Last Friday’s White Coat Ceremony kicked off a new academic year for the James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy. The faculty/staff esprit de corps was high and the students, their families and friends in the audience clearly enjoyed the ceremony – a great start to the year. JLWCOP enjoyed a surge in Pharm.D. enrollment this fall after expanding its recruitment zone, signing articulation agreements with universities 10 miles from UC and on the other side of the world, and a lot of hard work from Associate Dean for Admissions and Student Affairs Kelly Epplen and her team. The College grew its faculty and staff numbers as well, adding nine new members to the JLWCOP family in 2025 to meet professional and graduate student demand and to move in new research directions. A major goal was realized in that the College now has the people and resources to launch a UC-serving medicinal chemistry core (MCC) facility that will promote cancer drug discovery and development. Opening for business in September 2025, the MCC will allow JLWCOP, UC’s medical school, the UC College of Arts & Sciences, the UC Cancer Center, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and UC Health to collaborate toward discovery and development of novel cancer drug candidates, initiate early-phase clinical trials on campus, and develop new IP via UC’s 1819 Innovation Hub. It’s an exciting time to be a faculty or student cancer researcher at JLWCOP.
May 1, 2026
The University of Cincinnati celebrates a record Spring 2026 commencement, honoring 7,800+ graduates with ceremonies at Fifth Third Arena and Nippert Stadium.
April 27, 2026
Cleveland Magazine spoke with Teneisha Dyer, assistant dean for student recruitment and marketing at the UC College of Education, Criminal Justice, Human Services and Information Technology, for a story about high school students considering taking a gap year after graduation.
April 17, 2026
University of Cincinnati Cancer Center researchers will present abstracts at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2026 April 17 to 22 in San Diego.
April 14, 2026
The UC Alumni Association (UCAA) will host its annual Alumni Celebration during Alumni Week, April 13-18, with a community art project commemorating this year’s slate of alumni honorees receiving the organization’s top awards. Taking place April 16 at the First Financial Center (Cincinnati Convention Center), the Alumni Celebration will recognize the 18 honorees for their individual and collective innovation and impact, and the resulting impact on their university, communities, and fields of endeavor.
April 13, 2026
Dr. Rudolph Buchheit has been selected as next Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, effective June 1.
March 30, 2026
University of Cincinnati researchers, funded by the NIH, are studying how GLP-1 drugs may help prevent Alzheimer’s disease by analyzing real-world data from patients with mild cognitive impairment. Learn more about this groundbreaking UC Alzheimer’s research.
March 13, 2026
The UC Board of Trustees approved $12 million at its Feb. 24 meeting for the design phase of a new Welcome Gateway Building for Uptown campus.
March 2, 2026
The final 3MT competition brought a full house to Clifton Court Hall and reached standing-room-only capacity, with students, faculty, staff, and community members gathering to support graduate research and vote for the People’s Choice Award.
February 23, 2026
The University of Cincinnati's Daniel Arendt was featured in a Jacksonville news station News4Jax report on the increase in fentanyl overdose deaths in seniors.