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How to talk to Gen Alpha

January 9, 2025

UC Distinguished Research Professor Gail Fairhurst offers advice about how to bridge the communication divide with Gen Alpha just in time for the holidays.

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Meet crystals that explode in light

January 8, 2025

UC chemistry students are exploring the bizarre properties that make photosensitive lab-grown crystals bend, twist and explode. The crystals could improve air safety and aid space travel.

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Donors urgently needed to protect Greater Cincinnati’s blood supply

January 6, 2025

After closing all collection operations including blood drives and donation centers on Monday due to severe weather, Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati, will be OPEN on Tuesday, Jan. 7, and is urgently calling on volunteer blood and platelet donors to help keep our city’s blood supply from getting dangerously low. Donate blood at Hoxworth Blood Center today.

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DTS invites UC community to share ideas for AI uses

January 6, 2025

UC Digital Technology Solutions invites members of the UC community to share their ideas about how using AI might help solve a problem or achieve a goal. Students, faculty, and staff are invited to submit an AI Use Case Submission Form by Friday, Jan. 27.


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Should the FDA reconsider antidepressant boxed warnings?

January 9, 2025

The University of Cincinnati's Jeffrey Strawn, MD, spoke with Medscape about whether the Food and Drug Administration should reevaluate boxed warnings on antidepressants linking the medications to an increased risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors in young people.

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9 Things OB/GYNs want women to know about early menopause

January 6, 2025

Menopause doesn't typically happen until women reach their late 40s or 50s, but some experience early onset menopause. So, Well+Good put together nine things experts want women to know about why early menopause happens, if the treatment options are any different from regular menopause, and how it affects overall health. Michael Thomas, MD, department chair and OB/GYN at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, offered his expertise for the article.

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UC experts share holiday survival tips in local news report

January 6, 2025

One poor choice could lead to lasting health effects. That's why experts at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine offered advice to keep everyone safe and avoid an emergency during the holiday season. From food poisoning to children swallowing a button battery, there are a lot of things that can go wrong.

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Why is anxiety worse at night?

January 6, 2025

The University of Cincinnati's Jeffrey Strawn was featured in a TIME article discussing why anxiety can be worse at night and tips to address nighttime anxiety.

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Five tons of Styrofoam lead UC professor to start recycling program

January 6, 2025

Ana Luisa Kadekaro, PhD, associate professor of dermatology in the University of Cincinnati’s College of Medicine, wanted to do something about the massive volume of Styrofoam the college receives with their lab supplies. So, she helped launch a new recycling program. She spoke with WYSO's Mike Frazier.

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Artifacts from UC Classics discovery on display in Greece for first time

January 6, 2025

The Greek Reporter reported that Bronze Age artifacts discovered by UC Classics Professor Jack Davis and Senior Research Associate Sharon Stocker will go on public display for the first time in Greece in February. They include a sealstone made of agate depicting mortal combat that Archaeology Magazine called a "Bronze Age masterpiece."