A University of Cincinnati researcher has received a multimillion-dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health amid the partial funding freeze caused by a block imposed by the Trump administration. The NIH has awarded a $2.1 million grant to UC College of Medicine researcher Temugin Berta for his work studying chronic pain at a cellular level.

Chief nursing officers from across Greater Cincinnati gathered at UC’s 1819 Innovation Hub to celebrate the profession’s many contributions and to highlight the potential for cutting-edge healthcare advances.

After earning both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering, working for several years in industry, and ultimately being laid off due to the pandemic, Kara Stall made the decision to return to academia to pursue her doctoral degree. Her journey to the University of Cincinnati was facilitated by her former undergraduate advisor connecting her with her current PhD advisor. Upon her arrival, she wasted no time getting involved in the UC community, serving as a TA for five courses in the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management, serving on the executive board of the Civil Engineering Graduate Student Association, and was recently named Graduate Student Engineer of the Month by the College of Engineering and Applied Science.

UC officials opened new space for the Bearcats Pantry and Resource Center with a grand reopening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, Feb. 25. The new pantry space is on the main floor of Stratford Heights, Building 16, on the Uptown campus.

John Leverso, assistant professor of criminology, in the College of Education, Criminal Justice and Human Services, is the author of a research based article in "The Conversation." Leverso cotends that the return of harsh sentencing in the U.S. penal system is counter productive, citing personal experience as an example of the benefit of early release.

The University of Cincinnati's Eva Mistry was featured in a Spectrum News story discussing how stroke awareness can save lives in light of a new bill introduced in the Ohio Legislature to designate the first week of May as Stroke Awareness Week.