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CoSign snags $200K ArtPlace America grant

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

With a new $200,000 award, The American Sign Museum will expand its innovative CoSign initiative that pairs artists, small businesses and sign fabricators.

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Swapping innovation ideas with Cincinnati

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

A team from Detroit toured Cincinnati in search of innovation: "Cincinnati reminded me that transformation does not happen quickly, but it’s not exactly gradual, either. 'Incremental' is the better term."

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Struggling women sad, angry over sale of nonprofit Ohio home that will become a boutique hotel

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

After losing a two-year fight with a Fortune 500 company determined to buy their beautiful, 104-year-old property and turn it into a boutique hotel the women of the Anna Louise Inn have to leave the neighborhood.

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Cicadas = cha-ching! Insects in sex fest spawn business

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

As the East Coast braces for the emergence of Brood II, researchers at the University of Cincinnati offer up a web page of cicada dishes, including quiches.

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How to Resurrect an Urban School District

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

The Cincinnati school district has improved both test scores and graduation rates since 2003 while—unlike Atlanta and Washington—transparently pursuing highly collaborative reform strategies that, counter to the current trend, don't rely on rigid hierarchy and punitive accountability.

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Print’s June 2013 Issue

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Powerhouse Factories helped design the cover of June's PRINT magazine. Take a look at how and why.

Here's the story behind the cover.

Dangerous Neighborhoods: 25 Worst Focus on Single-Family Areas, Not Inner-Cities

Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

The Over the Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati has dropped from the 25-worst list. It too, has been gentrified, says Andrew Schiller, PhD, founder and chief scientist of NeighborhoodScout. Schiller calls that neighborhood's transformation "a wonderful story."

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New Nanowire Structure Has Potential To Increase Semiconductor Applications

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

There’s big news in the world of tiny things.

New research led by University of Cincinnati physics professors Howard Jackson and Leigh Smith could contribute to better ways of harnessing solar energy, more effective air quality sensors or even stronger security measures against biological weapons such as anthrax. And it all starts with something that’s 1,000 times thinner than the typical human hair—a semiconductor nanowire.

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Solar-Powered Proteins Developed That Can Filter Antibiotics And Carcinogens From Water Read more at

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

A solar-powered nano filter capable of filtering antibiotics and dangerous carcinogens from large bodies of water has been developed by researchers at the University of Cincinnati.

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Cincinnati baseball fans reap free pizzas

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Cincinnati Reds pitchers are striking out batters at a sizzling pace, and their fans are eating it up. A local restaurant chain promises free pizza for ticket-holders any time Reds pitchers whiff at least 11 opponents.

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Cincinnati: The Queen City's crown shines again

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

With dueling nicknames of The Queen City for its beauty and Porkopolis for its hog-packing history, Cincinnati cannot be pigeonholed.

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Cincinnati University fashion student steps back in time

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Loungewear and lingerie designs by University of Cincinnati senior fashion design student Emily Battisti look back to another century for detailing and inspiration.

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Nick Lachey: We'll raise our son in Cincinnati

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Nick Lachey won’t be a Hollywood parent for long. The 98 Degrees singer and his wife Vanessa plan to raise their son Camden John in Lachey's hometown of Cincinnati.

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Five free things in Cincinnati, from strolling historic districts to crossing picturesque bridges

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Cincinnati is on a huge upswing, and is pumping billions of dollars into new development and revitalization. In less than 10 years, the city has transformed itself back into a growing, bustling destination as businesses and residents flock to downtown and its surrounding neighborhoods.

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Conde Nast names 21C Museum Hotel one of world's top new destinations

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

A 1924 landmark turned art hotel in downtown Cincinnati, next to the Contemporary Arts Center and across the street from the Aronoff Center for the Arts, makes it to Conde Nast's "hot list."

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Cincinnati Public Staircases: A Walking History Abandoned But Not Forgotten

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

The historic importance of urban staircases in Cincinnati was created in part because of geographic contrasts poised by steep inclines situated between neighborhoods.

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How a Young Community of Entrepreneurs is Rebuilding Detroit

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Read how Josh McManus, who came to Cincinnati to help launch CoSign and other community development projects, is now making an impact in Detroit.

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Patti Smith's Cincinnati Art Exhibit Will Be a Robert Mapplethorpe Tribute

Steven Rosen — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

The Patti Smith exhibit that will open at downtown Cincinnati's Contemporary Art Center on May 17 will be a tribute to her close friend, the late photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.

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A Sandwich a Day: The MC Schnitzel from Senate in Cincinnati

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Senate's MC Schnitzel ($13)—call it the Emcee Schnitzel, the McSchnitzel or whatever else you'd like when you visit—but be reassured that you're ordering one masterpiece of a sandwich.

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Cincinnati Startup Pingage Signs With P&G to Bring Business to Pinterest