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Spider’s visual trickery can fool AI

July 16, 2025

Jumping spiders so closely resemble wasps that their images fool artificial intelligence. Biologists say the mimicry might help males capture the attention of mates.

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Spider’s visual trickery can fool AI

July 16, 2025

Jumping spiders so closely resemble wasps that their images fool artificial intelligence. Biologists say the mimicry might help males capture the attention of mates.

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Two UC faculty named UNESCO chairs

July 15, 2025


Two University of Cincinnati professors who study environmental science and risk management were appointed to four-year terms as UNESCO university chairs of natural sciences.

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What is chemistry?

July 15, 2025

Chemistry is a versatile major that allows students to dip their toes into all professions related to science while completing their undergraduate degree.

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New Dungeons & Dragons ethics seminar takes flight

July 7, 2025

On a blisteringly hot summer day, laughter echoed through the cool, damp basement of the Avondale branch of the Cincinnati Public Library. Young teenagers huddled around a table littered with pencils and paper, rolling dice and bonding over a game of Dungeons & Dragons. University of Cincinnati undergraduate student Charitha Anamala sat behind a trifold card with a blazing red dragon on it, serving as the group’s Dungeon Master (DM) or campaign organizer. Within the fantasy setting she described, it was hard to tell the adventure was a lesson in ethics.

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UC language studies program adopts new technologies

July 7, 2025

Cultural immersion is a tried-and-true method for teaching languages. U.S. students travel abroad—to Europe, Latin America, Asia and beyond to take a deep dive into the customs, mores, daily life and conversational language that can be challenging to master from home. For those students who can't take advantage of the study-abroad experience, there's another option to gain the same learnings. At UC, the Curricular Enhancement, Development, Access and Research Language Resource Center (CEDAR) has developed a curriculum that features virtual reality (VR) technology to give students a similar opportunity right in the classroom.

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Distinguished UC professor receives career achievement...

July 3, 2025

The College of Arts and Sciences Research Professor Gail Fairhurst was awarded an International Communications Association (ICA) Career Achievement Award. The Steve Chaffee Career Achievement Award goes to theoretical development or research related to communication studies. The ICA created the award in 2000 for its namesake, Steven H. Chaffee, who was a trailblazing scholar in journalism and communications academia.

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Pint-size pioneer ‘Dora the Explorer’ celebrates her 25th

July 2, 2025

Erynn Casanova, head of the Department of Sociology at the University of Cincinnati who conducted early research on Latino representation in children’s television, was cited in an Associated Press (AP) article on the role "Dora the Explorer" played in popular culture.

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AI advancements give hackers new ways to launch cyberattacks

June 30, 2025

Advancements in technology such as artificial intelligence give cyber criminals more ways to exploit data. The Dayton Daily News looked to University of Cincinnati’s Richard Harknett, PhD, for context on the recent influx of cyberattacks. Harknett is co-director of the Ohio Cyber Range Institute, chair of the Center for Cyber Strategy and Policy and director of UC’s School of Public and International Affairs.

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Shifting Forces: The evolving debate around dark energy

June 27, 2025

In an article in Undark Magazine, a new device has the scientific community questioning whether established theories on dark energy are still valid. Science philosopher Melissa Jaquart weighs in on how methods and long held beliefs challenge the status quo.

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