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A policy change could make it easier to fire federal workers

May 24, 2025

The Conversation cites the work of Joseph Tomain, Dean Emeritus and Professor Law, at the University of Cincinnati in a recent online article. Tomain, co-authored the book, How Government Built America, with Sidney Shapiro, professor at Wake Forest University.

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A toothy debate

May 23, 2025

UC mosasaur expert Takuya Konishi talks to the Globe & Mail about how scientists use dentition to determine whether fossil specimens represent new species of mosasaurs.

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UC Cybersecurity experts weigh in on the threat of hacking groups

May 23, 2025

When a ransomware attack on Kettering Health made national headlines, local outlets turned to University of Cincinnati’s cyber experts for context and scope regarding the developing story. Richard Harknett, PhD, and Jacques Bou Abdo, Phd, explained to the media what drives ransomware attacks, why health institutions are a common target and what to look out for as a customer.

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UC engineering student's painting displayed in the Met

May 22, 2025

Ava Collins, a University of Cincinnati architectural engineering student, has always had a passion for art, thriving in her advanced art classes in high school. While she was preparing to begin her undergraduate program at UC, she received the news that one of her pieces was selected to be displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, or the Met, the largest art museum in the Americas.

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UC researcher's study finds link between childhood trauma, homelessness

May 22, 2025

Experiencing hardships including domestic violence, discrimination, high levels of violent crime in a community or chronic poverty as a child could make a person more likely to become homeless. The more adverse childhood experiences that a person has, the higher the risk could be. That's according to research from Edson Chipalo, PhD, an assistant professor in the University of Cincinnati's College of Allied Health Sciences. The study was published recently in the journal Child Indicators Research.

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CCM welcomes tenor Jeffrey Springer to voice faculty

May 22, 2025

UC College-Conservatory of Music Dean Pete Jutras has announced the appointment of Jeffrey Springer, DMA, as CCM's new Associate Professor of Voice. His faculty appointment officially begins on Aug. 15, 2025. Springer has earned international acclaim for his powerful performances across Europe and North America, gracing stages such as the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Florida Grand Opera, Angers-Nantes Opéra, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Manitoba Opera, Deutsches Nationaltheater Mannheim, Oper Krefeld-Mönchengladbach, Staatsoper Saxony-Anhalt, National Touring Opera of the Netherlands, Opera Siam and Teatro de Navarra, among others.

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UC mentor program hosts laptop giveaway

May 22, 2025

Students from the University of Cincinnati's College of Medicine recently gathered for a night of celebration as they reunited with the children they have been mentoring through the UC Med Mentors program. The event marked the end of the school year for Cincinnati Public Schools and included the distribution of laptops to the kids as they head into summer break.