UC ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Greek Warrior’s Grave, Rings of Power University Communications October 2016 thru January 2017 Presented by: University Communications October 2016 thru January 2017 The excerpts presented here are select examples of local, national and international coverage due to efforts and contributions by the Division of Governmental Relations and University Communications and the Academic Health Center Office of Public Relations. Gregory J. Vehr Vice President for Governmental Relations & University Communications HIGHLIGHTED COVERAGE Hyperloop UC .........................................................................................................................................2 Brain Harm in College Football Players ...............................................................................................6 Diet’s Impact on Migraines ...................................................................................................................12 Life Before Oxygen ................................................................................................................................16 UC Archaeologists Find: Rings of Power ................................................................................... 18 Neville Pinto Named UC’s 30th President ...........................................................................................24 Nanoparticles and Breast Cancer Treatment .....................................................................................29 Jumping Spiders Court in Color ............................................................................................................32 Pink Snow: Some Algae Like It Cold .....................................................................................................36 B University Communications University of Cincinnati ‘Time is Brain’: Startup Sense Diagnostics Races to EcoAlert: “When the Antarctic Ice Sheet Starts Develop Technology to Save Cognitive Function Deteriorating, It’s Not That Easy to Get It Back” OCT. 15, 2016 OCT. 12, 2016 A team of four doctors at the University of Cincinnati invented the “Prior to this study, it was unclear if atmospheric carbon dioxide technology that Sense Diagnostics is developing, which uses radio increased during the termination of the Miocene Mi-1 glaciation, frequency sensors to detect changes in the brain. a factor critical to ending glaciations,” said Aaron Diefendorf, a paleoclimatologist at the University of Cincinnati. “This new study will provide Earth scientists new information to study this glaciation and provide a new framework to approach other glaciations and events in Earth’s past.” History of Headache Disorders May Increase Hypothyroidism Risk: Study OCT. 11, 2016 People who suffer from headache disorders, such as migraines and Gay Men Are Still Hiding Their Sexuality At Work, cluster headaches, are at greater risk of developing hypothyroidism, according to a University of Cincinnati College of Medicine study. Study Says OCT. 12, 2016 This sort of “conscious manipulation” is a reality for many gay men in the working world, according to recent research. Released by the University of Cincinnati, it analyzed the strategies some gay men adopt University of Cincinnati Business School Receives to “manage their gendered and sexual identity” in the workplace. In $11 Million other words, what they wear, say and do in the office to conceal the fact they are gay, in order to avoid “negative consequences” from their co- OCT. 10, 2015 workers. The University of Cincinnati Foundation has announced an $11 million gift to the Carl H. Lindner College of Business from the family of the college’s namesake and American Financial Group, Inc. Going Off the Trail: Ohio Might Not Vote for the President This Year… and What That Means for Politics How and When to Grow Your Company’s OCT. 14, 2016 Accounting Function “We’ve never been a competitive state because we perfectly match the OCT. 11, 2016 demographic of the nation. We’re a competitive state because we have Unfortunately, fraud in small businesses is rampant. According to no dominant culture, we have no dominant city,” said David Niven, a a University of Cincinnati survey, more than 60 percent of small political science professor at the University of Cincinnati. businesses experience employee fraud and theft. These periodic checks will protect your business and remove temptation from your employees. Scientists Discovered Surprising Benefits Of Wrongfully Convicted Speak at Ohio Innocence Praying OCT. 14, 2016 Project Program A National Institutes of Health research report found that individuals OCT. 11, 2016 who pray every day are 40 percent more likely to have an improvement To date, 24 people have obtained their release from prison with the help in blood pressure than those without a regular prayer practice. Also, a of the Ohio Innocence Project at the University of Cincinnati’s College 2011 study from the University of Cincinnati showed that individuals of Law. with asthma who pray and meditate regularly have fewer and less severe symptoms than those who had not. University of Cincinnati University Communications 1 HYPERLOOP UC Hyperloop Pod Race Kicks Off at SpaceX Headquarters JAN. 28, 2017 Hyperloop Model Achieves Quarter-Inch of Magnetic Levitation OCT. 20, 2016 Student-Designed Hyperloop Pod Demonstrates Magnetic Levitation OCT. 21, 2016 Levitation Force: Working Hyperloop Pod Hovers for the First Time Prototype of Elon Musk’s OCT. 26, 2016 Hyperloop Train Takes Off ne small hover for man, one giant levitation for mankind. It was only a OCT. 22, 2016 Oquarter of an inch, but a team from the University of Cincinnati got their sizable Hyperloop pod prototype to hover above the tracks in front of a cheering crowd. Hyperloop Model Achieves Quarter-Inch of Magnetic Levitation OCT. 21, 2016 2 University Communications University of Cincinnati Uni Students Float into Here Are Some of the Hyperloop Študenti Ukázali Levitujúcu Hyperloop Finals With Pods to Compete on SpaceX’s Kapsulu Hyperloop, Pripravujú Levitating Prototype 1-Mile Hyperloop Test Track sa na Súťaž Elon Musk OCT. 21, 2016 OCT. 20, 2016 OCT. 26, 2016 A SpaceX Hyperloop Design Long-Awaited Hyperloop The Future of Travel Is Here: By University Of Cincinnati Pod Demonstrates Magnetic Watch a Hyperloop Pod Students Works On Magnetic Levitation Designed By Students Levitate OCT. 20, 2016 Levitation for the First Time OCT. 25, 2016 OCT. 25, 2016 Student-Designed Hyperloop Watch a Hyperloop Prototype Pod Demonstrates Magnetic Watch: Here’s a Hyperloop Pod Pod Achieve Magnetic Levitation Levitation Levitating for the First Time for the First Time OCT. 20, 2016 OCT. 22, 2016 OCT. 25, 2016 Students Create Hyperloop Hyperloop Pod Hovers for the Prototype to Enter Final of Elon Hyperloop Pods Which Can First Time Musk’s Challenge Travel at 760 mph Could Cut OCT. 25, 2016 OCT. 20, 2016 Journey Time From New York to LA to Just 3 Hours OCT. 25, 2016 The Science of a Hyperloop Pod Video: Watch Prototype JAN. 26, 2017 Hyperloop Hover Engines Levitate Prototyp av Hyperloop Svävar OCT. 21, 2016 för Första Gången OCT. 26, 2016 University of Cincinnati University Communications 3 University of Cincinnati | Earned Media Coverage Air Force Research Lab Focusing on Human Performance Technologies OCT. 19, 2016 There’s a Lot of American in Ohio: Why Ohio is a AFRL’s human performance wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Bellwether State Base in Ohio in 2015 conducted the first successful human trials of a OCT. 17, 2016 usable sweat sensor prototype, according to the Air Force. The team collaborated with researchers from the University of Cincinnati to David Niven, assistant professor of political science at the University of develop the sensor. Cincinnati, believes that Ohio holds its bellwether position because its population is an amalgam. Cincinnati’s Rental Market Soon will be One of the Next Lives Here Innovation Summit Brings Hottest in the Nation Together Big Business and Cincinnati’s Startup OCT. 24, 2016 Scene “Nationally there’s more of a push toward renting with millennials, and that is going to put some pressure on the available rental stock,” says OCT. 18, 2016 Christopher Auffrey, associate professor of Planning at the University Next Lives Here Innovation Summit is an entrepreneurship event hosted of Cincinnati. “Even though some may have looked at ownership, they by the University of Cincinnati. It’s organized with help from UC prefer to live in these hip neighborhoods and rent.” Innovate, a student group that encourages the development of campus leaders. How ADHD in Youths Signals Impending Rise of Bipolar Disorder UC Study Looks at ADHD Treatment in Teens at OCT. 19, 2016 Risk for Bipolar Disorder The researchers at University of Cincinnati will reportedly use a OCT. 18, 2016 Magnetic Resonance Imaging or MRI to examine the effects of the A study at the University of Cincinnati will look at brain changes in ADHD treatment on the brain structure and function in youths with a adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, known as first-degree relative who has bipolar disorder. ADHD, before and after treatment with medication. UC Approves $21 Million for Campus Upgrades Five Things to Watch for in the Final Presidential OCT. 19, 2016 Debate The University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees approved $21 million OCT. 19, 2016 in funding on Oct. 18 for three projects on the university’s Uptown After months of a vitriolic campaign and two bruising debates, what’s campus.