November 28, 2022

A new study from the University of Cincinnati examined the impact of workplace stress and provided insights for organizations to explore ways to reduce workplace stress for a better and healthier working environment. The study had two parts: a survey in which respondents described their experiences of workplace stress during the COVID-19 pandemic and a quantitative study using saliva cortisol as a biomarker of stress along with a stress diary to find out where and when workplace stress commonly occurred.

July 17, 2023

Researchers from the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have received federal funding to develop user-friendly enrollment tools for Greater Cincinnati residents eligible for WIC, the federal assistance program called the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.

July 21, 2023

New research by Wendy Calaway shows that half of arrests lead to dismissals, not convictions, but defendants still wait behind bars until the case is decided. Calaway is a practicing attorney and assistant professor of criminal justice at the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College.

May 23, 2023

Research out of UC examines the impact of stress during pregnancy on natal neurodevelopment. Spectrum News interviewed Anna Ruehlmann, PhD, of the Department of Environmental Health and Public Health Sciences at the UC College of Medicine about the study which she led.

May 24, 2023

Too many women and children in the Cincinnati region who qualify for federal nutrition benefits are missing out on receiving them — in many cases because of the application process and language barriers. Now a team led by Cincinnati Children’s pediatrician Chidiogo Anyigbo, MD, MPH, and University of Cincinnati pediatric psychologist Cathleen Stough, PhD, has funding to do something about that.

April 4, 2023

Planners have come up with many innovative ways to prevent flooding caused by heavy downpours — from planting rain gardens to installing green roofs. But few options work as well as a detention basin, researchers at the University of Cincinnati found. Cities are looking at better flood control measures in the face of climate change.

March 30, 2023

Research led by a University of Cincinnati doctoral student, Christine Shi, shows that immigrants and refugees who participated in a civic leadership program felt more empowered after learning about their rights, civic entitlements and sociopolitical context.

May 9, 2023

The University of Cincinnati delivers a significant economic boost to the region and state of Ohio thanks to alumni impact, operations and research spending, student demand for goods and services, launch of startup companies and more.

October 2, 2023

In 2019, DAAP’s grant accelerator program paired Bonansinga, a professor and director of UC’s School of Art, within the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, with Muhammad Rahman, an assistant professor of design, to research and develop a community enrichment program. The result was Step Up to Art.

January 18, 2023

Research from the University of Cincinnati shows people who wear tefillin, leather bands used in a Jewish religious practice which involves the tight wrapping of an arm with the bands, may receive cardiovascular health benefits. The study suggests those benefits are the result of ischemic or reduced blood flow preconditioning which produces protection from the damage caused by heart attacks.