University of Cincinnati - Cincinnatian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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College of Medicine Since Obtaining its charter in 1819 the Medical College grew to become the 12th largest medical school and the 13th largest medical center in the nation. As a school that began with 24 students. the Medical College had nearly 800 students and graduated 200 in 1981. The College of Medicine was housed in the Medical Centerjs Medical Sciences Building, opened in 1974, one of the largest single structures for medical education. The Medical Sciences Building also contained the medical departments. libraries and 200 research laboratories. The Medical College worked closely with General Hospital, Children's Hospital Medical Center. and the Veterants Administration Hospital. all located adjacent to the Medical Center. During the past decade, the College of Medicine acquired a new clean, 16 new department heads and more than half its faculty. The combination of new buildings, new leadership, and increasing resources has led the college to academic, scientific, and clinical improvements. The college wants to make the coming years as productive as the past. $1 Dean Robert Danleis serves as chiel ad- ministrator for the College of Medicine. The Medical complex :5 one of the most diverse tacilines in the natton. The complex houses three colleges, Medicme, Nursmg and Health and Pharmacy Students examtne the organs of animals to better understand thewr functions. TechniCIans examtne hssues With the use Of advanced equipment, It takes years of preparation to learn the Skill and artistry of surgery 22 Academics

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'3 3V ! Colle ge of Law CC It was a gradual process of occupying space in the new building even though it wasnt even finished, stated Barbara Watts. concerning the transitional year for the College of Law. Workers completed the major expansion and renovation of the Alphonso Taft Hall and the Robert S. Marx Law Library during the summer of 1982. Construction on the project began in June of 1979 The $9,875,000 construction program expanded the facilities to approxiamtely three times the size ot the old building, just in time for the colleges 150th anniversary during the 198283 academic year. Despite the constant construction, the law students remained busy. In October the school hosted the Midwest Regional Conference on Women in Law, an annual event held on a different Midwestern campus each year. The college also held their annual Advocacy Institute in November. The one day seminar entitled Proof of Damages addressed topics including the use of experts in wrongful injury and death cases; a sample wrongful death case; special cases, wife and mother, minor children, businessmen and women; partial disabiiity; trial testimony; and the use of economics in related caseslw Law students began to use finished sections of the new budding while most at it was still under construction Gordon Christensen remains Dean 0! the im- provlng College of Law. Construction of the College of LawI building is almost completed after many years of planning The contemporary structure of the finished College of Law building symbolizes the universities advancements into the future Book stacks till the masters; library. which was the first area of the new buitding to be completed. Academis 21

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College of Nursing and Health The college of Nursing and Health originated in 1889 as the Cincinnati Training School for Nursesr During the first quarter of the twentieth century, the program was accorded professional rank and became one of the first baccalaureate programs in nursing in the country. The college now offers two degree granting programs. the Bachelor of Science in Nursing and the Master of Seience in Nursing, as well as non; degree programs in continuing education As its goal, the College of Nursing and Health encompassed education, research and services that together would provide essential preparation for those pursuing a career in professional nursing. Professional nursing had as its purpose to serve the individual, family and c:cm'lmunitg,I by the promotion of health. the prevention of illness, and the care and rehabilitation of the acute and chronically ill. To the college, nursing encompassed both a science and an art. The science 0t nursing consisted of a unique and growing number of theories as well as an integration of knowledge from related disciplines. The art of nursing was the creative and humanistic application of nursing Science .3 Learning to care for children is an integral par1 DI the nuTSan training program. Jeanette R. Spero l5 Dean of the College of Nursing and Health. Student nurses practice health care treatments on dummies. The Nursing and Health building is located on the corner 0! the Medical Complex and houses classrooms. offices and labs. Nurses intern in hospitals to coincide With their lecture and lab courses whtch better prepares them for daily contact with patients. Academics 23