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UC alum making historic waves

January 23, 2026

Christopher Bak is a UC Lindner alum making history. His gold at the 2025 World Championships was his third win and fifth time medaling overall. Bak’s achievements put him in the running for World Rowing’s Men’s Crew of the Year, a competitive award with only three nominees across the globe. Winners will be announced at the World Rowing Awards hosted at Switzerland’s Olympic Museum on Jan. 24. Not only is Bak in the running, but his coach, a UC faculty member, is nominated as well. Mark Oria, assistant professor of research at the UC College of Medicine, is one of four finalists for World Rowing’s Coach of the Year. The two have been working together since Oria joined the coaching team at UC back in 2017.

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The mind after the storm

January 23, 2026

UC associate professor of counseling and trauma-informed counselor Amanda La Guardia discusses how domestic violence affects the brain, identity and long-term healing on the podcast “Is Anybody Out There?”

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UC alum making historic waves

January 23, 2026

Christopher Bak is a UC Lindner alum making history. His gold at the 2025 World Championships was his third win and fifth time medaling overall. Bak’s achievements put him in the running for World Rowing’s Men’s Crew of the Year, a competitive award with only three nominees across the globe. Winners will be announced at the World Rowing Awards hosted at Switzerland’s Olympic Museum on Jan. 24. Not only is Bak in the running, but his coach, a UC faculty member, is nominated as well. Mark Oria, assistant professor of research at the UC College of Medicine, is one of four finalists for World Rowing’s Coach of the Year. The two have been working together since Oria joined the coaching team at UC back in 2017.

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The mind after the storm

January 23, 2026

UC associate professor of counseling and trauma-informed counselor Amanda La Guardia discusses how domestic violence affects the brain, identity and long-term healing on the podcast “Is Anybody Out There?”

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UC pharmacy alum teaches STEM to students

January 23, 2026

The Dayton Daily News highlighted the journey of University of Cincinnati James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy alumnus Doug Wurtzbacher, who now runs STEM after school programs and camps for students through his business iCode.

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How our universe expands

January 22, 2026

Researchers have mapped the night sky in the most detail yet in a bid to explain the mysteries of dark energy.

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Phil Santoro is empowering the next generation of innovators

January 22, 2026

Phil Santoro built his first computer at 12, launched his first company at 13 and made his first startup exit as a college student. He fulfilled his dream of working for Google and founded a startup studio, Wilbur Labs, that’s built and invested in more than 20 companies.

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Study tests non-opioid treatments for severe post-stroke headaches

January 22, 2026

The University of Cincinnati is a site for a clinical trial testing a new approach to manage severe headaches that occur following subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), a type of stroke that accounts for approximately 10% of all strokes and affects 30,000 Americans each year.

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Cincinnati Ethics Center hosts annual high school competition

January 21, 2026

The Cincinnati Ethics Center will host the fourth annual Greater Cincinnati Regional High School Ethics Bowl Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 24-25, at the University of Cincinnati. Multiple sessions designed to test the ethical reasoning skills of high school students will be held in UC’s Carl H. Lindner College of Business and the UC College of Law.