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Four MacArthur fellows to gather at UC for Genius Lives Here

Event: October 15, 2026 5:00 PM

The University of Cincinnati College of Arts & Sciences will try to answer that question Oct. 15 with Genius Lives Here, convening four recipients of the MacArthur Fellowship — one of the nation's highest honors recognizing exceptional creativity, accomplishment and future potential — for Rehumanizing Labor: Putting People Back at the Center of Work, an interdisciplinary conversation examining how inequality, technology and social change are reshaping work and public life.

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Unlike many parents, children are fearless around AI

September 23, 2026

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati found that children ages 5-10 are enthusiastic about playing with new AI toys but also tend to believe what the AI tells them. Their embrace of AI contrasts with concerns expressed by some of their parents.

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UC expert explains geology of Mammoth Cave

September 21, 2026

UC Associate Professor Dylan Ward and UC geosciences graduate Rachel Bosch joins an episode of OutSCIder Classroom to talk about weathering in caves found in places such as Mammoth Cave National Park.

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AI is going to change all our lives

September 21, 2026

UC College of Arts and Sciences Assistant Professor Kelly Merrill Jr. tells the Columbus Dispatch that AI is becoming engrained in every aspect of health care.

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Parakeet males, females equally likely to fight

September 14, 2026

Researchers from the University of Cincinnati and Duke University studied captive monk parakeets and found that sex has little effect on who starts fights, who is targeted or who rises in the dominance hierarchy, as reported in Integrative & Comparative Biology.