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'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes' lunch and learn event April 14
Event: April 14, 2026 12:00 PM
Lunch and learn event Tuesday, April 14, discusses the nonsmokers’ rights movement.
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Miniature marvels: A librarian’s lifelong passion finds a home at UC
March 9, 2026
In the mid-1950s Melinda C. Wells Brown moved to Cincinnati to live with her great aunt and became captivated by a collection of miniature Shakespeare plays her great aunt kept on display. Brown came to Cincinnati after the death of her father, and without her great aunt’s guidance and generosity, she would not have been able to continue her education. Her great aunt’s holistic support was instrumental during Brown’s undergraduate studies at the University of Cincinnati — where she worked in the University Library (now known as Blegen Library) and uncovered a deep passion for literature and libraries.
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Open education resources expand affordable learning at UC Clermont
March 3, 2026
As the cost of college continues to rise, UC Clermont is finding practical ways to help students save money through the growing use of open education resources (OER).
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On Thursday March 26th, in the Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Walter C. Langsam Library, the team behind UC’s Poetry Stacked reading series welcomes three writer/editors in various spaces of the literary publishing business to discuss the state of submissions and journals/presses in 2026. … Continue reading
Join the Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions on Tuesday, April 14 at 12pm in Kresge Auditorium, 231 Albert Sabin Way for a panel discussion regarding the Ahron Leichtman Papers. Ahron Leichtman was a national … Continue reading
I don’t know about you, but every time I walk into our Classics Library, I feel a little like Indiana Jones. As I admire the priceless treasures housed there, I can’t shake the sneaking suspicion that at any moment, a … Continue reading