I recently graduated from UIU with my masters in Health and Wellness. I loved my program and I felt…read moreso supported by the awesome faculty and university staff. The financial aid office was very accessible and helpful. I recommend this university to those who like the feel of community when earning their graduate degree.

This "university" is a joke. Save your money and go elsewhere. I worked there a number of years,…read morebut left a couple of years ago when new leadership was running the place in the ground. They are in a financial crisis and haven't even been paying their employees or implementing student refunds, which is essentially stealing loan money from their students to keep the doors open! HR is non-existent during this crisis and no one is addressing when or if the workers are going to be paid! I've never heard of such a thing in my life! This place makes Brown-Mackie and Antonelli look like a dream!

The Christ College is a JOKE! Advisors rarely interact with the student in building their courses…read more The college itself has nothing to assist students that need accommodations. Expect give you extra time on a test. There is not even an IEP plan!?! You're forced into buying online books ($1,500.00) that you won't even have access to after two years! The college builds itself as being "I am in the right place" when in fact you feel like you're in the WRONG place! Thus why a majority students leave after their first year. Positive side to it... the professors who teach the courses. That is the only good thing that this campus has to offer.

The Christ college of Nursing and Health Sciences has amazing faculty and staff. Their program is…read morechallenging...because they make sure their students are excellent.

My whirlwind trip to Cincy for NCECA pottery convention also included me hitting up some local…read moregalleries and participating in show receptions. I was enthralled walking into this space and the gallery displays were phenomenal! One of my favorite artists was actually there talking about her pieces- and it is always wonderful to meet the artist behind exhibited pieces! She made wonderful sculptures of busts and heads with what I would call brain chaos sprouting out of the tops of the heads. For me- I love art that sparks an emotional response, is something relatable, or something that just sparks my curiosity and imagination. There were plenty of other artists work there too and I loved several different pieces. On this particular evening I was sprinting through town hitting up several galleries- but this was my first stop and made a huge impression on me. The space itself is also wonderful. We were only allowed access to the downstairs gallery, I assume classrooms were upstairs or downstairs (or both) and I could see there were other exhibits, but those were closed. Cincinnati really embraced the NCECA pottery crowd and made sure to have as many exhibits across town as possible!

The Art Academy has come a really long way in the past few years. They used to be located in Mt…read more Adams but recently purchased a larger building in Over-the-Rhine and have moved everything downtown. It's a beautiful building on Jackson Street that was re-done to fit the style of the Art Academy. Inside there is a sprawling atrium that looks up all the floors around the staircases. There is gallery space all over the building and chances are there is some show up. Right now the SOS Political art show is hung up as well as the Visual Fringe Gallery for the Fringe Festival. The Art Academy generously donates a classroom to the Fringe Festival as well for it's use for a few plays and it's a great space for them! The Art Academy unfortunately had a rapid decrease in enrollment since their move downtown, which was to be expected. However, with the revitalization of the gateway quarter (as it's now being called) things should be looking up for them. If you are looking for a great art school for all aspects of visual art and design, this is the place to go!

I attended the Good 'n Local food show here yesterday and was blown away by how neat this building…read moreis. When you walk in, there is a giant cement staircase and plant wall that all just looks SUPER cool. I am pregnant and needed to use the elevator, so I had to walk through the building. I was able to see into several different makerspaces and watch people work with wood and 3D printing. Once upstairs for the event, I found myself in more of an office/large lobbies area with an event space sort of like a garage. It was the perfect location for this event and I was excited to get to check it out.

This is a great space that I hope continues to grow. I am really about excited but the vision the…read moreuniversity has set out with this space and their future plans in the area. UC has been adding various types of makerspaces across​ the campus but they are piecemeal​ and of varying​ quality. I am a bit concerned​ about its distance from the main campus; I understand the UC is running out of room on the main campus, but I hope this is not an indication of a trend. They have done a good job of making it open to all, ​but I hope that it does not separate​ itself from the university. I can imagine a time in the near future where this area becomes like the ​medical campus for main campus students, a place where they rarely​ venture and is not really intended for them.

Architectural gem in Cincinnati. The only building in the…read morearea designed by renowned architect, Frank Gehry. As many of his buildings, it possesses a folded winding asymetrical facade with a mix of materials, mostly glass, steel, and, quite surprisingly, bricks. This is, unlike most of his projects, a less bold and quite mellow project. Many people refer to it as a deconstructed barrel. If you are familiar with Gehry's work and style, you will still instantly recognize his genius here. Because it is a University of Cincinnati's building housing research laboratories, the original project, that included much more external steel and glass, was toned down. Personally, I find it sad that they chose Gehry to design a research building, which by its nature requires straight angles and enforced walls for a lot of equipment. I feel the practicality of this project forced Gehry to compromise a lot of his vision, and yet it is still a distinct and focal point of the medical campus. The building undergoes some exterior renovation at this time, but once in the area, don't forget to check it out and see the interior as well. Since it houses the Vontz Center for Molecular Studies, there are a lot of active cancer research labs inside and access indoor may be restricted. The gallery presenting life and work of Albert Sabin, the inventor of oral polio vaccine, is also there in the main hall. Happy to see this beauty on campus almost daily. One of many architecturally stunning buldings on East Medical Campus.

UC's Niehoff Urban Studio is located on Short Vine in Corryville just East of the UC campus,…read moreserving as cool studio focused on urban planning and working with the community. I attended Soapbox Speaker Series: Craft Beer As Community Development discussion with 3 local breweries Rhinegeist in OTR, Nine Giant (who opens in Pleasant Ridge in September) and Weidemann's in NKY. Great discussion on how craft beer brings communities together, revitalizes neighborhoods, creates jobs. Do we have too many breweries in town? No as the discussion continued citing Portland, OR and San Diego, CA as examples with 50 breweries. At the end of the session everyone enjoyed samples of the local beer. Thanks to Niehoff for holding the event & looking forward to future events in this space.

The Niehoff Urban Studio is a unique learning environment for students at the University of…read moreCincinnati. It is an interdisciplinary studio off campus (on Short Vine) that allows students to attempt to solve real world problems and interact with people in the community. I attended a speaker series by Soapbox Media (which I highly recommend, www.soapboxmedia.com) talking about the urbanist movement. Long story short, free beer and excellent conversations. If you ever get the chance to work/visit/participate here, I highly recommend it!

MSB has housed me for the past 4 years. I have a love-hate relationship with it. So many good, bad,…read morebut mostly non-descript times in the cafeteria, library, cadaver lab, particular study rooms, the gym...it is my sanctuary, and alas, my prison. Only 3 more years!!! 3...more...years.... Need to use the bathroom? Pick a floor and a corridor...I know the entire layout. Am I bragging about this? Maybe. Need to avoid the elevators after a huge lecture or a lunch conference? I know of a couple stairwells that will get the job done for you. Starving and it's 3 am? Stroll on over to one of the vending machines and may I recommend the mini-donuts in particular? Sure, you're on the track to diabetes but look at what you're doing at 3 am on a Saturday night, for crying out loud. Do you even HAVE standards anymore?!?! MSB has it all. That's why a certain person in the c/o 2012 managed to actually LIVE in the MSB, eating out of the R&R fridges, surfing the net for hours in the library and then in the private computer lab, getting free laundry service and deriving his entire wardrobe from the 1st floor scrub machine. For his once-a-week showers (I'm guessing), the CARE/Crawley gym would suffice. Or the sinks in the bathroom. I wouldn't know for sure. This is one place I'll have both fond and painful memories of, but in 2016 I will run away and never look back!

Great place to study! Access at night is limited to students and staff so it is very safe. Study…read moreareas include private rooms, tables in an open area, study pods, computer lab, and library.