University of Cincinnati

Student shoots himself in Roman Catholic school in Cincinnati

2013-04-29 12:43:00

A student at a Cincinnati parochial school was in critical condition after he pulled out a gun in a classroom and shot himself in an apparent suicide attempt, officials said. The youth, who has not been named, was taken to the University of Cincinnati...

Elwood Jensen dies at 92; his research spurred cancer treatments

2013-01-05 00:00:00

Elwood Jensen, a medical researcher whose ground-breaking work in the field of endocrinology and breast cancer led to revolutionary and life-saving treatments, died of complications from pneumonia on Dec. 16 in suburban Cincinnati, the University of...

Tennessee hires Butch Jones as its new coach

2012-12-07 06:43:00

Tennessee has a new football coach: Cincinnati's Butch Jones. The university has scheduled a news conference for 11:30 a.m. PST on Friday to announce the hiring, which was first reported by VolQuest.com. A few minutes after the news was first...

Dr. Thomas Szasz dies at 92; psychiatrist who attacked profession

2012-09-17 00:00:00

Dr. Thomas Szasz, the New York psychiatrist whose Don Quixote-like attacks on the psychiatric profession in the 1960s and 1970s led him to a position of prominence and influence before his radical ideas fell into disrepute and he faded into obscurity, has...

Book review: 'The Receptionist' by Janet Groth leaves tales untold

2012-06-24 00:00:00

Janet Groth had big plans when she came to the New Yorker. A graduate of the University of Minnesota, she began as a receptionist at the magazine in 1957, after telling E.B. White (yes, that E.B. White) that she had deliberately avoided learning how to...

The anthrax killings: A troubled mind

2011-05-29 16:27:00

He roamed the University of Cincinnati campus with a loaded gun. When his rage overflowed, the brainy microbiology major would open fire inside empty buildings, visualizing a wall clock or other object as a person who had done him wrong. By the mid-...

Put your stress on vacation

2011-05-30 00:00:00

Got stress? If you answered no, hooray for you! (And, by the way, what planet are you from?) But if you answered yes (like any normal member of the human race), you're likely heartened by the arrival of vacation season. Just the ticket for a little...

Patt Morrison Asks: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -- still hooked

2012-03-24 00:00:00

Only his number is retired — 33, in the Lakers' purple and gold that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wore to glory on the basketball court. The rest of him is still working away, most recently on his latest book. At UCLA, in blue and gold, Abdul-Jabbar was a...

Food companies sign up for war on salt

2010-05-17 00:00:00

For decades, people have been ignoring advice to eat less salt — in large part because it's hard to avoid. Processed and restaurant foods are simply loaded with sodium. Now, under growing pressure from doctors, consumers, states, advocacy groups...

Reading between the lines on shampoo bottles

2010-10-31 00:00:00

Lather, rinse, repeat. We all do it. Whether it's with a product that's foamy and fragrant or runny and medicinal, green and pearlescent or clear and perfume-free, Americans spend $1.4 billion on shampoo annually, according to SymphonyIRI Group, a...

With children and food allergy diagnoses, thoroughness is key

2010-12-27 10:48:00

More and more kids these days seem to have food allergies, and peanut-free classrooms are becoming the norm in many elementary schools. In trying to characterize the apparent increase, scientists have identified two distinct trends. The first is that...

Sports Legend Revealed: The Philadelphia Warriors drafted Wilt Chamberlain while he was still in high school

2010-08-31 16:33:17

Matthew Wagner has joined Ghafari Associates as manager of structural engineering in Chicago. He comes to Ghafari from Walter P Moore, where he served as a principal, chaired the construction administration task force and led the design of numerous projects.

2012-11-28 22:41:00

Lisa A. Dunsky has joined Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP as a partner in its financial services practice. She formerly served as executive director and associate general counsel at CME Group Inc. She regularly worked with the U.S.

2012-11-18 13:23:00

She served as the project architect for the Kingsgate Conference Center at the University of Cincinnati, along with the 2.9 million sq. ft. South Building expansion at McCormick Place in Chicago.

2012-08-29 08:25:00