September 19, 2023
While employed at the University of Cincinnati as a professor of mechanical engineering, William Kuhn, PhD, had an idea for a compact, flameless heater that could be enclosed in pre-packaged meals to safely cook them. The device transformed the meals, ready to eat landscape through a simple process involving salt water and a magnesium-iron alloy.
September 19, 2023
While at the University of Cincinnati, Andrew Lowy developed a mouse strain called Pdx-cre that leads to excision of DNA specifically in pancreatic tissue, allowing for the turning on and off of genes that drive the development and progression of pancreatic cancer.
September 14, 2023
Paul Lee, assistant professor of clinical pathology in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, has designed a rapid technique for small biopsies that could lead to quicker results for not only cancer diagnoses but also assist with transplant-related analyses.
September 25, 2023
A University of Cincinnati Venture Lab-backed startup has developed a robot that can clean garbage, an oil spill or fish kill from waterways in a way that's safer and more effective than doing it manually, Spectrum News 1 reported.
September 21, 2023
The University of Cincinnati has been recognized as one of the top universities that advance innovation and invention in the United States by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The newest ranking list from the NAI, “Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents,” used data provided by the United States Patent and Trademark Office to highlight the top American universities that generated utility patents. UC was ranked No. 72.
September 27, 2023
On Sept. 15, inside the University of Cincinnati’s 1819 Innovation Hub, leaders from the university gathered on the third floor to celebrate and cut the ribbon outside the door housing the Warren Bennis Leadership Institute.
October 31, 2023
Amid the global pandemic's after-effects, educators, students and institutions were compelled to reexamine the fundamental principles of teaching and learning, prompting a thorough reassessment of available resources and forging new and innovative collaborations. At the intersection of this shift, the University of Cincinnati NEXT Innovation Scholars program orchestrated an immersive social challenge for UC students at the 1819 Innovation Hub.
October 27, 2023
University of Cincinnati students and UC alumni have been recognized for their entrepreneurial spirit by Cincy Inno and Dayton Inno as part of lists that honor innovators age 25 and younger.
October 30, 2023
Leigh R. Fox, president and CEO of altafiber, has been appointed chair of the University of Cincinnati Foundation Board of Trustees. Fox’s two-year term, leading the Foundation’s 40-member board, began in October. Rae Mang, Pharm ’89, is the immediate past chair.
October 5, 2023
Strengthening the region’s economy, the University of Cincinnati expanded its network by entering a new corporate partnership with HEAPY, as reported by the Cincinnati Business Courier. The nationally recognized engineering firm is the latest corporate partner to join the 1819 Innovation Hub in the Cincinnati Innovation District (CID).