Last Friday’s White Coat Ceremony kicked off a new academic year for the James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy. The faculty/staff esprit de corps was high and the students, their families and friends in the audience clearly enjoyed the ceremony – a great start to the year. JLWCOP enjoyed a surge in Pharm.D. enrollment this fall after expanding its recruitment zone, signing articulation agreements with universities 10 miles from UC and on the other side of the world, and a lot of hard work from Associate Dean for Admissions and Student Affairs Kelly Epplen and her team. The College grew its faculty and staff numbers as well, adding nine new members to the JLWCOP family in 2025 to meet professional and graduate student demand and to move in new research directions. A major goal was realized in that the College now has the people and resources to launch a UC-serving medicinal chemistry core (MCC) facility that will promote cancer drug discovery and development. Opening for business in September 2025, the MCC will allow JLWCOP, UC’s medical school, the UC College of Arts & Sciences, the UC Cancer Center, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and UC Health to collaborate toward discovery and development of novel cancer drug candidates, initiate early-phase clinical trials on campus, and develop new IP via UC’s 1819 Innovation Hub. It’s an exciting time to be a faculty or student cancer researcher at JLWCOP.
March 30, 2026
University of Cincinnati researchers, funded by the NIH, are studying how GLP-1 drugs may help prevent Alzheimer’s disease by analyzing real-world data from patients with mild cognitive impairment. Learn more about this groundbreaking UC Alzheimer’s research.
March 13, 2026
The UC Board of Trustees approved $12 million at its Feb. 24 meeting for the design phase of a new Welcome Gateway Building for Uptown campus.
March 2, 2026
The final 3MT competition brought a full house to Clifton Court Hall and reached standing-room-only capacity, with students, faculty, staff, and community members gathering to support graduate research and vote for the People’s Choice Award.
February 23, 2026
The University of Cincinnati's Daniel Arendt was featured in a Jacksonville news station News4Jax report on the increase in fentanyl overdose deaths in seniors.
February 12, 2026
The University of Cincinnati Alumni Association has announced this year’s recipients of its highest honors for UC alumni. The 2026 honorees include: Vinod K. Dham, CEAS ’77; Thomas D. Cassady, A&S ’76, Hon ’19; Padma Chebrolu, CECH ’92; Ryan C. Marable, PharmD, Phar ’13. Each year, the UC Alumni Association (UCAA) honors a select few of its more than 360,000 alumni based on their career accomplishments and contributions to the university and community, recognizing them during Alumni Week festivities each spring.
February 12, 2026
The University of Cincinnati reached $346 million in sponsored research awards in fiscal year 2025, up 6.6% increase over the previous year. Additionally, funding for clinical trials at UC climbed, with $88 million in industry-sponsored awards and $33 million in federally sponsored awards.
January 23, 2026
The Dayton Daily News highlighted the journey of University of Cincinnati James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy alumnus Doug Wurtzbacher, who now runs STEM after school programs and camps for students through his business iCode.
January 13, 2026
The University of Cincinnati's Kelly Dobos was featured in a BeautyMatter article discussing how European Union regulations on microplastics in cosmetic products are affecting the industry worldwide.
January 8, 2026
The University of Cincinnati's Kelly Dobos was featured in an Allure article discussing the biggest skin-care trends of 2026.