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UC Online Business Partnership Program attracts regional partners

November 11, 2026

UC Online’s Business Partnership Program helps employees at 50 regional companies access discounted tuition across more than 130 online programs. The program was recently featured in the Cincinnati Business Courier. Designed to support career advancement and workforce retention, the program makes higher education more affordable for working professionals while helping employers invest in employee growth and engagement.

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UC professor warns against rising nicotine pouch use

November 10, 2026

Ashley Merianos, PhD, professor in the UC School of Human Services, spoke with Local 12 News in Cincinnati about her latest research showing a sharp increase in nicotine pouch use among adult tobacco users from 2021 to 2024.

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Nurse practitioners are shaping the future of health care

November 10, 2026

From diagnosing illnesses and managing chronic conditions to advancing health policy and improving access to care, nurse practitioners play an increasingly important role in the nation's health care system. This week, Nov. 8–14, we celebrate National Nurse Practitioner Week and the more than 461,000 licensed nurse practitioners in the United States who provide high-quality, patient-centered care to millions of Americans — including the University of Cincinnati nurses who are stepping into the role right now.

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Are women more susceptible to PTSD?

November 10, 2026

UC neuroscientist James Herman, PhD, and colleagues report that a specific stress hormone pattern in female animal models may signal vulnerability to PTSD, offering a potential biomarker to help explain why women are diagnosed at roughly twice the rate of men.

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UC alum boosts city’s independent films

November 10, 2026

For University of Cincinnati alumna Allyson West, fostering the city’s film scene has become her life’s work. Her latest venture rescued and transformed the Mariemont Theatre, an old local cinema, through a collaboration with her nonprofit, Cindependent, and tons of community support.

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Volunteers work with UC to reforest parts of downtown

November 9, 2026

More than 70 volunteers helped reforest a patch of ground next to a highway with help from University of Cincinnati co-op students. The urban reforestation project is modeled after a demonstration project students planted at UC's Center for Field Studies.

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A&S students experience virtual reality films tied to conservation, sustainability

November 9, 2026

A new world was unlocked this week for creative conservation students in the College of Arts & Sciences. Associate professor Teri Jacobs teaches the class and says she was looking for a way to marry technology and education in an unusual way. Over the summer, she was awarded funding to make her vision a reality, thanks to the A&S Hub for Immersive Environments.

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Beyond the uniform: Veterans bring their experience to UC Nursing

November 9, 2026

Before Austin Davis ever sat in a nursing classroom, he was practicing casualty care alongside Army combat medics. As an infantryman, he trained on litters and CPR and discovered he enjoyed the hands-on work more than he expected. After four years on active duty, he is now a sophomore in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program at the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing, using the GI Bill to build a second career around the same instinct: helping people directly.

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Are you experiencing “post-election stress disorder”?

November 6, 2026

Feelings of stress and anxiety tied to election results can persist even after the votes are counted, said University of Cincinnati psychiatrist Julia Stimpfl, MD, even though “post-election stress disorder” is not officially recognized as a mental illness. As she recently told Spectrum News 1 Ohio, those feelings can linger even after an election is finalized.

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Returning A&S student finds success, belonging through community science project at PEWS

November 6, 2026

AJ Kmetz, a current Geosciences master's student, decided at 29 he wanted to return to the university he first attended and obtained a Journalism degree in 2016. He started with a bachelor's degree in Geosciences in 2022 and then decided to take it a step further. Kmetz says he wanted to go a different direction with his life, and he wanted to do that with the College of Arts & Sciences.

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NEH grant supports DAAP professor’s research on art

November 5, 2026

UC DAAP art history professor Christopher Platts receives NEH support to research exhibitions and collections of European art in colonial and Revolutionary America and how they inspired the nation’s earliest painters, collectors and cultural institutions.