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Students from Rochester School for the Deaf work alongside faculty mentors in Wilmot Cancer Institute’s Future Deaf Scientists program

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Jan 23 2025

Markey to launch summer science program for deaf high school students

The UK Markey Cancer Center has been selected as one of five cancer centers nationwide to participate in an innovative program that introduces deaf high school students to careers in cancer research and health care.

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Jan 23 2025
Engineering tomorrow: Morris’ path in STEM, passion for mentoring the next generation

Ashley Morris, a principal research engineer at the UK Center for Applied Energy Research and part of the Carbon Materials Research Group, is among a new generation of women engineers who are paving the way for women in science.
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Jan 22 2025
Call for proposals: Commonwealth Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Fellowship

The UK Office of Undergraduate Research is accepting proposals for the 2025 Commonwealth Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Fellowship. The fellowship provides a $5,000 stipend for the Summer 2025 term.
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Jan 22 2025
Call for proposals: Sustainability Summer Research Fellowship

The UK Office of Undergraduate Research is accepting proposals for the 2025 Sustainability Summer Research Fellowship. The fellowship provides a $5,000 stipend for the Summer 2025 term.
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Jan 22 2025
Medical Center Library Spring 2025 Research Workshop Series Kicks Off Jan. 22

Held on Zoom, the virtual seminars help students, faculty, and staff improve and expand their research skills and make more efficient use of library resources.

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Jan 21 2025
UK College of Medicine student earns top award in national brain video contest

Blending a passion for research with creativity, University of Kentucky College of Medicine student Joshua Moses recently won a national video award highlighting the blood-brain barrier.
Dec 6 2024
People Behind Our Research: Alison Gustafson tackles food insecurity to improve health outcomes

UK’s Alison Gustafson leads a team of researchers, clinicians, community partners, health care partners and food commodity producers to address food insecurity and its impact on the health of Kentuckians.
Dec 3 2024
Kentucky, Tennessee GAME Change secures commitments from key regional partners

Key businesses and organizations in Kentucky and Tennessee are showing their commitment to the University of Kentucky-led effort to create economic, societal and technological growth in the region.
Oct 30 2024
‘I am a UK Innovator’: College of Health Sciences’ Michaela Keener

Michaela Keener discusses her work in developing an interactive digital health system designed to enhance access to care for equestrians.

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The scientists and scholars at the University of Kentucky are remarkable people. Some of them have a very personal connection to field they have chosen: a family member battling addiction or disease. Some of them began their journey based on curiosity. A drive to find out why the world works the way it does.

What they all have in common is a passion to ignite progress and partner across fields and with communities to confront, head on, the most profound challenges. Research can do that, and our researchers tell you why and how.

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Dec 6 2024
People Behind Our Research: Alison Gustafson tackles food insecurity to improve health outcomes

UK’s Alison Gustafson leads a team of researchers, clinicians, community partners, health care partners and food commodity producers to address food insecurity and its impact on the health of Kentuckians.
Jul 19 2024
People Behind Our Research: Katherine Hartmann leads UK clinical and translational research

Katherine Hartmann, the UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science's new director, is creating synergy across the campus, promoting collaborations and advancing the health of the Commonwealth.
Apr 15 2024
People Behind Our Research: Lauren Whitehurst explores how sleep impacts health, wellbeing

Lauren Whitehurst, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and assistant director of the UNITE Research Priority Area, studies how sleep is affected by our genetics and living environments.

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Jan 09 2025

‘UK at the Half’: UK leads collaborative Kentucky climate resiliency project

UK is leading a five-year, $20 million Research Infrastructure Improvement award titled “Climate Resilience through Multidisciplinary Big Data Learning, Prediction & Building Response Systems (CLIMBS).”

Dec 24 2024
‘Behind the Blue’: 2024 Great Teachers spotlight — Kayla Johnson

This episode of “Behind the Blue” spotlights one of the six Great Teacher Award winners for 2024: Kayla Johnson, an assistant professor in the UK College of Education.
Dec 18 2024
‘UK at the Half’: Tackling food insecurity to improve health outcomes

Learn how UK’s Alison Gustafson is forming partnerships across campus and in communities throughout the Commonwealth to address issues around food insecurity and how those issues affect the health of Kentuckians.
Dec 13 2024
‘Behind the Blue’: The psychology behind sports rivalries, why we love to loathe the other team

Matt Moore and Tarkington Newman explore the psychology behind sports rivalries — why we love our teams as fiercely as we loathe the opposition, and why this drama keeps us coming back for more.

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