December 10, 2024

Volatility has been a characteristic of cryptocurrency markets, which a report from PiP World attributed in part to low financial literacy rates among cryptocurrency owners, Cointelegraph reported. However, a University of Cincinnati survey, conducted by the Cryptoeconomics Lab at UC Digital Futures, found cryptocurrency owners score higher than non-cryptocurrency owners in financial literacy.

December 10, 2024

University of Cincinnati Cancer Center experts will present abstracts at the 66th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition Dec. 7-10 in San Diego.

December 9, 2024

UC will celebrate a record fall commencement Friday at Fifth Third Arena.

December 9, 2024

Increasing brand awareness for your startup is crucial to its long-term growth. Charles Matthews, professor of entrepreneurship and strategy at UC’s Carl H. Lindner College of Business, helps break down five ways to get the word out about your company.

December 9, 2024

With holiday shopping underway and people looking to score deals, a University of Cincinnati professor offered five tips for shoppers to protect themselves online. Zag ElSayed, PhD, an assistant professor in UC’s School of Information Technology, said the most common risks shoppers encounter online are phishing, malware, identity theft and credit card fraud. These can lead to financial loss, compromised personal information and emotional distress.

December 6, 2024

Microsoft has joined the 1819 Innovation Hub at the University of Cincinnati, as reported by the Cincinnati Business Courier.

December 6, 2024

UC alum Ann Villalobos was undecided about joining the university’s PhD program in chemistry in 1985. She had graduated from the University of the Philippines—her home country—and gone on to the Tokyo Institute of Technology. She was looking for her next academic step when UC came onto her radar. Moving a world away to Cincinnati to further her education took some convincing for Villalobos. But she was intrigued by what the program had to offer. “I applied to the PhD program at the department of chemistry because the professors collaborate with each other to have a more meaningful, integrated research,” she said. After application, she was accepted. But she wasn’t totally convinced quite yet.

December 6, 2024

News media highlight a paper co-written by UC physicists that outlines the next 10 years of research into some of the tiniest known particles. Upcoming experiments could unlock secrets to the origins of the universe.

December 6, 2024

A prediction market was more accurate in forecasting the 2024 presidential election than traditional polls and pundits. The potential displayed by that success in forecasting the election, along with an administration friendlier to cryptocurrencies, could lead to greater adoption for them, a University of Cincinnati economist said. Michael Jones, PhD, a Carl H. Lindner College of Business assistant professor of economics and director of the Cryptoeconomics Lab at UC Digital Futures, said the success of a blockchain-based prediction market, Polymarket, in predicting the outcome of the election showed that cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies have more potential than just investments.

December 6, 2024

The University of Cincinnati's Kelly Dobos was featured in a New York Times article discussing the latest knowledge on the effects of the carcinogen benzene in personal care products.

December 6, 2024

The University of Cincinnati’s Ishita Basu, PhD, has been awarded an $810,000 United States Department of Defense grant to conduct a pilot clinical trial testing early electrical brain stimulation to accelerate cognitive recovery after moderate traumatic brain injury.

December 5, 2024

Caitlin Fanello, fifth-year environmental engineering student at the University of Cincinnati, is motivated by the possibility of making a difference in the world. Of the many diverse paths students can take in environmental engineering, Fanello chose to focus her studies on water, including water resources and water treatment.

December 5, 2024

Through a ReSource Impact grant from Hamilton County Recycling, the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine is launching a program to recycle expanded polystyrene (EPS), including styrofoam and plastic foam packaging.

December 5, 2024

University of Cincinnati Professor Alexandre Sousa in a new paper outlined the next 10 years of global research into the behavior of neutrinos, particles so tiny that they pass through virtually everything by the trillions every second at nearly the speed of light.

December 5, 2024

The University of Cincinnati Cancer Center’s Alique Topalian, PhD, was recently named to OncoDaily’s 100 Influential Women in Oncology list.

December 4, 2024

Each year, BroadwayWorld recognizes excellence in regional theater through its online awards. This year, CCM students, faculty and productions received a total of 58 nominations across nearly every category for the Cincinnati Awards, once again proving that CCM is a leader in the local arts scene.

December 4, 2024

The Frisch’s Big Boy chain could be forced to close more restaurants, which can in part be traced back to the sale-leaseback transaction by the company, University of Cincinnati Real Estate Center Executive Director Carl Goertemoeller told WCPO.

December 4, 2024

UC Assistant Professor-Educator Teri Jacobs says people don't have to choose between buying a real or artificial Christmas tree. There are more sustainable options.