August 24, 2023

WVXU interview with UC's Jeffrey Blevins and other experts on the topic of "pink-slime" journalism (media outlets pretending to be something that they are not). In the interview, experts provide tips on identifying and avoiding these outlets. One example is "The Buckeye Journal" which had Cincinnatian's thinking it was a community paper, when it is actually a partisan funded organization.

May 5, 2023

Postdoctoral researchers often get little useful feedback about ways to improve their job applications for faculty positions. So a University of Cincinnati anthropologist set up a pilot program that invited postdoctoral researchers to review each others’ application documents.

July 10, 2023

Radhika Bhargava pursues global research as a National Geographic Explorer following multiple study abroad experiences at the University of Cincinnati.

June 22, 2023

Abortion care has increased in some states and declined in others, due to the revision of laws stemming from the Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v Wade. Abortion access expert Danielle Bessett was a guest speaker on Cincinnati Edition to discuss trends in abortion care and specific cases that are testing the decision.

June 2, 2023

Littisha Bates is a featured guest on WVXU's Cincinnati Edition to discuss the topic of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace. Bates is UC's associate dean for inclusive excellence and community partnerships.

June 30, 2023

UC journalism expert Jeffrey Blevins speaks to the Fox News shuffle of hosts after the Tucker Carlson departure. Carlson's time slot replacement is Jesse Watters, who Blevins feels has a less biting style than his predecessor.

July 12, 2023

Extinct hippos that once roamed Madagascar lived in forests rather than the open grasslands preferred by common hippos on mainland Africa, researchers at the University of Cincinnati discovered.

July 14, 2023

Earth.com and other science media highlight UC's discoveries about extinct hippos in Madagascar. An isotopic analysis found that dwarf hippos were not grazers of grasslands but instead preferred sedges and leaves in forests. This demonstrated the importance of forests to endemic wildlife on the island.

July 18, 2023

A team of researchers led by the University of Cincinnati applied isotopic analysis to jaguar scat to investigate the habitat needs of the big cats in the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Preserve of Belize in Central America. The study demonstrates a novel and noninvasive technique for identifying the landscape use and conservation needs of elusive wildlife.

December 19, 2023

The rise in AI generated fake news content is concerning, especially leading up to the 2024 presidential election. For now, there are still ways to identify fake news outlets and reporting, but the average reader needs to become more savvy, says UC's social media expert Jeffrey Blevins.