Lucas would probably prefer to be chasing a stick, but he patiently allows veterinary technology students Elizabeth Schreck and Melissa Sundbye to finish their exam at UC's Raymond Walters College, where the veterinary technology associate degree is offered.

photo/Lisa Ventre

"Tea Time in the Garden" won a gold medal for UC's horticulture program at the Cincinnati Flower Show in April. Five horticulture students from the College of Applied Science had an unusual learning opportunity in helping staff and faculty install 36 varieties of annuals, perennials and woody plants. Thomas Fryman, UC adjunct assistant professor, designed the garden. UC horticulture adjunct Holly Hawkins was also crucial to the success of the project.

photo/Lisa Ventre

One of only five painters to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship this year is Frank Herrmann, professor of fine art at UC's highly ranked College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning. The fellowship's cash prize will allow him to travel and study more about the Asmat people of New Guinea, whose carvings and bold patterns have influenced his work.

photo/Jay Yocis

Maestro Paavo Jarvi of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conducts a practice session with the Philharmonia Orchestra, CCM's premier orchestral ensemble. The philharmonia's student musicians have opportunities to participate in national and international tours, recording sessions and CCM opera performances.

photo/Dottie Stover

Four seniors at UC's College of Applied Science built this Formula race car "from scratch" as their Mechanical Engineering Technology senior project. Student team leader Matt Pucke, an experienced autocross driver, served as designer and drive-train engineer. He expects the car to excel in autocross competition, with 170 horsepower and only 720 pounds to accelerate.

photo/Andrew Higley

DAAP fine arts students can experience what it takes to replicate their original three-dimensional pieces as bronze or aluminum sculptures. After the metal is heated to 2,000 degrees, students carefully fill the negative forms they've built, wait for cooling, then crack open the forms for finishing touches.

photo/Andrew Higley

Assistant professor Anureet Bajaj (right) is the only physician in the Tristate who offers immediate breast reconstruction to women who've survived breast cancer. Patients appreciate Bajaj's approach because it uses their own tissue, not an implant, and results appear more natural.

photo/Roger West

An archivist walks through the Medical Heritage Library's collection of rare and historic books — a primary source for medical research. For example, scientists come from around the world to study the papers of UC's polio-vaccine developer Albert Sabin. Others enjoy the world's largest medical book or the battlefield letters of a Civil War nurse.

photo/Dan Davenport

UC's graduate students in urban educational leadership get their information straight from the experts. President Nancy Zimpher and her spouse, research professor Ken Howey, collaborated during spring quarter to team-teach a seminar. Although this was the first time that President Zimpher had taught a quarter-long class at UC, she frequently makes presentations and guest lectures before students. And academic collaboration is familiar territory for the president and her husband. In 2004, the couple co-edited "University Leadership in Urban School Renewal," with chapters written by 14 presidents and chancellors of U.S. urban universities. The book made the case that urban school renewal must be a leadership priority for presidents and chancellors of universities and colleges.

photo/Lisa Ventre