Chemists develop easy test for plant viruses
June 10, 2024
Chemists at the University of Cincinnati are working on a simple way to diagnose viruses in plants before they infect entire crops.
June 10, 2024
Chemists at the University of Cincinnati are working on a simple way to diagnose viruses in plants before they infect entire crops.
June 7, 2024
Three University of Cincinnati professors were named to the 2023 class of American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows, a distinguished lifetime honor within the scientific community. From UC's College of Arts and Sciences, Carlton Brett, a professor in the department of geosciences, and George Uetz, a biological sciences professor, were honored. Dionysios Dionysiou, a professor of environmental engineering in the College of Engineering and Applied Science, was honored posthumously.
June 6, 2024
A Local 12 news segment features UC social media expert Jeffrey Blevins, professor of journalism and political science. Blevins speaks to the privacy aspect of using social media and how privacy laws in the U.S. differ from other countries.
June 6, 2024
UC Assistant Professor Elizabeth Hobson talks to the Atlantic about anthropomorphism in animal science.
June 4, 2024
Students in UC’s Judaic studies class, Teaching and Remembering Trauma: Designing Holocaust and Genocide Education, took a first-hand look at the story of Holocaust survivor Fritzie Fritzshall and her experiences at Auschwitz-Birkenau, thanks to virtual reality (VR) technology provided by the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center. UC is one of the first colleges granted exclusive access to the museum’s traveling set of VR headsets. Alexis Morrisroe, adjunct instructor in the Judaic Studies program, secured access to the VR headsets through her prior role as a youth educator at the museum from June 2008 to April 2020. Seizing the opportunity, the department became one of the first schools participating in the soft launch.
May 31, 2024
Veritasium highlighted University of Cincinnati research on the vision of jumping spiders to explain what we're learning about our own vision.
May 31, 2024
The University of Cincinnati’s Jack Davis, Carl W. Blegen Professor of Greek archaeology in the department of Classics, has been elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences. With this honor, Davis joins the ranks of luminaries such as U.S. president John Adams (elected in 1780), language scholar Noah Webster (of dictionary fame, tapped in 1799), and more currently playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda, and actor and philanthropist George Clooney. Begun just four years after the Declaration of Independence was signed, when the U.S. was comprised of 13 colonies, the academy was established by founding fathers in Cambridge, MA.
May 31, 2024
The Billings Gazette highlighted a University of Cincinnati professor's public campaign to prevent birds from flying into building windows.
May 29, 2024
Two professors from UC’s College of Arts and Sciences have been awarded fellowships in the esteemed American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS). Professor of geology Carlton Brett and biology professor George Uetz were tapped for the honor in April. An international nonprofit organization, the AAAS was established in 1848 to promote the advancement of scientific achievement, to foster equity and inclusion for scientific excellence, and to inform public policy that serves society. The annual Fellows Forum will be hosted this September along with a gala celebrating the 150th anniversary of the AAAS Fellowship.
May 28, 2024
Spectrum News highlights a new UC study of contaminants in groundwater along the Great Miami River.