October 22, 2021

For University of Cincinnati students like Joanna Fetzer, a degree program offered through UC’s College of Arts and Sciences was a perfect fit. Fetzer has been interested in the study of skin care for a long time, and the program offers students like Fetzer the chance to cut time off the traditional six years it takes to earn a master’s degree, while studying s subject she’s passionate about.

August 4, 2021

University of Cincinnati’s Moriah Weese, a PhD candidate in the College of Arts and Sciences department of Chemistry, has won a highly-competitive National Science Foundation (NSF) graduate research fellowship.

March 10, 2022

University of Cincinnati chemistry researcher Ashley Ross has received a 2022 Sloan Fellowship to continue and expand her study of how the brain communicates to the immune system through neurotransmitters, particularly during inflammatory disease.    Among the most competitive awards in the U.S. and Canada, Sloan Fellowships are awarded annually to recognize creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments. Ross is only the fifth UC faculty member to receive the recognition in nearly 70 years.     Former recipients of the fellowship have included mathematician John Nash—one of the fathers of modern game theory and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics—and for five of the past six years, winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics have included former Sloan fellows.    “Today’s Sloan Research Fellows represent the scientific leaders of tomorrow,” says Adam F. Falk, president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, in a release announcing the winners. “As formidable young scholars, they are already shaping the research agenda in their respective fields—and their trailblazing won’t end here.”    Ross’s lab focuses on developing technologies to measure specific biomolecules, particularly neurotransmitters, which are chemical messengers that are used from the nervous system to communicate to nearby cells not only in the brain, but all throughout the body.  

March 22, 2022

UC assistant professor Ashley Ross demonstrated that coating electrodes in coffee grounds improved their sensitivity for neurochemistry measurements.

March 17, 2022

The American Chemical Society named the University of Cincinnati’s chemistry museum a national historic chemical landmark.

April 18, 2022

A University of Cincinnati Venture Lab-backed startup is developing a new method of chemistry that could make a wide range of products including agrichemicals, pharmaceuticals and plastics more environmentally friendly.

July 29, 2022

Medium highlights University of Cincinnati chemist Yu Shi's quantum simulations and quasichemical theory to create accurate models of the thermodynamic properties of molten salt.

July 22, 2022

Brittany Rice had always been drawn to the sciences. Earning her degree in biological sciences from the University of Cincinnati exposed her to a full range of study during her undergraduate career, including chemistry, physics, sociology, mathematics and psychology. “It’s a well-rounded major, and you can go many directions with it,” Rice says. But one direction she still wanted to go in was research—an area that for Rice felt out of reach. “Being first generation and low-income, I did not believe I was cut out for research,” she says. “I was unsure if I had the tools and knowledge to work in a research lab.” Enter associate professor of Chemistry Ryan White. Inspired to open doors for students like Rice, White launched the Pathway to Undergraduate Research for First Generation College Students during the 2021-22 academic year, welcoming an inaugural cohort of eight students, including Rice.

April 25, 2022

University of Cincinnati Venture Lab-backed startup Cinthesis is gaining interest from companies that are adding new products and want to go green, WVXU reported.

January 25, 2022

Intel Corp. announced on Friday it will open two new semiconductor fabrication plants outside Columbus as part of an estimated $20 billion investment in Ohio. The three-year construction project represents the biggest private investment in the history of the state, offering the promise of new high-tech jobs for thousands of residents, including many graduates of the University of Cincinnati.