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Cincinnati Making Waves in Transportation

Associated Content Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Cincinnati has redefined itself over the past decade. Perhaps the most surprising transformation has been of its image.

As Cincinnati moves forward with its plans for a modern streetcar system it joins a new age of mobility with cities like Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis and Denver. But it also looks back onto the days when it first set the standard for urban mobility whether it was the canal system, extensive cable car network, or inclines that defined its transportation role and set the standard for early American cities.

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Once homeless Cincinnati football player now looking towards NFL

Sports Illustrated Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Cincinnati Bearcats star wide receiver Mardy Gilyard has not exactly followed a fairy tale story line. Or has it? After losing his football scholarship in 2006, Gilyard went homeless and worked his way through school and back into the spotlight on the football field.

Gilyard is the emotional leader for the Bearcats who just finished an undefeated regular season and will be heading to the Sugar Bowl to take on the Florida Gators. Following the Sugar Bowl, Gilyard will be eyeing the NFL.

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Business Week ranks DAAP among world's best design schools

Business Week Tuesday, December 01, 2009

BusinessWeek released their special report on the world's best design schools and the University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Architecture, Art & Planning came in as one of the top 30 design schools.

Cincinnati joined the ranks of design programs in London, New York, Milan, Helsinki, Beijing, Hong Kong and more. Since BusinessWeek began its design rankings in 2006, Cincinnati's School of Design has made the list several times. The report looks at the world's best design programs that foster creative techniques in business as inspired by design.

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Scientists succesfully reprogram blood cells

Science Daily Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Scientists at Cincinnati's Children's Hospital Medical Center report that they may have discovered a new approach to molecular gene therapy and a much-needed improved treatment option for children with Hurler's syndrome.

The study released by the research team at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is also the first to demonstrate that developing red blood cells can be used to produce lysosomal enzymes. The lack of this enzyme in children with Hurler syndrome causes progressive tissue damage to organs and the central nervous system which often results in early death.

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Bronx Zoo rhino gets Cincinnati Zoo rhino pregnant without ever meeting

Zoo & Aquarium Visitor Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Maybe it's a sign of the times, but a 20-year age difference and hundreds of miles of separation did not keep Nikki, an 18-year-old female rhino in Cincinnati, from getting pregnant from Vinu, a 38-year-old male rhino from New York.

The pregnancy is important because it represents the first endangered rhino species to become pregnant through artificial insemination of frozen-thawed sperm. The first attempt unfortunately produced a stillborn calf - a common occurrence for Indian rhinos. Not long after though, Nikki was successful on her second attempt.

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University of Cincinnati welcomes new president

WKRC Tuesday, November 10, 2009

The University of Cincinnati welcomed its 27th President last week as Dr. Gregory Williams took over the position previously held by Dr. Nancy Zimpher who left in June to become the Chancellor of the State University of New York.

Dr. Williams said that he has been "overwhelmed" with the response he has gotten so far in Cincinnati. "It could not have gotten any better, but it didn't surprise me because of the warmth I've seen thus far in Cincinnati."

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Ohio's Best Team: Not the Buckeyes

Wall Street Journal Tuesday, October 27, 2009

The University of Cincinnati Bearcats have quickly launched their way into the National Championship picture after coming off of a Big East Championship run last year that put the team into their first Orange Bowl game and this year's impressive start that finds them ranked in the top ten. Now Ohioans have the tough choice of choosing between the perrenially ranked Ohio State Buckeyes and upstart Bearcats.

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Children's Hospital uses patient's own stem cells to grow facial bone in groundbreaking procedure

Reuters Tuesday, October 20, 2009

In a groundbreaking procedure, doctors at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have used stem cells taken from the fat tissue of a 14-year-old and combined them with growth protein and donor tissue to grow viable cheek bones in the teen.

The new procedure is expected to improve the options for surgeons attempting to repair bone deficiencies caused by traumatic injuries or by disease and genetic conditions. It is estimated that 7 million people in the United States suffer from these defects in bone continuity that are so severe repair is often difficult.

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Resurgent Bearcats inspired by bond with young cancer patient

New York Times Tuesday, October 20, 2009

As the Cincinnati Bearcats' football program has surged on to the national scene this year, the team has been quietly motivated by its bond with a young cancer patient they adopted at the beginning of the year.

Players and coaches alike will point to 12-year-old Mitch Stone as the special ingredient to the team's success this year. Stone is a cancer patient and has become the first child to be "adopted" by a Football Bowl Subdivision team through Friends of Jaclyn, which matches pediatric brain tumor patients with sports teams.

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Cincinnati researchers hope they've found gene therapy cure for sickle-cell anemia

Fox 59 Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center may have discovered a way to use gene therapy to cure sickle-cell anemia after a decade of research work.

Using lab animals and human tissue samples, scientists have been able to develop the cutting-edge treatment for a disease that affects 70,000 to 100,000 people in the United States. The hope is to receive federal approval to move forward with human testing next year.

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Ohio's Governor Endorses Legislation Written by UC Law Students

UC News Tuesday, September 29, 2009

University of Cincinnati College of Law students have put together legislation that would help prevent wrongful convictions. The legislation has received the support of Governor Strickland and the Ohio Senate.

If passed, the legislation would require the preservation of DNA evidence in all cases of serious crime, establish a standard that requires the recording of all interrogations from beginning to end in cases of serious crime, require police lineups and eyewitness photo ID procedures to be conducted in double-blind fashion, and expand Ohio's current post-conviction DNA testing law to allow for DNA testing to be done during the parole phase of the justice cycle.

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UC to host international research conference on Berlin Wall

Science News Wire Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, its anniversary will be bolstered by two major events in Cincinnati: an international research conference and the unveiling of a permanent display of a section of the wall in Cincinnati.

The University of Cincinnati has been designated by the German Embassy as one of a select handful of collegiate partners in the "Freedom Without Walls" celebration. The highlight of the UC events will be a research conference entitled, "November 9, 1989 - The Fall of the Berlin Wall, Twenty Years After," which will include presentations from scholars from all over the world.

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Gregory Williams, City College President, to head University of Cincinnati

New York Times Tuesday, September 15, 2009

The University of Cincinnati has selected Gregory Williams, former head of the City College of New York, as its new President after Dr. Nancy Zimpher took the chancellor position with the State University of New York earlier this year.

The City College of New York is considered to be the flagship of the larger City University of New York system which boasts 11 senior colleges. During Dr. Williams' tenure, City College grew 60 percent to over 16,000 students.

In addition, Williams' administration strengthened admission standards at the traditionally diverse institution which counts more than 87 percent of its undergraduate and graduate students from racial minority groups.

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Cincinnati Cheetah breaks speed record

Telegraph Tuesday, September 15, 2009

An eight-year-old cheetah named Sarah from the Cincinnati Zoo broke the speed record for land animals by covering 100 meters in 6.13 seconds. The previous record was held by a South African cheetah which covered the distance in 6.19 seconds in 2001.

The cheetah ran on a specially designed course at the Cincinnati Zoo's Regional Cheetah Breeding Facility and was chasing a lure. The record was set on Sarah's second attempt, although the South African record was also broken on her first.

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Designers create symbols to show way in hospitals

Mercury News Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Design students from the University of Cincinnati, Kent State University, California Polytechnic State University and Iowa State University have designed a series of navigation symbols to help guide immigrants through hospitals.

The symbols resemble the geometric designs representing a person in a wheelchair for handicapped services and the figures of a man and a woman for male and female restrooms. The intent is to create a standardized signage system for all health care systems throughout the world.

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