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A century of educational excellence

September 11, 2025

For 100 years Arlitt Child Development Center has encouraged students to be agents of their own learning and prepared generations of Cincinnati children for bright and productive futures.

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UC's CECH welcomes 14 new faculty members for the 2025-26 academic year

September 4, 2025

With the 2025-26 school year at the University of Cincinnati off to a strong start, the College of Education, Criminal Justice, Human Services, and Information Technology (CECH) is excited to welcome 14 new faculty members to the classrooms and hallways of the Teachers-Dyer Complex for the fall semester.

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One year of leadership at UC

August 15, 2025

July 1, 2025, marked the one-year anniversary for Lisa Huffman in the role of Dean of University of Cincinnati’s College of Education, Criminal Justice, Human Services, and Information Technology – CECH or, as she refers to it, CECH-IT (“catch it”). It’s been a year of undeniable changes and challenges, but Huffman is focused on celebrating what she calls "the best job in the world."

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UC research links childhood trauma, tobacco exposure

August 7, 2025

A new study led by UC’s Ashley Merianos finds that adverse childhood experiences increase children's risk of secondhand and thirdhand smoke exposure — even when caregivers smoke outside. Merianos is a prolific tobacco-use researcher with an emphasis on the effects of using tobacco around children.