November 7, 2025

University of Cincinnati alumni Mohammad H. Qayoumi, MS ’79, MS ’80, MBA ’84, PhD ’83 and Najia Karim, BS ’82, MEd ’83, RD, have made a $4 million gift supporting two of the university’s colleges. A donation from the couple establishes a fund and an endowed chair at the College of Engineering and Applied Science, as well as an endowed chair at the College of Allied Health Sciences.

October 27, 2025

The University of Cincinnati Foundation recognized its Outstanding Philanthropic Volunteer Award honorees at the George Rieveschl Recognition Dinner on Oct. 23, 2025.

October 23, 2025

The University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute receives a transformative $20 million gift from the James J. and Joan A. Gardner Family Foundation to advance lifelong brain health at every stage of life.

October 15, 2025

Jessica Prewitt, AuD, the lead audiologist at the University of Cincinnati Speech and Hearing Clinic, opened her phone to find a message from her husband, Kroger pharmacist Ben Prewitt, PharmD. He had some unexpected news: Kroger had a surplus of over-the-counter hearing devices designed to help with mild-to-moderate hearing loss and were looking for a place to donate the supplies.

October 9, 2025

A local foundation focused on improving health outcomes for patients with brain and neurodegenerative diseases has made a $5 million gift to the University of Cincinnati Center for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Disease Research at the University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute.

October 2, 2025

The University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) has received a $1 million gift from the family of long-time faculty member Phillip C. Quo and his wife Consuelo Y. Quo.

September 25, 2025

The second year of the Hoffman Honors Scholars program (HHS) is in full swing. This fall, University of Cincinnati faculty and staff welcomed 22 new students as the second cohort of the Hoffman Honors Scholars program (HHS). Students from UC’s College of Arts and Sciences, College-Conservatory of Music and the Carl H. Lindner College of Business are provided tuition, room and board and a plethora of community tools and skill-training.

September 23, 2025

A $2 million gift from an anonymous donor will fund the tuition of another 10 medical students in the incoming class at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. In 2020, a generous donation of $6.9 million established the Webster-Gustin Medical Scholarship Fund. Four classes of 10 medical students received scholarships, and a subsequent gift in May 2025 supported a fifth class.

September 16, 2025

The University of Cincinnati Foundation has appointed five distinguished alumni to serve as trustees. Scott DeVenny, Bus ’92; Brian Driscoll, CECH ’92; Tim Fogarty, Bus ’80; Susan Opas, Nur ’71, PhD and Christie Wolf, Bus ’91 will begin their service in October 2025.

August 19, 2025

Carol R. Steger, former first lady of the University of Cincinnati, died on August 12, 2025 at the age of 85. Steger served as UC’s first lady from 1984 to 2013. Her husband, Joseph A. Steger, was UC’s 24th president and had the second-longest term in the university’s history. President Steger died in 2013.