three students won Goldwater Scholarships – Madelyn Leembruggen, Rickey Terrell and Courtney Stockman – the most ever in one year for UC. Named among the “Best National Universities” in the United States – U.S. News & World Report, 2017 guide.
The Graduate School
Ranked among the nation’s best colleges, 10 consecutive years – The Princeton Review.
UC NOTABLES
Rated No. 1 for Return on Educational Investment – PolicyMic.
James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy
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 Prize-winning 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.
Deemed a top 22 college for co-op or internships – U.S. News & World Report. Earned No. 2 ranking in the nation in industrial design (undergraduate); No. 4 in interior design (undergraduate and graduate); and No. 17 in graduate architecture – survey of employers by DesignIntelligence. Placed No. 14 in the nation and No. 28 in the world for online MBA program – CEO Magazine. Posted a fourth-straight record high licensing income at $978,430 (FY 2016). Freed more wrongly incarcerated jail inmates than any other Innocence Project (Ohio Innocence Project at the UC College of Law).
ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION Trending highlights the array of activities and outcomes at the University of Cincinnati, one of the nation’s top public, urban-serving, 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 A color-changing glass dome marks the top of UC’s oldest building, the Van Wormer Library. The architectural landmark no longer houses books yet serves as the headquarters for the Office of the Provost and The Graduate School. The glass dome was reinstalled in 2006 replacing one dismantled in 1930.
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