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Fall 2015

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PRESIDENT ’S REPORT O N T H E UNIVERSIT Y O F

CINCINNATI

“Ask more, tell less.

That was my light-bulb moment as a new president... looking to borrow a page from the playbook of my more-seasoned peers.

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— President Santa J. Ono

Presidents & Governance, Association of Governing Boards (AGB)

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“I gained a toolbox of knowledge and I reach into it every chance I get—in the

business of acting and in life.”

— UC alumna and actress Torie Wiggins

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS (first year)

2005–

2015–

FOR THE NINTH STRAIGHT YEAR, The Princeton Review lists the University of Cincinnati among the nation’s best colleges. And for the third consecutive year, UC opened its academic year with record enrollment – this time reaching 44,251. The bicentennial baccalaureate graduating class of 2019 arrived in Uptown Cincinnati as one of the smartest and most diverse in UC history. They boast a record number of National Merit/ National Achievement scholars at 51, an average ACT of 25.7 and an average high school GPA of 3.47. In addition, students of color make up 21.9 percent of UC’s first-year class and first-generation college students account for 28.2 percent of the incoming class.

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44,251

total enrollment (2015-16)

Retention Rate (Overall, Bacc) Retention Rate (African American, Bacc) Graduation Rate (6-Year, Overall)

2005 2015 80% 88.3% 70.5% 91.2% 49.7% 66%

Based on Baccalaureate Degree-seeking Students

UC STUDENTS COME FROM

114 COUNTRIES OUT OF 196 IN THE WORLD

AMONG THE

TOP 200 TOP-RANKED CO-OP & GLOBAL INTERNSHIPS UNIVERSITIES (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) 3 #HOTTESTCOLLEGEINAMERICA

(U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT)

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“Our faculty investments will provide the best possible learning experience for our students.” — Teik Lim, Dean, College of Engineering and Applied Science

WE ENGINEER BETTER is the mantra of the University of Cincinnati’s College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS). Living up to that aspiration requires world-class faculty, including the finest engineering educators and researchers. With a goal of hiring “50 in 5” – meaning 50 new faculty in five years – the college has already recruited 26 new faculty since January 2014. Of those, 12 are female or underrepresented minorities, as well as cluster and dual-career hires made possible through provost initiatives and the university’s Creating Our Third Century vision. Kristin Yvonne Rozier, assistant professor in aerospace engineering and computer science, can be

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counted among the new recruits. With 14 years of experience as a research scientist at NASA, Rozier contributed to the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) Air Traffic Management project. She also focuses on developing on-board systems to monitor Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) to ensure safe flights. Possible uses include fighting wildfires, earthquake surveillance, and other operations conducted without a human pilot, such as interplanetary exploration.

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Current patents held by CEAS faculty

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“Cincinnati is proving that the

Midwest as a startup ecosystem is flourishing and funding is available.” —Huffington Post

Success Stories:

JOB CREATION and return on investment—those outcomes drive the work of CincyTech, a publicprivate seed-stage investor founded by the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the Cincinnati USA Chamber. CincyTech has grown into one of the most active seed stage investors in the nation, with operating support coming from the Ohio Third Frontier, matched by grants from corporations,

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foundations and government. Based on seed deals, it ranks No. 11 in the United States and No. 2 in the Midwest behind Chicago, according to an analysis of data from CB Insights. Among the emerging successes of CincyTech are Assurex Health, a personalized medical company that employs more than 300, and Eccrine Systems, a developer of electronic patches that analyze human sweat for possible health or sport purposes.

$25M

CincyTech investments in 58 portfolio companies

INNOVATION DISTRICT – A new interchange now under construction at 1-71 and Martin Luther King near the University of Cincinnati campus drives opportunities for much more than convenient access by car. City planners, working with UC and other large employers in Uptown, envision a “grand boulevard” of mixed-use developments and an Innovation District to create cutting-edge research and development centers for bioscience, medical and engineering industries. Uptown already ranks as Cincinnati’s second-largest employment center with 55,000 workers and four hospitals – including the UC Medical Center and its affiliate, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. UC’s $16 million renovation of an old Sears department store, left, once used for administrative offices, will jump-start these initiatives. When completed, the Sears building will lease space to innovation and research businesses connected to the university, including UC’s Research Institute and UC Simulation Center.

CincyTech Stats: $30M under management / $485.9M co- and follow-on investment / 727 jobs created / 3 exits, 2 acquisitions, 1 IPO 7 #HOTTESTCOLLEGEINAMERICA

G L O B A L

L E A R N I N G — E U R O P E

C H A N G I N G

L I V E S

“Even the simplest encounters (abroad) can give you the

ultimate perspective.”

— History student Kristin Fleming

FROM AMSTERDAM TO ZAGREB, Europe remains the No. 1 destination for University of Cincinnati students studying abroad, followed by Central and South America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. While UC’s strategic relationships on other continents are also growing, 43 colleges and universities in Europe are partner institutions. One of the newest is the University of Bordeaux, France. UC faculty and students traveling to Europe pursue a plethora of activities, among them studying music in Italy or Austria, learning Spanish in Spain, digging deep for ancient pottery in Cyprus, gaining experience in medical imaging technology in Denmark, researching French language movies in France, and exploring the painful history of the Holocaust and the Cold War in Germany.

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UC’s Top Study-Abroad Destinations United Kingdom France Multi-Country/Europe Mexico Italy China Germany Guatemala Canada Japan

108%

increase in UC students studying abroad since 2003

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+33% Bearcats football student season ticket sales (fall 2015)

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SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW. University of Cincinnatiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic Nippert Stadium reopened on Sept. 5 to a record on-campus game attendance following an $86 million renovation. Playing at the same location for more than 115 years, the Bearcats now enjoy a stadium that holds 40,000 with augmented premium seating, including 1,100 scholarship club seats and 53 indoor and outdoor suites in a new four-story press box. New concourses with concession stands and new vinyl bench-seat coverings also offer fans a new twist while maintaining Nippertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classic charm. On top of the 20-month absence for construction, the awaited return home took an extra two hours and 20 minutes because of a lightning storm. The wait proved worth it as UC rewarded loyal fans with a 52-10 victory over Alabama A&M. 11 # H O T T E S T C O L L E G E I N A M E R I C A

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“A doctor in Chicago who had done studies on my condition said, ‘What are you doing here? You have

one of the best in Cincinnati.” —Mary Ann, Gardner Center patient

LIKE SYNAPSES IN THE BRAIN, the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute (UCNI) connects clinicians, researchers and educators from all branches of neuroscience in a common quest: the cure and treatment of patients with neurological and psychiatric disease. Building on its national prominence in neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry otolaryngology, and emergency medicine, the institute has become a founding member of five elite national or international clinical trial networks: • StrokeNet, in which UCNI oversees and directs all U.S. stroke trials funded by the National Institutes of Health.

• NeuroNext, which supports biomarker-informed Phase 2 clinical trials in diseases ranging from multiple sclerosis (MS) to ALS to stroke. • The Neurological Emergency Treatment Trials network, which seeks new hope for victims of neurotrauma, spinal trauma and lifethreatening seizures. • The National Network of Depression Centers, which promotes discovery while providing stigma-free, evidence-based care to people with depressive and bipolar illnesses. • The Cancer Genome Atlas Study, which is unraveling the genetic mysteries and potential vulnerabilities of brain cancer.

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UCNI physicians listed in the Castle Connolly “Top Doctors” list

14 CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE & PROGRAMS: Brain Tumor Center / Comprehensive Stroke Center / Epilepsy Center / James J. and Joan A. Gardner Family Center for Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders / Memory Disorders Center / Mood Disorders Center / Neurobiology Research Center / Neuromuscular Center / Neurosensory Disorders Center / Neurotrauma Center / Virgilee and Oliver W. Waddell Center for Multiple Sclerosis / Headache and Facial Pain Program / Neurorestorative Program / Neurocritical Care Programs 13 #HOTTESTCOLLEGEINAMERICA

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T A N K

“Niehoff Urban Studio is an

unconventional academic environment that’s very close to what’s out there in the real world.”

—Alumnus Gabe Seidel

ENABLING BREAKTHROUGHS. That’s what sits at the core of the Niehoff Urban Studio at the University of Cincinnati. Using an unconventional studio approach, it puts students and faculty to work on real-life issues facing urban communities. So far, more than 1,300 students and faculty from 15 disciplines have worked with 130 civic groups on 751

projects since the studio’s founding in 2002. The collaborations range from aging in place to addressing food deserts, wayfinding and light rail. One recent project was undertaken with the Cincinnati Reds and the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens in conjunction with Procter & Gamble’s annual volunteer day. It created the Sands Lot-Community Playground for the Seven Hills Community Center, located on what had become a crumbling parking lot left when the former Sands school was closed in Cincinnati’s West End. The resulting new recreational space provides a children’s playground, an adult outdoor gym, walking paths, resting areas and a wiffle ball/ kickball field, seen at right.

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751 urban projects involving Niehoff Studio (since 2002)

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“With Smart Energy policy, the University of Cincinnati makes the grade…” —Forbes

Other Cost-Savings • Created a scholarship fund on par with a $3M endowment by selling presidential residence • Saved more than $1M a year with volume purchasing of computer hardware • Saved $1.4M per year by negotiating new healthcare and pharmacy contracts • Built co-generation plant, saving $10 million per year in fuel • Save $1.5-$2 million via interruptible gas rates • Saved students nearly $2 million in late fees (since 2011) with improved payment plans

UC’S COST-CUTTING efforts range from its Efficiency Council, which continuously seeks new ways to save money, to the president, who has declined pay raises and bonuses for three consecutive years. The motivation? Making college more affordable for students. UC’s expense-reduction measures also extend to energy, where the planet as well as the bottom line benefit. Forbes recently praised UC for avoiding energy costs equal to $9 million per year, while also integrating sustainability and energy know-how into the curriculum. While enrollment climbed over 25 percent in the last decade to record levels, the university has consistently reduced energy consumption 1-3 percent per year over the last U N I V E R S I T Y O F C I N C I N N AT I

25 years. One energy contract the university recently signed saves the university about $2.5 million per year and reduces carbon dioxide emissions in the region by about 79,000 tons annually. That’s the annual equivalent to taking 8,936 houses off the power grid.

3,300 equivalent number of homes cooled via energy savings from UC night water-chilling system

UC saved enough electricity to power 208 homes for a year by creating a â&#x20AC;&#x153;closed-loopâ&#x20AC;? system where air pressure rather than electricity does most of the work in moving 60,000 gallons per minute into a cooling tower for air conditioning. 17 # H O T T E S T C O L L E G E I N A M E R I C A

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The UC men’s basketball program is one of the nation’s

top-20 most victorious.

THE TRANSFORMATION in Bearcats athletics continues at the University of Cincinnati. In September, the football team came home to a newly renovated Nippert Stadium (see page 10-11) after one season off campus. UC’s Board of Trustees also approved the design development phase for an $85 million privatelyfunded renovation of a facility for men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball games at Fifth Third Arena. Construction is expected to begin in March 2016. A major reconstruction of the 26-year-old facility will create 360-degree seating, new restrooms and concessions, a new upperlevel concourse with fan amenities,

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expanded premium seating, a courtside club, an arena club, loge seating, a new Bearcats lounge and super suites (see image, right). This year, the Bearcats also announced a new and long-term partnership with Under Armour, naming the firm as the official outfitter for UC’s intercollegiate athletics program in a multi-year agreement. UC ranks in the top 50 in licensing revenue, according to the Collegiate Licensing Consortium.

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MAJOR LEAGUER Just as UC alumnus and two-time World Series Champion Kevin Youkilis retired from Major League Baseball, the Chicago Cubs drafted Bearcats baseball player Ian Happ. The junior from Pittsburgh was selected ninth in the draft â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the only Bearcats player to land in the first round since the draft began in 1965. Happ enters a long history of Bearcats in baseball, including legendary pitcher Sandy Koufax. In all, 19 Bearcats have joined Major League Baseball. Earlier this year, Youkilis became the first UC baseball player to have his number retired by the Bearcats.

Josh Harrison / Tony Campana / Kevin Youkilis / George Glinatsis / Skeeter Barnes / Butch Alberts / Mike Hershberger / Ed Brinkman / Rudy Schlesinger / Bill Faul / Carl Bouldin / Sandy Koufax / Ralph Beard / Jack Niemes / Ethan Allen / Ralph Shafer / Jack Reis / Jack Bushelman / Miller Huggins 19 # H O T T E S T C O L L E G E I N A M E R I C A

UC FIRSTS

PROGRAMS OF STUDY (2015)

ACCOLADES

First program of cooperative education – Herman Schneider (1906)

Associate: 74

First oral polio vaccine – Albert Sabin

• Among the nation’s best colleges, nine consecutive years – The Princeton Review.

Master’s: 111

First observations leading to the National Weather Service – Cleveland Abbe First antihistamine, Benadryl – George Rieveschl

Baccalaureate: 112 Doctoral: 79 Professional (MD, JD, PharmD): 3 Total: 379

First electronic organ – Winston Koch First use of YAG laser to remove brain tumor

LIBRARIES

First bachelor’s degree program in nursing

13 locations

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 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 Clermont College College-Conservatory of Music

UC NOTABLES

College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning

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 UC Blue Ash College Graduate School CAMPUS Total acreage: 473 Number of buildings: 117 Campus locations: 7

• Among the Top 200 Global Universities – U.S. News & World Report. • No. 1 for Return on Educational Investment – PolicyMic. • Among the Top 13 colleges with the best co-op or internship opportunities – U.S. News & World Report. • No. 1 in industrial design (undergraduate) and No. 6 in interior design (undergraduate) – survey of employers by DesignIntelligence. • A $16.7 million award from the National Institutes of Health supports the university’s enhancements of taking basic scientific discoveries from the laboratory bench to the patient’s bedside. • No. 8 accounting program (master’s) and No. 13 accounting program (undergraduate) – Public Accounting Report. • UC Foundation’s 2014-15 fundraising year surpassed its $135 million goal by more than $5 million. • National teaching award to Christine Collela in the College of Nursing – Excellence and Innovation in Teaching Award from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. • Four Goldwater Scholars in four years – Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program. • One of only 11 teams to make the NCAA men’s basketball tournament in each of the last five years (2015).

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 For students, faculty, staff and visitors, the University of Cincinnati’s urban location offers a rich array of cultural and recreational activities as well as research, community engagement, internship and cooperative education opportunities. This photo makes Cincinnati’s downtown skyline look quite close to the UC campus in Uptown, but in actuality the university perches atop a hill about 2.5 miles north of the central business district. The Uptown area that includes UC and the surrounding communities ranks as the second-largest employment center for the city, outpaced only by downtown.

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