July 30, 2021
Emily Baxter, fine arts senior in UC’s College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, spent her co-op working for RARECulture, a New York-based design firm, but worked right here in the Queen City creating wall plaques and historical designs for the region's new sports venue: TQL Stadium, home of major league soccer team FC Cincinnati.
July 28, 2021
Yoonjee Park, assistant professor of chemical engineering at University of Cincinnati's College of Engineering and Applied Science, developed a biodegradable drug delivery device that is activated by light, which would allow for on-demand dosing and fewer side effects for treatment of posterior eye diseases. With recent funding awards from the National Institute of Health and a Young Investigator Award from Ohio Lions Eye Research Foundation, Park and her research team are testing the safety and efficacy of the device. In 2019, she also participated in UC’s Venture Lab business pre-accelerator.
July 22, 2021
Two-day Lightship Capital bootcamps in University of Cincinnati’s 1819 Innovation Hub, the nerve center of the Cincinnati Innovation District (CID), help create serious, lasting change in access to business opportunities for underrepresented entrepreneurs in Cincinnati and across the region.
July 19, 2021
Student group EnableUC provided inexpensive but functional prosthetics to a teen living in Bolivia.
July 15, 2021
Echoes from bats are so simple that a sound file of their calls can be compressed 90% without losing much information, according to a study by the University of Cincinnati.
June 22, 2021
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati say Tikal’s reservoirs — critical sources of city drinking water — were lined with trees and wild vegetation that would have provided scenic natural beauty in the heart of the ancient Maya city. UC developed a novel system to analyze ancient plant DNA in the sediment of Tikal’s temple and palace reservoirs to identify more than 30 species of trees, grasses, vines and flowering plants that lived along its banks more than 1,000 years ago. Their findings painted a picture of a lush, wild oasis.
June 21, 2021
University of Cincinnati researchers have developed a semi-autonomous drone that is moored to the ground and can be operated more safely by virtually anyone. No piloting skills are required. Operators simply move the tether to move the drone.
June 16, 2021
Rhonna Shatz, DO, discusses the spike in deaths from Alzheimer's during the pandemic on WVXU's Cincinnati Edition.
June 15, 2021
University of Cincinnati's Venture Lab helps successfully launch the novel "Filmatick" TV, film pre-production program onto market. Mike Gasaway, former director of Nickelodeon's "Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius" and creator of "Filmatick" is also making an impact as assistant professor of UC's Digital Media Collaborative program, sharing his expertise and program with more than 300 UC students.
June 9, 2021
University of Cincinnati researchers found that while N95 masks are effective barriers against airborne diseases like COVID-19, poorly fitting masks can have substantial leaks around the face that reduce their effectiveness and increase the risk of infection.