September 2, 2005

A $30 million gift from the Lindner families will establish the Craig and Frances Lindner Center of HOPE (Helping Other People Excel) in the UC Department of Psychiatry and help build a behavioral health center in Mason, Ohio. The behavioral health center will be jointly operated by The Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati and the Lindner Foundation, and staffed by physicians from the UC College of Medicine.

September 6, 2005

First recognized as a disease a half a century ago, alcoholism has long been treated exclusively through counseling or mutual support groups. Now, a new generation of approved drugs designed to act on the part of the brain that controls cravings may improve the lives of people struggling with alcohol dependence.

September 6, 2005

Regional ophthalmologists and optometrists are invited to attend the first Midwest Ophthalmology Conference where they will receive information on the latest advances in the diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases.

September 6, 2005

A group of University of Cincinnati undergraduates participated this summer in UC s Research Experience for Women Undergraduates (REWU) program. Through this program, undergraduate women have been helping to solve complex problems in pediatrics, biology, chemistry, geology, mathematics, physics, medicine, pharmacy and engineering.

September 7, 2005

Regional ophthalmologists and optometrists are invited to attend the first Midwest Ophthalmology Conference where they will receive information on the latest advances in the diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases.

September 8, 2005

Students, faculty and staff at the University of Cincinnati may contribute to hurricane relief efforts at several on-campus locations. Funds raised through this effort will be provided to the Red Cross. UC is participating in a city-wide effort coordinated among Cincinnati's colleges and universities.

September 8, 2005

Throughout the University of Cincinnati, hundreds of people have stepped forward to raise funds for disaster relief, to assist displaced students and faculty, and to provide direct assistance.

September 9, 2005

A grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will be used to recruit faculty members, provide additional courses to faculty and increase the number of courses offered to students both on campus and online.

September 13, 2005

Robert Bower, MD, led the general surgery residency training program at UC for nearly 20 years and was chief of the surgical service at Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He will be remembered by colleagues as a "role model for courage, compassion, professionalism and citizenship."

September 13, 2005

Communicating with your doctor isn't always the easiest thing to do. Manoj Singh, MD, a family medicine physician at UC, offers eight tips for improving communcication that may make medical appointments more pleasant and even more productive.