Cincinnati Enquirer: As anchors that employ thousands of workers and train many of the region's professionals, universities will only get more important to Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky's ability to prosper in a global economy, representatives said Sunday.

WVXU Radio: Cincinnati Edition - In advance of Northern Kentucky University hosting the 14th annual meeting of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities, Jay Hanselman welcomes NKU President Dr. James Votruba.

WCPO: Colleges and Universities from around the globe are in Northern Kentucky for an annual conference co-hosted by Northern Kentucky University and the University of Cincinnati.

KYPost.com: A national academic conference expected to draw some 200 university presidents, vice presidents and provosts begins its four-day annual meeting Saturday in Northern Kentucky.

KYPost.com: Colleges and Universities from around the globe are in Northern Kentucky for an annual conference co-hosted by Northern Kentucky University and the University of Cincinnati.

Soapbox Media: About 200 university presidents, VPs and provosts, representing the upper echelon of academia, will converge on Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky later this week for the annual get-together of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities.

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DATE 10/19/2008
TIME 06:30 - 07:00
STATION WLWT-TV(NBC) Channel 5 (---)
LOCATION Cincinnati
PROGRAM News 5 Today Weekend

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JONATHAN HAWGOOD, anchor: Some of the nation’s top academic authorities getting together (sic) today to work on cooperation between universities in these tough economic times. More than 200 presidents, vice presidents and provosts are expected to attend today’s event at NKU, kicking off a four-day conference to unite their schools. UC and NKU are billed as the co-hosts.

DATE 10/20/2008
TIME 18:00 - 18:30
STATION WCPO-TV(ABC) Channel 9 (---)
LOCATION Cincinnati
PROGRAM 9 News At 6

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CAROL WILLIAMS, co-anchor: Two local universities teamed up to host a conference this week that looks at how colleges around the globe are dealing with tough economic times. The national academic conference titled “The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities” took place at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center today. NKU president Dr. James Votruba and UC president Nancy Zimpher were selected to cosponsor the conference. More than 200 education leaders from private and public institutions talked about a number of issues, including improving economic development.

Dr. JAMES VOTRUBA (NKU President): It’s--it’s people with similar interests, similar values getting together to share ideas, share programs and--and also, at the public policy level, to take a close look at how we can encourage at the state and federal level, public policy support for the work that we all do.

WILLIAMS: The conference wraps up tomorrow. You can read more about this story and others taking place in Northern Kentucky by going to KYPost.com.

DATE 10/21/2008
TIME 22:00 - 23:00
STATION WXIX-TV(FOX) Channel 19 (---)
LOCATION Cincinnati
PROGRAM Ten O’Clock News

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JACK ATHERTON, co-anchor: UC and NKU teamed up today, bringing 200 university presidents to Covington to discuss challenges facing metro colleges. They agreed that in tough economic times cooperation among American universities is important. This is the first time our two colleges have jointly hosted a conference.

DATE 10/21/2008
TIME 05:00 - 06:00
STATION WLWT-TV(NBC) Channel 5 (---)
LOCATION Cincinnati
PROGRAM News 5 Today

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TODD DYKES, co-anchor: Representatives from more than 200 universities, including UC and Northern Kentucky University, will get together today. They’ll be talking about issues facing urban colleges. The conference will take place at NKU, and it will include panels and forums on a variety of issues, ranging from economic development to health issues.