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Symposium Encourages Graduate Student Researchers BY ERICA PAGE Attending the 5th Annual Cincinnati Project Symposium was very rewarding. As a graduate student, I had never presented at or attended a symposium before, so I didn’t quite know what to expect. I thought we would discuss research that I might find interesting, but didn’t expect the […]
BY JENNIFER MALAT As we look forward to the symposium on March 1, I have been reflecting on the lessons from prior symposia. Last year, Yvette Simpson gave the keynote address. She explained that the journey to justice is neither a sprint nor a marathon. Instead, it is a relay in which we work with […]
BY KIMBERLY CONGER One of the challenges for a university situated in the heart of an urban area is to help students see themselves as part of the larger community, not just as consumers or people who are just passing through. This is particularly true in a place like the university of Cincinnati, whose size […]
BY LEYLA ASHRAF Dr. Sara Williams, Scott Stoll, Dr. Farrah Jacquez, Dr. Carlie Trott, and a group of 14 University of Cincinnati students partnered with Parker Woods Montessori to implement and assess Dream It! A Playbook to Spark Your Awesomeness. The Dream It! Playbook was created by Dr. Sara Williams and Scott Stoll with the intention to teach children […]
How to Make More of an Impact BY SUZANNE BOYS Every semester, my public relations students and I work with numerous local organizations. Sometimes, those organizations are start-ups or small businesses. Most of the time, however, they are local non-profit organizations. The non-profits, without fail, have inspiring goals. They serve the homeless, the hungry, the […]
What Is and What Can Be: Women of Color and the Struggle for Justice in Cincinnati BY JENNIFER MALAT & CURTIS WEBB In January we responded to conversations with community organizers and activists by bringing together a group of UC scholars to ask how we could amplify the voices of women of color in Cincinnati. […]
High School Student Scientists Working in Communities BY ALICE DETERS While the Opioid Crisis is making headlines across the United States, communities in and around Cincinnati have been hit particularly hard. “Growing Community Change Researchers in STEM”, a project funded by a Science Education Partnership Award by the National Institute of Health, aims to let […]
WOC Initiative Project Highlight – Public Relations Campaigns Class with Suzanne Boys BY BRITTNEY MILES The Cincinnati Project’s 2018 initiative, made possible through support from the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, centers women of color. The Cincinnati Project pairs University of Cincinnati researchers, both faculty and students, with local organizations that work for social change in the greater […]
The Cincinnati Project Symposium: Bringing Voices Together for Change Check out this article about the symposium from the College of Arts and Sciences web page! It sums up what we are trying to do with our work and what that work looked like at this year’s symposium!
The 4th Annual TCP Symposium, from behind the curtain BY CURTIS WEBB About a month ago, we held our 4th annual TCP Symposium. I was asked to reflect on the TCP Symposium from the perspective of the Project Coordinator, a role that also includes organizing the symposium. Normally, I decline sharing my reflections from the event […]
