University of Cincinnati News

People may imagine mammoths and mastodons as enormous beasts that roamed the vast North American continent more than 10,000 years ago.

Dr. LaTrice Montgomery, assistant professor in the Counseling and Substance Abuse Counseling programs at the University of Cincinnati, was recently selected to participate in a three-year, National Institute on Drug Abuse training program called Learning for Early Careers in Addiction and Diversity .

Aaron Blair, the new chief executive of the Downtown Fresno Partnership, is pictured in front of one of the many sculptures on the west end of the Fulton Mall on July 24, 2014.

LaVon Williams' art, commissioned by the First African Foundation, will be given to the first two recipients of the William E. Thomas Music Awards: Clarence "Duke" Madison and William B. Ray.

Before the birth of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970, pollution and litter plagued America.

It was only a small step in the long road to recovery, but the Ohio woman has been out of bed for the first time since she was critically hurt when a rock smashed the windshield of a car on Interstate 80. Sharon Budd, 52, remains in a medically induced coma , but nurses at the Geisinger Medical Center near Danville helped her into a reclining chair ... (more)

Soon after Ted Strickland was elected Governor of Ohio in 2006, he announced that he would rely on the expertise of the KnowledgeWorks foundation to "help shape his administration's education agenda."

With the official opening of Metro 's Uptown Transit District, Metro and community leaders celebrated a new way to better connect Metro riders.

Has it really been 52 years? Yes. The Macy's Music Festival has been a must for Tri-State music lovers and drawn thousands of people to the region for that long.

CINCINNATI, July 24 -- University of Cincinnati's Academic Health Center issued the following news release: Thomas Herzog, MD, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine alumnus, will be the new clinical director of the UC Cancer Institute, effective Aug. 1. He replaces Franklin Smith, MD, who is leaving to become vice-president for medical ... (more)

Mayor John Cranley today announced the creation of a 78-person task force that will work toward making Cincinnati "the most immigrant-friendly city in the country."

Over half of patients being seen in the clinic for a diagnosed brain tumor have metastatic cancer, which has no treatment and detrimental outcomes in most cases.

Treatment of HIV patients co-infected with the hepatitis C virus with an anti-retroviral drug therapy not only tackles HIV, but also reduces HCV replication, according to a new study led by a University of Cincinnati researcher.

Metro's Uptown Transit District is located in the area of the University of Cincinnati and the University Hospital district.

A new study at the University of Cincinnati shows a surprisingly high number of undiagnosed acute, or new, HIV cases in emergency departments, even in areas where HIV is relatively uncommon.

Jazz fans looking for new homes Jazz presenters around town are trying to offer the full range of the great American music Check out this story on cincinnati.com: http://cin.ci/1mFPENH Bassist Mike Scharfe has been booking local jazz groups into the Historic Canal Room at Washington Platform on Fridays and Saturdays.

For patients infected with both HIV and hepatitis C, HIV antiretroviral therapy may help control both viruses, a small study suggests.

American representing the USA in "Finals" of New Wave: International Competition to find the best NEW POP STAR.

Their scruffy beards weren't ironic, but there are reasons mammoths and mastodons could have been the hipsters of the Ice Age.

In a story July 22 about the death of author Thomas Berger, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the main character in his novel "Little Big Man" fought with the Cherokees at the Battle of Little Big Horn.