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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, PhD, A&S '90, '94, Professor and Integrative Health and Performance Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, College of Medicine.
 

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Health News from UC

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How do horses whinny?

February 26, 2026

A horse makes the low-pitched part of its whinny by vibrating its vocal cords — similar to how humans speak and sing — and the high-pitched part by whistling with its voice box, according to a new paper published in the journal Current Biology and featured in Smithsonian magazine.

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UC receives grant for AI use in medical education

February 26, 2026

The University of Cincinnati is turning to artificial intelligence to help solve a problem in medical training. The College of Medicine was awarded a grant valued at more than $1 million to use AI in advanced physician training through personalized learning.

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New study links gut makeup to celiac disease development

February 25, 2026

Specific genetic architecture in the gut microbial ecosystem can shape microbial composition in ways that are potentially relevant to the pathogenesis of celiac disease, according to a study published this month in Nature Genetics.

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Hoxworth celebrates spring with two limited-edition donor tees

February 25, 2026

Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati, is celebrating the season of renewal in a big way by giving donors twice the opportunity to make a lifesaving impact. As winter fades and signs of new life begin to bloom, Hoxworth is celebrating the new season and the holiday of luck with two special thank-you gifts for donors.

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Can coal make a comeback?

February 24, 2026

Bloomberg Law speaks with Joseph Tomain, Dean Emeritus and Wilbert and Helen Ziegler Professor of Law at UC, about the federal government's push to promote use of coal plants for energy generation.


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.

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Jennifer Theiss

Senior Director, Alumni Engagement, College of Medicine

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