November 27, 2012

UC Health West Chester Hospital will offer a free community seminar focused on sleep disorders, their diagnosis and treatment options from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, in the Plaza Conference Room (Level A), 7700 University Drive.

November 26, 2012

Power was restored on the Reading Campus by 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23, after a planned outage to repair the substation supplying electric power to the campus, Maintenance & Operations says. Emergency backup power operated during the outage.

November 25, 2012

Students of UC's School of Electronic and Computing Systems (SECS) and the School of Computing Sciences and Informatics (CSI) are on a mission to bring new energy and focus to the UC Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) student chapter. Leading the campaign are the ACM student chapter president and vice president, Jonah Back and Priya Chawla.

November 24, 2012

UC has several campuses, and the university style guide provides correct naming references for each.

November 24, 2012

Just-released global rankings of the best international design programs place UC at No. 3. The rankings by Business Insider were based on surveys of design professionals, those working in the field and doing the hiring.

November 22, 2012

The annual UC Bookstores Holiday Open House, held this year on Friday, Dec. 7, from 3-6:30 p.m., will include two author signings, the traditional holiday mug in exchange for a canned food donation to the Freestore Foodbank and an additional 10 percent discount on top of the standard 15 percent discount for faculty/staff purchases.

November 22, 2012

Best known for her Broadway productions, CCM alumna Lisa Howard has a significant role in "The Twilight Saga" grand finale, playing the vampire Siobhan, who leads the Irish coven.

November 21, 2012

UC digital design alum Shane Kearns is recently out with a "chelicious," photo-filled book with recipes for "100 Amazing Adventures in Grilled Cheese," including a dessert grilled cheese recipe. The book is based on his blog, and both book and blog helped him put his UC degree to work.

November 21, 2012

Silvana Obici, MD, associate professor in the division of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, has been named scientific director of the College of Medicine s Reading Campus operations a position reporting to Stephen Strakowski, MD, senior associate dean for research.

November 21, 2012

As palliative care programs in the United States continue to grow, providing options and support for patients and families dealing with serious, potentially life-limiting illness, the need for trained professionals to lead these efforts becomes apparent. Faculty at the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center are addressing this need with the creation of two new Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Programs, aimed at training physicians to provide specialty-level palliative care to patients in a variety of settings.

November 21, 2012

Silvana Obici, MD, associate professor in the division of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, has been named scientific director of the College of Medicine s Reading Campus operations. Obici will report to Stephen Strakowski, MD, senior associate dean for research.

November 21, 2012

Alhaji "Al Dumbuya had just celebrated the ten-year anniversary of his transplanted kidney when it started to fail.

November 21, 2012

Winners of the Annual Stanley M. Kaplan, MD, Medical Student Essay Contest were recently selected by Erik Nelson, MD, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral neuroscience.

November 20, 2012

UC biomedical engineering student Ben Ko excels through public service and serves as a global liaison during his co-op work assignments.

November 20, 2012

While finding parity between his papers and the pigskin, offensive lineman Austen Bujnoch sports an impressive 3.45 GPA as a history major. His ferocity on the field and determination in the classroom makes him the UC Scholar-Athlete of the Month for December.