February 15, 2023
What you post on social media can be in conflict with your employers standards, says UC social media expert Jeffrey Blevins. More and more often people are getting dinged, or worse, for posts that put their employers in a bad light. Blevins suggests a social media review/edit of content and more thought put into posts.
February 14, 2023
What's flying overhead has U.S. citizens perplexed, as the U.S. government keeps information about the spy balloon and other objects that were shot down close to the cuff. Two political scientists at UC's School of Public and International Affairs say that you can't show your cards when it comes to cyber capabilities.
January 17, 2023
What an NFL player does both on and off the field can affect them financially, says an article in The Guardian. For example, players who protest can see a cut in salary, according to a research study by David Niven, an associate professor in UC's School of Public and International Affairs.
January 11, 2023
On Jan. 11, 2023 the FAA's communications system called NOTAM failed, causing an air grounding of all U.S. aircraft. The two most likely culprits were a glitch in technology or a cyber attack. Prior to determining it was human error, UC cyber-security expert Gregory Winger spoke to WCPO about digital vulnerability.
December 7, 2022
The election cycle seems to endlessly churn in a divided political sphere; and now that the 2022 mid-terms are over experts begin to weigh in on the 2024 races. One senate race of particular interest will be the potential re-election of Ohio Senator Sharrod Brown, says UC political scientist David Niven.
November 23, 2022
UC's cyber security expert Gregory Winger speaks to WVXU on the increase of cyber hacks in K-12 schools and higher education. These institutions, experts say, are more vulnerable than corporations because the risk doesn't seem as obvious.
November 2, 2022
Do all those political mailers in your mailbox make a difference? UC political scientist Brian Calfano says it's not likely to sway voters, but it's a campaign tradition that doesn't seem to want to die out.
October 21, 2022
UC social media expert cited in USA Today explains how social media posts can be replicated to see who might be vulnerable to sad stories such as a dog getting hit by a car. Use caution and verify posts through outside sources, says Jeffery Blevins, professor and head of UC's Department of Journalism.
October 19, 2022
A group of UC students is competing in the second Global Health Case Competition at the University of Cincinnati, with the hope of advancing to compete internationally. As participants in the challenge, the students bring scholarship from multiple academic disciplines—among them political science, medical sciences, neuroscience, English, chemical and environmental engineering and more—to find innovative solutions to global health crises. The competition first came to UC’s campus in 2021, led by Sanath Chandramouli, a fourth-year student in the College of Arts and Sciences double majoring in political science and neuroscience. Chandramouli was inspired to participate in the Global Health Competition founded at Atlanta’s Emory University.
October 17, 2022
Twinsburg, Ohio, twins Jack and Nate Bartel went their separate ways for college, with Jack going to UC and Nate to Akron. But they recently spent a week together in Milan, Italy, walking the runway for Gucci during Fashion Week.