UC unlocks genetic lives of bugs
January 23, 2020
The University of Cincinnati is helping to sequence the genomes of 5,000 insects, spiders and crustaceans as part of an international project. The results will lead to better agriculture, improved food safety and advances in medicine.
What do Chinese opera masks and spiders have in common? A lot, as it turns out.
January 24, 2020
University of Cincinnati biology student Jenny Yi-Ting Sung is applying analytical tools normally associated with studying evolution to examine Chinese opera masks. So far she has found surprising parallels in the significance of color and pattern in nature and in Jing masks.
Local 12: Chemotherapy in recurrent ovarian cancer patients
January 23, 2020
A UC researcher found that in patients with recurrent ovarian cancer, those who only had chemotherapy, versus chemotherapy and surgery, had better outcomes. Local 12 reported these findings.
US News & World Report: Black, Latino patients have better outcomes following stroke
January 23, 2020
A new UC study in the journal Neurology reports that young black or Latino people recovering from bleeding strokes may be less likely than young white people to experience disabilities or death within three months of the incident.
UC building digital gallery of ancient Troy
February 4, 2020
The University of Cincinnati Classics Department is creating a new digital library of historical images from UC's 1930s excavation of Troy in Turkey. Once complete, UC will open the digital gallery to researchers and the public.
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.