UC 'pottery whisperer' gives talk at national conference
January 3, 2020
University of Cincinnati classics professor Kathleen Lynch is a ceramics specialist who has worked at sites in Italy, Greece, Albania and Turkey. This year, she received a Getty Scholar fellowship to study Athenian pottery and its relationship to Persia, Greece and Rome. She gave the opening night lecture this week to the Archaeological Institute of America, the world’s largest and oldest archaeological association, during its annual conference Washington, D.C. Her address titled “Conversations with a Pot Whisperer: Archaeological Ceramics and the Stories They Tell” kicked off the annual conference of archaeologists from around the world.
UC study finds tipping point in deforestation
January 6, 2020
University of Cincinnati geography professor Tomasz Stepinski used high-resolution satellite images from the European Space Agency to study landscapes in 9-kilometer-wide blocks across every inch of the planet between 1992 and 2015. He found that deforestation occurs comparatively slowly in these blocks until about half of the forest is gone. Then the remaining forest disappears very quickly.
International media: UC researchers discover cryptojacking almost conquered
March 23, 2020
A new paper by University of Cincinnati and Lakehead University researchers finds that crypotojacking has almost disappeared with the closure last year of a notorious crypotomining company.
Mashable: Can you even meditate without new-age music?
March 19, 2020
Dr. Rekha Chaudhary talks about music during meditation.
NHK World-Japan: Developing a new way to fight cancer
March 20, 2020
Atsuo Sasaki's cancer research is highlighted by the international media outlet NHK World-Japan.
University of Cincinnati names associate dean for research for College of Engineering and Applied Science
March 24, 2020
The University of Cincinnati named Gautam Pillay its new associate dean for research in the College of Engineering and Applied Science.
Potential therapy for rare neurologic disease discovered
April 6, 2020
A targeted therapy being studied for cancer treatment may also be beneficial in treating other neurologic diseases, like Gaucher disease, a study at the University of Cincinnati shows.