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How to Resurrect an Urban School District

The Atlantic Cities Tuesday, May 14, 2013

The Cincinnati school district has improved both test scores and graduation rates since 2003 while—unlike Atlanta and Washington—transparently pursuing highly collaborative reform strategies that, counter to the current trend, don't rely on rigid hierarchy and punitive accountability.

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New Nanowire Structure Has Potential To Increase Semiconductor Applications

Reorbit.com Tuesday, April 30, 2013

There’s big news in the world of tiny things.

New research led by University of Cincinnati physics professors Howard Jackson and Leigh Smith could contribute to better ways of harnessing solar energy, more effective air quality sensors or even stronger security measures against biological weapons such as anthrax. And it all starts with something that’s 1,000 times thinner than the typical human hair—a semiconductor nanowire.

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Solar-Powered Proteins Developed That Can Filter Antibiotics And Carcinogens From Water Read more at

Cleantechnica.com Tuesday, April 30, 2013

A solar-powered nano filter capable of filtering antibiotics and dangerous carcinogens from large bodies of water has been developed by researchers at the University of Cincinnati.

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CERN workshop features Ohio physicist, OSC supercomputer

Ohio Supercomputer Center Tuesday, March 26, 2013

A UC physicist is currently teaching programmers in Switzerland how to write code on an Ohio supercomputer.

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The 30 Best Places To Be If You Love Books

BuzzFeed Tuesday, March 05, 2013

The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County ranks 28th out of 30 on BuzzFeed's latest list of places that booklovers love.

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UC students bring home gold at national Acara Challenge competition

University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Students from the University of Cincinnati and the Indian Institute of Technology developed Humble Commode, a sustainable sanitation solution that won gold in a national business challenge competition.

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Strive Partnership integrates Brandery startup concept

Strive Partnership Tuesday, November 13, 2012

One of the Brandery startup tech concepts known as "Ontract" has recently become part of Strive Partnership’s plan to personalize the education each student receives at Cincinnati, Covington or Newport public schools.

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At Oyler, keeping an eye on students' eyes

APM: Marketplace Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Walk into Oyler School in Cincinnati and take a right, past the office and through a set of double doors, and you’ll find what basically looks like a LensCrafters.

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Cincinnati Public Schools highlighted in Education Nation

NBC News Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Cincinnati Public Schools made a national mark when the local Community Learning Centers were highlighted as part of a national series of solutions that work in education systems.

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Leading the change at Oyler School

APM's MarketPlace Tuesday, September 18, 2012

An inner-city Cincinnati Public School reopens as a national model for community building. American Public Media takes note.

Listen to the first part of the series here.

Cincinnati Zoo cheetah breaks world speed record

Northwestohio.com Tuesday, August 07, 2012

Sarah, the Cincinnati Zoo's 11-year-old cheetah, set a new world speed record! She first earned the title of world’s fastest of all land mammals in 2009 when she covered 100 meters in 6.13 seconds, breaking the previous mark of 6.19 seconds set by a male South African cheetah named Nyana in 2001.

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A UC grad's journey after college

Huffington Post Tuesday, August 07, 2012

A UC grad recounts the story of her days after college and her time spent learning about her art and herself.

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Venture for America's Chelsea Koglmeier joins the Brandery

nextgen Journal Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Unlike most of her classmates, Chelsea Koglmeier, a 2012 graduate of Duke University, decided to skip the bulge banks and big corporations to pursue a job at a start-up company. Although joining a start-up after graduation is risky, Koglmeier, a Venture for America fellow, had some help.

She's moving back to the town where she grew up, Cincinnati, to work for The Brandery start-up accelerator.

According to the company’s website, Venture for America matches fellows with start-ups best suited to their skills and career goals where they will work for two years, learning the ins and outs of entrepreneurship.

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Chicken, egg redevelopment process coming along in Cincy

Wake & Wander Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Proof of Cincinnati’s resurgence is evident in its recent hosting of the World Choir Games, a competition that is considered the “Olympics of choral music.”

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The park at the forefront of Cincinnati's revitalization

Atlantic Cities Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Last week, Cincinnati mayor Mark Mallory and a bevy of festive accomplices re-opened beautiful, 150-year-old Washington Park, in the heart of the city’s revitalizing Over the Rhine district. It had been closed for 20 months’ worth of renovations and, judging by the spectacular photos, it has been worth the wait. Wow.

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