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NPR: A look at what's next for Niger

July 28, 2023

A 2023 coup in Niger seemed to take diplomats by surprise, but political scientist Alex Thurston says there were red flags that went unnoticed. Thurston, an associate professor in UC’s School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), studies Islam and politics in northwest Africa, with a focus on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

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UC cancer researcher pioneers method of detecting early-stage cancers

July 28, 2023

No one wants to hear a diagnosis of cancer, but if anything is worse it would be a diagnosis that comes too late. Jiajie Diao, associate professor in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, has invented a method for detecting early-stage cancers that could help his colleagues at UC and worldwide save many lives.

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Youth placed in adult prison have their lives cut shorter, study says

July 27, 2023

A University of Cincinnati co-authored study found that in the U.S. youth who are incarcerated in adult correctional facilities are at a 33% higher risk for an early death between the ages of 18 and 39. The study, published in JAMA Open Network, also found that formal encounters with the legal system put youth at risk for a shorter lifespan during those same years.

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Mechanical engineering student saw how graduate school can open doors

July 27, 2023

Bennett Breese, mechanical engineering student at the University of Cincinnati, did not plan on going to graduate school. While he was an undergraduate student, he attended a conference held by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and his plan changed. Breese was chosen as Graduate Student Engineer of the Month by the College of Engineering and Applied Science.