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UC welcomes seven new engineering faculty members Faculty join the College of Engineering and Applied Science in six departments

Some of the most valuable breakthroughs at the University of Cincinnati’s 1819 Innovation Hub don’t just happen in products or prototypes. They occur within the teams that create them. Corporate partners at 1819 looking to grow from the inside out can access the Learning Lab through Partner Success, the unit dedicated to helping companies connect with UC’s people, resources and capabilities.

What gave Emma Korman the confidence to complete five engineering co-op rotations for GE Aerospace? The University of Cincinnati student said it was her mom. “She’s been very supportive through it all. She has the mindset that if you’re going to do it, do it,” said Korman, a fifth-year mechanical engineering student in UC’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. “And that went for everything, even hobbies. When I got into 3D printing, she bought me a 3D printer.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is suspending the state's gas tax for 90 days after a summer of increased costs for drivers, WLWT reports. The station turned to University of Cincinnati economist Gary Painter to explain if the measure will really offer significant relief for Ohio drivers in the coming months. "They should not expect to see that price of gas fall more than 40 cents," Painter, professor and academic director of the Real Estate Center at UC's Lindner College of Business, told WLWT.

UC College-Conservatory of Music hosts a workshop for tuba and euphonium musicians on Saturday, Nov. 21. Titled "T-E Elevate," the workshop is designed for high school and college students; registration is now open. T-E Elevate is an immersive workshop for ambitious young musicians who are ready to grow their skills and establish a new standard in their playing.

When a teenager is admitted to Cincinnati Children's inpatient psychiatric unit at the Lindner Center of Hope, fear and uncertainty often fill the room. In the middle of it, doing the quiet work of helping young patients and their families through crisis, is Nicole Holtz. "I like to be able to be light in some of these children's and families' darkest moments," Holtz says of her work in crisis stabilization.

For University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) students, co-op is an opportunity to take the skills and ideas developed in the classroom into professional environments. Through UC’s cooperative education program, DAAP students have worked with some of the country’s largest companies, gaining experience across industries and disciplines.

For University of Cincinnati alumna Yetta Starr, design has been a part of her life from an early age. Growing up in Chicago, Starr was surrounded by creativity and a strong female role model in her mother, who built a career as an independent sales representative in the contract furnishings industry.

Design can take many forms, and for University of Cincinnati alum Patrick Yovanov, that has meant finding creative opportunities beyond the traditional boundaries of the field. His career has taken him across several disciplines, ultimately leading him to explore how something as simple as a name can become an important part of the design process.

University of Cincinnati professor Vikas Mehta’s work in urban design began with a question about sociability. People are a social species, he argues, but not all social contact is alike. Building on the work of urbanists and urban sociologists such as Jane Jacobs, Kevin Lynch, William Whyte and Lyn Lofland, Mehta developed a taxonomy of sociability — passive, fleeting and enduring — describing three ways people build relationships in shared space.