UC Research Means Business and Design, Science and Medicine

Research at the University of Cincinnati brings results.

Whether in the disciplines of business or medicine, science or design, politics or popular culture, UC is earning coverage and headlines from both general and specialized media outlets.

No surprise in that since UC ranks 28th in the nation among public research-intensive universities based on National Science Foundation data on federal research expenditures. In addition, UC is designated a “very high research activity” university by the Carnegie Commission.

In the last month alone, UC earned attention for its research results from the following national and international outlets:

• Associated Press
• CNBC
• CNN
• Cox Newspapers
• Forbes
• HealthNewsDigest.com
• InventorSpot.com
• MSN Money
• NBC4i
• ScienceDaily
• Science News
• Reuters
• United Press International
• U.S. News & World Report
• The Wall Street Journal
  

The stories behind these headlines include

• UC business-related research has demonstrated that social networking is booming among micro-entrepreneurs because the networking is valuable for feedback, problem solving, obtaining fresh ideas and connecting with other small businesses. Forbes and Reuters provided coverage of the university’s work in this area.

• The Wall Street Journal, CNNMoney.com, Healthnewstrack.com and others reported on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of a new long-acting, injectable antipsychotic drug called Risperdal. UC investigated the treatment’s efficacy for treating bipolar disorder.

• Cox Newspapers, ScienceDaily, Bio-Medicine.org, InnovationsReport.com, News-Medical.net, PhysOrg.com and other news media, both national and international, featured research by UC cancer and cell biologists identifying a new molecular pathway key to the development of invasive prostate cancers. These important findings were just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

• NBC4i and news media from throughout Ohio mentioned UC criminal justice research findings that offenders who go through community corrections program, i.e., half-way houses, are less likely to commit new crimes than those who are simply released from prison or jail.

• U.S. News & World Report, CNBC, CNET News, Ars Technica, DailyTech, GreenerDesign.com, ScienceDaily and many other online publications around the world featured UC research resulting in a new technology that promises greater brightness and color contrast for e-readers and other display devices.

• Science News provided coverage to a UC study regarding the long-term, damaging effects of lead exposure on children. The UC research showed a connection between childhood lead exposure and adult criminal behavior.

• MedicalNewsToday.com, Bio-Medicine.com, InventorSpot.com, Gizmag.com and other international online publications featured how UC is using its design research capabilities to create better hospital gown options.

• United Press International, Medgadget.com, Gizmag.com, Nanotechwire.com,  News-Medical.net, PhysOrg.com and other international media featured the work of UC researchers who have built a preliminary working model of a multi-modal tube, or smart sensor or “lab-on-a-tube,” to monitor patients following traumatic brain injuries.  

• National media like Associated Press and MSN Money and media throughout Ohio – including Cleveland’s Plain Dealer, the Columbus Dispatch, the Dayton Daily News and many others – carried a variety of coverage related to ongoing polls conducted by the Institute for Policy Research at UC. Among the findings of these polls:
  

1. Ohioans evince economic pessimism regarding the future.
2. Ohioans favor legalizing casino gambling in the state; however, the polling results don’t mean voters will pass a possible November ballot allowing casinos in Ohio’s four largest cities.
3. The tough economy is boosting public opinion of both President Barack Obama and Ohio Governor Ted Strickland. Strickland is up for reelection in 2010.
4. A majority of Ohioans favor changing state law to allow doctors to prescribe marijuana for medical purposes.
5. A majority of Ohioans oppose same-sex marriage, abolishing the death penalty and lowering the legal drinking age from 21 to 18.

• View headlines earned by UC research in April 2009.  

• View UC’s research funding report released in November 2008, when the university announced an all-time high in terms of research funding at $353 million.  

• Visit UC’s research page and news page.