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September 28, 2026
University of Cincinnati student and NEXT Innovation Scholar Jackie Cunningham brought innovative design thinking concepts to a global audience during San Francisco Design Week 2026.
September 23, 2026
Eight startup companies recently graduated from the University of Cincinnati’s Venture Lab, showcasing newfound business skills and publicly proving their readiness to scale.
September 22, 2026
1819 Innovation Hub-based payments platform Payload received $9 million in series A funding from Fifth Third Bank, offering the company’s first large-scale investment from another Cincinnati-based firm.
September 21, 2026
Artificial Intelligence is on the rise, and researchers are working harder than ever to understand, develop, and improve it. Aneesh Deshmukh, computer science M.S. student at the University of Cincinnati, is working on AI systems modeled after human brain functionality. Deshmukh's goal is to help these robots understand their surroundings and take this knowledge to navigate unfamiliar environments in the future. For this work, he has been named Graduate Student Engineer of the Month by the College of Engineering and Applied Science.
September 10, 2026
UC 1819 Innovation Hub is nationally ranked as one of the top 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators.
September 2, 2026
University of Cincinnati cooperative learning students observed a real-world creative workshop with Procter & Gamble on an early-stage product.
