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Forbes: The hidden costs when remote workers spend all day on the couch

March 9, 2021

Kermit Davis, PhD, professor in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, explains to Forbes magazine how ergonomics is an important part of employee wellness. This often gets overlooked when employees are working from home without much guidance in making their workspaces healthy productive areas.

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Messer Construction Co. supports diversity programming at UC and UC Health

March 5, 2021

Messer Construction Co. is partnering with the University of Cincinnati’s College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) and UC Health to establish two funds that support diversity and inclusion programs. This contribution represents Messer’s philanthropic culture and commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive community. “As an employee-owned company, this investment truly

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UC launches Space Research Institute

March 5, 2021

The University of Cincinnati has launched the interdisciplinary Space Research Institute for Discovery and Exploration as part of Research2030, UC’s 10-year strategic plan for research.

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UC grad realizes dream of community impact during COVID

March 8, 2021

By Joí Dean As an undergraduate in UC’s College of Arts and Sciences, alumna Dr. Nasrien E. Ibrahim was influenced by the diverse community she found herself among. It was, she says, “people from all different cultural, racial and ethnic backgrounds. I just loved the melting pot and diversity. Not just the background, but of thought and experience of views on life,” Ibrahim said. That appreciation for diversity has influenced her career as a cardiologist and her approach to medicine, and caused her to appreciate more deeply social inequities that made her work more challenging. Recently a cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, Ibrahim served on the front lines during the pandemic.

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Two virtual symposiums celebrate College of Medicine research in March

March 8, 2021

The Center for Environmental Genetics (CEG) in the Department of Environmental and Public Health Sciences will host a virtual daylong symposium on Friday, March 19, while the UC Department of Internal Medicine will hold its 10th annual research symposium, titled “Building the Next Generation of Researchers,” starting Tuesday, March 30 and continuing until Thursday, April 1.