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
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
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
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
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
When John McCullough was five years old, he watched astronaut Neil Armstrong's historic moon landing on television and his lifelong fascination with space was born. As a teen, he knew that aerospace engineers worked on the NASA space program, so he set out to become one. The University of Cincinnati's well-regarded aerospace engineering program was an easy choice for his college studies. He was recently honored with the Herman Schneider Distinguished Alumni Award.
December 3, 2024
Info-Tech Research Group recently named UC Vice President & Chief Digital Officer Bharath Prabhakaran a 2024 CIO Award winner in the Large and Enterprise Organization Division.
December 3, 2024
Neil Holsing has been appointed the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine’s senior associate dean for operations and finance and chief administrative officer of UC Physicians Inc., effective Jan. 1, 2025.
December 3, 2024
WLWT highlighted a University of Cincinnati Cancer Center clinical trial exploring whether personalized mRNA vaccines are effective at reducing lung cancer recurrence.
December 3, 2024
WLWT segment features a recent induction ceremony for students in UC's Marian Spencer Scholarship Program. The scholarship was first announced in fall 2021 and was made possible by a large donation by 1988 graduate Jim Goetz and university investment. The Spencer Scholarship is for high-achieving Cincinnati Public School graduates and includes full tuition, room and board, a service abroad trip to Tanzania and many more opportunities.
December 3, 2024
While the holiday season can be filled with joy, it can also be hectic and stressful. Savoring transforms positive moments into transient positive emotions and prolongs these emotions, which contributes to enduring psychological well-being.
December 2, 2024
In 2021, the Association for Women of Color in Engineering (AWOCE) was formed at the University of Cincinnati with the mission of providing an inclusive space and voice for women-identifying engineers of color. Since then, the student group has built a strong foundation, and it's membership and impact continue to grow.
December 2, 2024
United Press International, Yahoo News and MSN highlighted research from the University of Cincinnati's Daniel Arendt in a story on the rise of harm reduction vending machines across the country.
December 2, 2024
By bolstering an already significant commitment, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine alumnus Steven Edelstein, MD, ’89, has elevated his Dr. Steven Edelstein Medical Student Endowment Scholarship Fund, established to further support generations of aspiring physicians.