How a compound becomes a drug
May 9, 2022
Over decades of ups and downs, the hard work of University of Cincinnati alumnus John Drach paid off when the FDA approved a new drug he helped develop to treat cytomegalovirus.
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Young, gifted and Black
April 4, 2022
A Seat at the Table content series looks to explore the experiences and identities of diverse student populations at UC while shedding light on support, resources and opportunities available at the university.
A milestone centennial
March 8, 2021
In 1920, UC became the first university in the nation to open cooperative education — founded at UC in 1906 — to women.
Remotely possible
When did the COVID-19 pandemic first make an impact on your life? March 10? That was the day the University of Cincinnati decided to change something it has excelled at for 200 years. Teaching. Educating. That day UC announced that all lectures in classrooms, experiments in labs or designing in studios would be suspended. Students started what was expected to be just an extended spring break, but then 12 days later all courses had gone virtual to protect the university community and stop the virus’s spread.
Championing science amid adversity
University of Cincinnati epidemiologist Diego Cuadros is used to telling people what they don’t want to hear. The assistant professor runs the Health Geography and Disease Modeling Lab in UC’s College of Arts and Sciences, where he studies global topics such as HIV, malaria and, this year, COVID-19. He condenses data into easy-to-follow maps that predict the future with uncanny accuracy.
Bridging the divide
It’s been said that one should never discuss religion and politics in polite conversation. Similarly, race and gender have long been considered taboo topics best avoided to prevent conflict. That strategy might work at some dinner tables, but for a group of University of Cincinnati women, tackling tough conversations, challenging perspectives and being vulnerable are the keys to growth and understanding.
Social justice through medicine
Carl Fichtenbaum, a professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and one of the leaders in UC’s efforts to combat COVID-19, is still going to protest marches as his passion for social justice, personally and profession- ally, burns as brightly as ever.
Traffic of tomorrow
June 10, 2020
More driverless cars. More networked roads. More naps. UC is helping change how we drive.
Good neighbors, better partners
June 10, 2020
UC, Cincinnati Public Schools work together to create something special at a new school.
Role Reversal
June 10, 2020
UC breast cancer surgeon Beth Shaughnessy learns firsthand what it’s like to overcome cancer and keeps kindness and positivity at the center of her healing
Hope after hate
June 10, 2020
UC professor and Emmy Award-winning journalist shares her father’s Holocaust survival story with lessons to inspire action against hatred and bigotry today.
The dosing effect of hope
September 6, 2019
UC researcher helps lead the fight to end the scourge of suicide.
Nourishing a community
September 6, 2019
UC has invested $100,000 in Cincinnati nonprofits to commemorate the Bicentennial's impact in the community.
Lessons in love
September 6, 2019
The nonprofit Village Life Outreach Project has sent hundreds of volunteers from UC to three remote villages in East Africa since it started 15 years ago, an effort that has deeply impacted countless lives on both sides of the world.