The traditional gummy bear is made from a mixture of sugar, glucose syrup, starch, flavoring, food coloring, citric acid, and gelatin. However, recipes vary, such as organic candy, those suitable for vegetarians, or those following religious dietary laws.
In an astonishing find, Rufus McDonald, a member of a clean-out crew preparing a house outside Chicago for demolition in 2009, discovered a steamer trunk of papers and documents collected by Richard Greener, A.B. 1870, the first black student to graduate from Harvard College.
William Parham, College of Law, was the first African-American graduate of the University of Cincinnati in 1874. Research biologist and educator Charles Henry Turner, who received his masterâs in 1892, was the first African American to earn a graduate degree (of any kind) at UC. In 1928, Jennie Davis Porter became the first African-American woman to earn a PhD at UC. She received national acclaim for her educational methods as principal of Cincinnatiâs Stowe School. Lucy Oxley received an MD and became the first African-American graduate of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1935.