November 7, 2023
Nearly one in five UC students are considered first-generation college students — meaning they and their siblings are the first in their family to attend a four-year institution of higher learning. UC is attracting a growing number of first-gen students; their numbers jumped by 8% this fall on campus.
January 18, 2023
Sports gambling became legal in Ohio as of Jan. 1, 2023 and the University of Cincinnati College of Allied Health Sciences is one of six organizations statewide to get an Ohio grant to train social workers to better handle problem gamblers in the coming year. Local12 posted a story on the program.
February 1, 2023
University of Cincinnati’s Facility for the Education and Testing of Canine Hearing and Laboratory for Animal Bioacoustics (FETCHLAB) has sent a team of researchers to study on what African bush elephants can hear.
February 6, 2023
Concerns in the community continue due to the noise of gunshots coming from a Cincinnati Police Department gun range in Evendale. Brian Earl, PhD, in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the UC College of Allied Health Sciences conducted audiology tests in 2020 to measure the impact of the noise and was interviewed by WCPO-TV.
January 25, 2023
St. Vincent de Paul's teaching kitchen offers UC students a service-learning co-op and a teachable moment. Residents battling diabetes learn recipes that will help lower blood sugar levels and the amount of medications needed.
October 18, 2022
A newly enacted FDA rule makes it possible to now buy a hearing aid over the counter or online, without having to get a prescription or seeing a doctor. WKRC-TV, Local 12 interviewed some experts in covering the story, including Brian Earl, PhD, of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the UC College of Allied Health Sciences.
August 21, 2023
The University of Cincinnati is anticipating a record fall enrollment with a projected 50,500 students. The growth represents a 5.39% increase and reflects the university's core values around academic excellence, access and inclusion, and affordability.
September 15, 2023
It's now official. The University of Cincinnati enrolled 50,921 students for the fall semester. Growth has been continuous with the student body increasing by 19% during the past decade.
January 8, 2024
University of Cincinnati President Neville G. Pinto welcome students, faculty and staff back to Spring Semester 2024.
January 19, 2024
According to the most recent Ohio Gambling Survey, the number of people in Ohio with a problem gambling disorder tripled from 2017 to 2022 to more than 250,000. With sports betting legal in Ohio for more than a year, that trend is expected to continue. For a story on the trend, one of the experts interviewed by WVXU, was Gregory Stewart, PhD, of the College of Allied Health Sciences at the University of Cincinnati.