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International Elite: UC Among World's Top 30 Design Programs
BusinessWeek is out this week with its annual ranking of the international elite in design education. The University of Cincinnati is once again on the "A-List" of design programs. more
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UC Is Top Ten Again in Nation's Annual Design Rankings! 2010 Rankings Just Out
Rankings by national design employers (the people who do the hiring) are just out for 2010, and UC's interior design program earned the No. 1 spot in the nation, while architecture and industrial design are, once again, in the nation's Top Ten. more
DAAP's Planning Program Celebrates Peace Corps Partnership
DAAP's School of Planning just celebrated the fifth anniversary of a special partnership with the Peace Corps. more
New DAAP Faculty Member and Ceramicist Makes Her Mark through Art
Katie Parker recently joined DAAP's faculty as an assistant professor to teach ceramics in the School of Art. She is already exhibiting as part of a two-person show at a local gallery. more
Fashion Design Faculty and Students Create Gowns of Note for Cincinnati Choir
The women of Cincinnati's renowned May Festival Chorus recently began performing in new gowns designed and made by UC faculty and students. more
UC Pays Tribute to the Nation’s Veterans
In a Nov. 12 ceremony featuring ROTC cadets, UC will pay tribute to the men and women who have honorably served the nation. more
National Student Survey Suggests UC Holds ‘High-Impact' Learning
UC is also highlighted as a national model in using the data to improve the student educational experience. more
UC Students Study Design While Down Under in Australia
Ten architecture and interior design students recently spent a quarter studying and traveling in Australia, focusing on climatic conditions, environment, art, culture and other micro and macro issues affecting design. more
UC Is Top Ten Again in Nation’s Annual Design Rankings! 2010 Rankings Just Out
Rankings by national design employers (the people who do the hiring) are just out for 2010, and UC’s interior design program earned the No. 1 spot in the nation, while architecture and industrial design are, once again, in the nation’s Top Ten more
UC Semester Conversion: See the New Web Site, Check Out the Planning Timeline
The university today launched an updated semester conversion Web site to serve as the UC semester conversion “one stop” for information. The site will be continually updated as UC moves closer to converting to semesters in Fall 2012.
moreVIDEO: New Hope for the Hated Hospital Gown
Innovative design research takes all forms at the University of Cincinnati. That includes a recent effort by faculty and students to redesign the hated hospital gown. more
Three Distinguished Speakers to Visit DAAP on Nov. 4
Nationally distinguished presenters will lecture at DAAP on Wednesday, Nov. 4. These lectures are free and open to the public. more
DAAP Faculty Member Teaches and Lectures On "Is Green the New Black?"
DAAP's Adrian Parr has just returned from Canada where she taught and publicly lectured on the topic "Is Green the New Black?" She was also interviewed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, that country's version of the BBC. more
Ad Hoc: A Show of Work by Undergraduate Students of UC’s DAAP
Exhibit featured in UC Clermont College Gallery. more
VIDEO: First-Year Students Work With Architectural Building Blocks
Students in the University of Cincinnati's nationally top-ranked architecture and interior design programs recently used large-scale cubes to learn lessons related to the concept of scale. more
Sustaining the Urban Environment Named an Advanced Energy Center of Excellence at the University of Cincinnati
Governor Ted Strickland and the Ohio Board of Regents name nine centers of excellence at eight universities across Ohio. more
Young Alumna Launches Her Own Swimwear Line Now Available in New York, Miami and Cincinnati
Fashion design alumna Anne Pachan is recently out with her own swimwear line. It represents the most recent high-water mark in her successfully expanding career. more
New Book by DAAP Faculty Examines "Zero-Energy Design"
In 2007, UC students and faculty designed and built a solar house that was exhibited in Washington, D.C., as part of the international Solar Decathlon. Now, a UC faculty member has literally written the book examining that event. It is the first book to comprehensively examine the Solar Decathlon event. more
Video: Tour UC's Transportation Track
See Associate Professor Brigid O'Kane at work as well as design models from UC's transportation track, the first such track at a U.S. public university. The track is housed within the university's undergraduate industrial design program, which is ranked No. 3 in the nation. more
Fine Arts Alumna Receives Statewide Recognition
DAAP fine arts alumna Margot Gotoff just received statewide recognition for her work as a glass artist and teacher. more
DAAP Alumnus Wins Competition Sponsored by the E.P.A.
DAAP grad Dave Fleming was just named the winner of a national design competition sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. more
Take UC’s New Research Virtual Tour!
UC research has helped generate new start-up firms and jobs in the region and new product ideas with the potential for significant economic development. Now, you can take a virtual tour of six of these projects: Everything from a robot that can come to yo more
As Part of Architectural Legacy, DAAP Alums Grow Scholarship Fund
An architectural scholarship fund is helping DAAP students. That fund, the Strauss-Roush Scholarship, is growing as alumni honor two architectural leaders in the region (Carl Strauss and Ray Roush) who mentored and led generations of UC students via the university's co-op program. more
Video: UC Students Create Nine Designs in 10 Hours
Architecture and interior design students at UC took on a unique challenge: Creating nine designs in 10 hours. View the video with Jerry Larson to find out why. more
DAAP's Jay Chatterjee Receives National Recognition
Jay Chatterjee, interim director, DAAP's School of Architecture and Interior Design, was recently honored by the Planning Accreditation Board. more
UC’s Final Enrollment Figures Exceed Expectations, Exceed 39,000
Final figures reported to the state exceed 39,000 students and show the highest number of Bearcats since 1980. more
International Co-op Work Experiences Provide Student's Future Design Direction
UC co-op work experiences in Iceland and Italy have provided fashion design student Andrea Sisson with a new direction for her coming career. more
UC Authors Featured at Cincinnati’s Third-Annual Books by the Banks: Cincinnati USA Book Festival
UC is represented among more than 80 national and regional authors at the Oct. 17 Books by the Banks book festival downtown. more
UC Architecture Studies Led Alum to High-Flier Career
Alum Tom Smedley, a U.S.Army commander of an aviation (helicopter) battalion, says that UC's architecture curriculum prepared him to become a problem solver in any environment - whether in the U.S., overseas, on the ground or in the air. more
From an Early Age, This Alum Had Focus
When he was 5 years old, DAAP alum Steve Bono began his drive to be a toy maker. That's when he was the first child in his neighborhood with a new - and coveted - toy thanks to a neighbor who worked for a one-time Cincinnati toy maker. more
International Elite: UC Among World’s Top 30 Design Programs
BusinessWeek is out this week with its annual ranking of the international elite in design education. The University of Cincinnati is once again on the “A-List” of design programs. more
DAAP Students and Alums Win in the "Cincinnati Innovates" Awards
A regional innovation competition, Cincinnati Innovates, recently awarded prizes - and prize money - to eight area creative inventors. Four of the eight prize winners were either students in or recent graduates of DAAP's top-ranked industrial design program. more