University of Cincinnati

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University of Cincinnati
Motto	Juncta Juvant (Latin for "Strength in Unity")
Established	1819
Type	Public (state university)
Endowment	$1.032 billion
President	Nancy Zimpher
Staff	3,292
Undergraduates	26,314
Postgraduates	8,050
Location	Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Campus	473 acres/Urban
Colors	Red & Black
Mascot	Bearcats
Website	www.uc.edu

The University of Cincinnati is a state university located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Billing itself as an urban research university, the university has an annual enrollment of approximately 35,000 full- and part-time students in programs ranging from 2-year Associate's Degrees to Ph.D. and post-doctorate education.

[edit] History

McMicken Hall on the main campus.

In 1819, Cincinnati College and the Medical College of Ohio were founded in Cincinnati upon the suggestion and with the funds of local benefactors such as Dr. Daniel Drake who went before the Ohio Legislature in January 1819 and sought a charter for the [Medical College of Ohio], the second medical school to be founded west of the Allegheny Mountains, and William Lytle of the Lytle family of Cincinnati. In 1870, due to the estate of Charles McMicken, money was left to the City of Cincinnati to establish the University of Cincinnati, absorbing Cincinnati College. While the Medical College of Ohio was loosely affiliated with the University of Cincinnati from about 1896, it joined with a splinter medical school, Miami Medical College, to form the Ohio-Miami Medical Department of the University of Cincinnati in 1909, several months prior to Abraham Flexner's visit. University of Cincinnati became a "municipally-sponsored, state-affiliated" institution in 1968. During this time, the University of Cincinnati was the second-oldest and second-largest municipal university in the country. It became one of Ohio's state universities in 1977.

UC is distinguished as the birthplace of the co-operative education (co-op) model. The program generally consists of alternating periods of coursework on campus and outside work at a host firm, giving students up to two years of relevant work experience by the time they graduate. The concept was invented at UC in 1906 by Herman Schneider, Dean of the College of Engineering at the time. Today, UC's Professional Practice (Co-op) Program is the largest co-op program at any public institution in the United States.

[edit] Academic profile

Students and Cincinnati residents gather for live music and events at "Worldfest," one of several community events organized by the university.

The university comprises several colleges:

• Allied Health Sciences (CAHS)
• Applied Science (CAS)
• McMicken College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), as the largest and most diverse college, A&S is the academic heart of UC and home to twenty-one departments, eight co-op programs, several interdisciplinary programs, and 392 full-time faculty members. The Classics Department is one of the most active centers for the study of Bronze Age and Classical antiquity in the United States. Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) was developed here in 1946.
• College of Business (COB)
• Clermont College (CLER) (branch campus)
• College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), one of the most prestigious American music schools, ranked 6th by U.S. News and World Report. It is particularly renowned for its voice, composition, piano, and musical theater departments.
• Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP), one of the most highly-ranked design schools in the US and in the world ^[1], particularly known for its architecture, interior design, graphic design, urban planning and industrial design programs.
• College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services (CECH)
• College of Engineering (ENGR), recognized as having the first co-operative education program in the United States.
• The Graduate School
• College of Law, the fourth oldest continually running law school in the country. It is notable for graduating William Howard Taft, the only person to serve both as U.S. President and as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Taft also served as the dean of the college when it integrated with the University of Cincinnati in 1896. Cincinnati is one of only five law schools in America to have matriculated at least one President of the United States and one justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The others are Harvard Law School, Columbia Law School, the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and Yale Law School.
• College of Medicine, includes both a leading teaching hospital and several biomedical research laboratories. In the 1950s Albert Sabin developed the live Polio vaccine at the College of Medicine. UC offers a dual-admissions program known as Connections to high school students applying for undergraduate studies at Miami University, the University of Dayton, and the University of Cincinnati.[1]
• Nursing
• Pharmacy
• Raymond Walters College (RWC) (branch campus) [2]
• Social Work

UC is also the home of the Institute for Policy Research. It is a multidisciplinary research organization which opened in 1971. It performs a variety of surveys and polls on public opinion throughout Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana, primarily through telephone surveys.

[edit] International Activities

The university has a large and diverse international student body, with approximately 2,200 students drawn from dozens of countries. The largest number of foreign students are from India, followed by China. Most international students study at the graduate level, although the university is now aggressively recruiting more talented students into undergraduate fields. To this end, UC is now creating a network of official representatives to assist interested students. People from all over the world flock to Brown-Carney Hall, the physics building, to do expert research.

A number of new international activities are positioning UC as a leading international innovator among US universities. UC is the first American university to benchmark its international student services, using an instrument known as the International Student Barometer (ISB). In the Fall 2006 survey, UC benchmarked with the highest overall international student satisfaction score among the 40 participating institutions.

UC is also among the first universities to pilot the new Standards for Education Abroad, created by the Forum for Education Abroad. UC recently initiated a strategy of "comprehensive engagement" with key foreign institutions. The first of these with which a formal agreement was signed was Shandong University, of Jinan, China. In addition to developing a range of activities across their many colleges, the two universities have agreed to create a Joint Center for Urban Research, with offices on both campuses. UC's new COSMIC database (Cincinnati Online System for Managing International Collaboration) provides a view of its international relationships (http://www.uc.edu/international/cosmic).

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Cincinnati Bearcats

The school's athletic teams are known as the "Bearcats" and, since July 1, 2005, they have been members of the Big East Conference. They were previously members of Conference USA, a conference of which they were a founding member.

The university's most well-known rivalries are with Miami University, the University of Louisville and Xavier University. UC is known for its rich tradition in basketball. The Bearcats won the NCAA national championship in 1961 and 1962, both times against Ohio State. Notable athletic alumni include: Baseball Hall of Famers Sandy Koufax and Miller Huggins, Basketball Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson, Boston Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis, Denver Nuggets forward Kenyon Martin and tennis great Tony Trabert.

Besides its varsity sports, the university also has a diverse number of intercollegiate club sports teams. The athletic facilities at UC include Armory Fieldhouse, Fifth Third Arena, Nippert Stadium, Ben and Dee Gettler Soccer Stadium, and Richard E. Lindner Varsity Village.

[edit] Student life

The Student Activities & Leadership Development office oversees over 300 registered student organizations, including over 35 social fraternities and sororities.

The Campus Recreation Center, designed by Thom Mayne, opened in 2006.

Around 3,500 people live on campus in undergraduate, graduate, and family housing. UC Housing & Food Services manages seven undergraduate residence halls:

• Calhoun Hall
• Campus Recreation Center Housing
• Dabney Hall
• Daniels Hall
• Siddall Hall
• Jefferson Complex consisting of Schneider Hall and Turner Hall.

Two off-campus university-affiliated (but not university-managed) housing options were introduced in 2005: Stratford Heights and University Park Apartments. On-campus graduate and family housing is available in the Scioto-Morgens Complex.

UC Housing & Food Services also runs two award winning dining centers: Center Court and MarketPointe. Several other eateries are available on campus.

[edit] Architecture

Vontz Center for Molecular Studies, designed by Frank Gehry, is part of the medical campus.

The university has had a strategic plan for the last decade for new architecture to be built by "signature architects." Cincinnati has an outstanding architecture and design program. The efforts to have these famous architects design new buildings on campus have encouraged students to attend the Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) school.

• Engineering Research Center, Michael Graves (UC alumnus) (1994)
• Aronoff Center for Art and Design, Peter Eisenman (1996)
• College-Conservatory of Music, Pei Cobb Freed and Partners (Henry Cobb) (1999) Photos
• Vontz Center for Molecular Studies, Frank O. Gehry (1999)
• Campus Recreation Center, Morphosis (Thom Mayne) (2006)
• Lindner Athletic Center, Bernard Tschumi (2006)
• Tangeman University Center, Gwathmey Siegel & Associates (2004)
• Steger Student Life Center, Moore Ruble Yudel (2005)

[edit] Famous alumni

See: List of University of Cincinnati people

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.uc.edu/about/ucfactsheet.html#rankings UC website citation] of I.D. Magazine

[edit] External links

• University of Cincinnati web page
• Official UC Student Government Site
• UC Campus Recreation Center
• The News Record student newspaper site
• Official UC athletics site
• BearcatNews.com
• Cincinnati Sports Forum @ NCAAbbs
• Photographs of the University of Cincinnati
• Unofficial UC Students' Wiki
• Cincinnati Photographs, including the University of Cincinnati
• Univerisity of Cincinnati Costs
• University of Cincinnati Magazine

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