With the third annual Wine Tasting benefit just three days away, Event Chair Rich Seal and the UC Brain Tumor Center’s leadership team wish to thank our sponsors and to invite those who have not yet signed up to please do so! The event, to be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 24,…
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Contact: Keith Herrell (513) 558-4559 keith.herrell@uc.edu The Cincinnati ShakeUp for Parkinson’s, a fundraiser for the Brian Grant Foundation and the James J. and Joan A. Gardner Family Center for Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders at the UC Neuroscience Institute, will take place Saturday, April 14, at Xavier University’s Cintas Center. The gala evening event, presented…
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Contact: Cindy Starr (513) 558-3505 cstarr@mayfieldclinic.com The 2011 Walk Ahead for a Brain Tumor Cure attracted 1,667 participants and raised $175,144, organizers have announced. The donations bring the 2-year-old event’s cumulative fundraising total to more than $303,000. Proceeds benefit research and education at the Brain Tumor Center at the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute. “The…
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Contact: Cindy Starr (513) 558-3505 cstarr@mayfieldclinic.com Rich Seal, owner of The Wine List and a “Champion” of the UC Brain Tumor Center, is chairing the center’s second annual fundraiser: a wine tasting event scheduled for 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 28, at the CARE/Crawley Building on the UC Academic Health Center Campus at the…
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They came singly, in pairs, and in teams like Holly’s Heroes, Curing with Collin, and Devoted to Darlene. They came with hope and faith, with canes and walkers and wheelchairs. They brought memories. Together, more than 1,600 strong, they walked like one big family, putting their effort and dollars toward a mission to eradicate those…
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Celebrating Research Innovations for an Epilepsy Cure,” the UC Epilepsy Center’s signature fundraising event, drew more than 380 guests and raised nearly $120,000 November 1 at Embers restaurant in Madeira. During a party to remember, supporters of the Epilepsy Center gathered for wine, hors d’oeuvres, camaraderie, and a silent auction that featured fine gifts and142…
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Contact: Keith Herrell 513-558-4559 Keith.Herrell@uc.edu CINCINNATI—Susan Axelrod, President and founding member of Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE), will be a special guest of the UC Epilepsy Center’s November 1 fundraising event. Axelrod, whose oldest child, Lauren, began having uncontrollable seizures at 7 months of age, has made numerous television appearances and wrote a…
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Contact: Cindy Starr (513) 558-3505 cstarr@mayfieldclinic.com CINCINNATI–Cincinnati business leader Ron Koetters and his wife, Florence, were honored at Sunflower Revolution VI festivities on Sept. 12 in Milford, Ohio. They were presented with the “Every Victory Counts Award” by John M. Tew, M.D., Clinical Director of the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute, for their leadership in…
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By Charlie Shor
I have had many adventures in my 57 years, and I have accomplished much. But the main message of my story, which I have been given the opportunity to share, is that anything is possible. If you have... 
She has completed medical school, has won the Flying Pig Marathon and has reached the summit of two of Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks.Today Dr. Alison Delgado is tackling a mountain of a different kind. Step by hard-earned step, word by remembered... 
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There was a time in Alisha’s young life when she was angry at her fate and bitter about her life. “I wondered why this had to happen to me,” she said. Her outlook has changed to one of eagerness and... 
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She has completed medical school, has won the Flying Pig Marathon and has reached the summit of two of Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks.Today Dr. Alison Delgado is tackling a mountain of a different kind. Step by hard-earned step, word by remembered... 
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Laura, a prominent Cincinnati business executive, was enjoying a mountain hike in Montana with fellow trustees from the Dan Beard Council of the Boy Scouts when the group decided...