September 12, 2024
The ninth annual UC 9/11 Stair Run took place on Wed., Sept. 11, 2024. The event draws hundreds of UC students, service members and citizens to honor the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001.
September 11, 2024
As AI starts to permeate industry, how will those in the creative fields adapt? A workshop hosted by UC’s College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) brought industry and academics together to discuss the future of AI and how creative disciplines benefit.
September 9, 2024
Bengals center Ted Karras began wearing The Cincy Hat during the 2022 NFL season. The proceeds initially went to fund a group housing facility in Indiana for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The Cincy Hat has now branched out to fund a UC program called TAP, which provides an on campus experience and a certificate to students with IDD.
September 6, 2024
A study by urban design researcher Hyesun Jeong, an assistant professor of design in UC's DAAP, is cited in a New York Times article on the impact of public art on development. The article highlights the trend of using public art in commercial real estate developments in cities across the country.
September 4, 2024
Nancy Jennings, professor and director of UC's Children's Education and Entertainment Research (CHEER) Lab; was a guest speaker on WVXU to discuss the subject of "Brainrot." This is a term used to describe the ills of too much screen time. The radio show also discussed how social media impacts language use for Gen Alpha, persons born after 2010.
August 21, 2024
Research led by Joshua Gross, PhD, in the UC Department of Biological Sciences, revealed the blind cavefish has a similar number of taste buds as surface fish from birth up to the age of 5 months. Then, these taste buds gradually increase in number and start appearing on the head and chin during adulthood, particularly at around 18 months of age.
August 20, 2024
A teacher in the West Clermont Local School District for over 22 years, Michelle Dohrmann (nie Michelle Holly) is among four finalists for the 2025 Ohio Teacher of the Year award. Dohrmann holds three degrees from UC: a bachelor's and master's from the UC School of Education and an undergraduate degree in English from the College of Arts and Sciences.
August 15, 2024
UC biologist Josh Gross studies blind cavefish, a species of fish that dwell in cave ponds in Mexico. In a study, supported by the National Science Foundation, Gross looked at the timeline for when the cavefish develop additional taste buds on the head and chin, finding the taste bud expansion starts at five months and continues into adulthood.
August 1, 2024
Anna DeJarnette, associate professor of math education and the director of the UC School of Education, spoke to WCPO on teacher recruitment and retention.
July 31, 2024
Joseph Johnson, an ecologist and UC assistant professor of information technology, speaks to Salon about a new bat study. Johnson is widely known as an ecologist who studies a specific little brown bat native to Ohio, the Myotis lucifugus aka the little brown myotis.