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BEARCATS/Health: Nature as Medicine Webinar
Wednesday, April 15
Noon-1p.m. ET.
Virtual
Join us for an engaging, evidence-based session exploring the health benefits of nature, featuring a guided virtual forest immersion designed to help you relax, restore, and reconnect from wherever you are.
Learn how spending time in nature supports both physical and mental well-being, and leave with practical, easy-to-use strategies for incorporating moments of nature into your everyday life. Whether you live near a park, have access to a small green space, or want to bring elements of the natural world into your home or workplace, this session offers tools you can use right away. Featured Speaker: Barbara Walker, Ph.D., Professor and Integrative Health and Performance Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, College of Medicine.
View the UC Alumni Association BEARCATS/Health YouTube playlist of past virtual event recordings.
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The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine has received a four-year, $1.1 million grant to explore using artificial intelligence and personalized learning to improve physician education.
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The University of Cincinnati's Joseph Broderick, MD, was featured in a U.S. News & World Report article commenting on new research being presented at the International Stroke Conference that found stroke survivors might benefit from electromagnetic pulses that stimulate their brains and spur on their recovery.
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University of Cincinnati researchers are presenting research at the International Stroke Conference 2026 in New Orleans Feb. 4-6.
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The University of Cincinnati Cancer Center's Ian Paquette and patient Patty Goering were featured in a Jacksonville television station News4Jax report on nonsurgical options to treat colorectal cancer.
BEARCATS/Health events are open to all University of Cincinnati alumni, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, or any other class or status protected by applicable law.
Senior Director, Alumni Engagement, College of Medicine
