Patti Collins is between business calls and picking up her grandson at preschool. She is dressed in red boots and a pink hat. The wife of “bring on the funk” musician Bootsy Collins, she is quick to laugh and quick to get to the point: “I am married to a legend, but I’m just Patti: a little country girl from New Richmond.”
With the decline in the number of book and record stores, it has become more challenging to learn about new releases – so we’ve done the legwork for you. Here’s a selection of books and recordings from 2018, by local artists, authors and musicians.
Rising leaders and researchers at the University of Cincinnati focus not only on making a difference in their classes and the lives of their students but also in doing so in their communities and the world.
The University of Cincinnati Alumni Association awarded its highest honors for alumni at the UC Distinguished Alumni Celebration.
A pencil. An eraser. A notebook. Third-graders eagerly stand in line to purchase these items with currency they have earned for good behavior.
Jay Chatterjee, recognized for his transformational impact on the University of Cincinnati architecture program and the campus itself, will be honored by ArtsWave with its Sachs Fund Prize.
The Farmer Family Foundation made a $10 million gift to support research and care through the Cincinnati Cancer Center, a collaboration of the University of Cincinnati, UC Health and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. With a focus on faculty recruitment and research, the gift will advance the center’s effort to achieve the National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center designation.
The Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati is donating $1 million to create the Inayat and Ishrat Malik Professorship in Islamic Studies within the McMicken College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Cincinnati.
Assistance League is supporting the CYC-UCBA Mentoring Collaborative, a new partnership between the Cincinnati Youth Collaborative and the University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash.
The Fifth Third Foundation and Fifth Third Bank are giving $7.5 million and $2.5 million, respectively, to support the fight against cancer.
