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Prestigious NIA grant to launch new Sanders-Brown training initiative

A new five-year, $2 million grant from the National Institute on Aging will launch the Kentucky Postbaccalaureate Alzheimer's Disease Research Education Program.

KCH awarded $2.5 million grant to support pediatric cancer research

Kentucky Children’s Hospital was awarded $2.5 million from the Kentucky Pediatric Cancer Research Trust Fund to support research efforts around reducing the morbidity, mortality and long-term complications of pediatric cancer.

Zebrafish research reveals new hope for pediatric cancer

At UK's Markey Cancer Center, Jennifer Blackburn is researching a tiny tropical fish with the hope of impacting the way we treat pediatric cancer.

CAER, state Energy and Environment Cabinet complete sustainable aviation fuel study

The UK Center for Applied Energy Research and the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet have completed a risk assessment of representative fats, oils and grease feedstocks that can be used to produce sustainable aviation fuel in Kentucky.

UK innovators honored at Patent Palooza! 2025

At Patent Palooza! 2025, UK Innovate celebrated a historic number of patents issued, licenses executed, and inventions disclosed during the fiscal year.

Applications now open: Mary C. Bingham Seminar to take place Spring 2026

This spring, the Gaines Center for the Humanities will host the 2026 Mary C. Bingham Seminar — HMN 300: Sustainable Futures Design Lab — an extraordinary opportunity for students to combine academic inquiry with hands-on, real-world engagement.

UK researchers uncover key brain cell communication breakdown in Alzheimer’s disease

A team of researchers at the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging now have a better understanding of how the brain’s support cells communicate with blood vessels — a process that goes awry in Alzheimer’s disease.

New report shares data trends on Kentucky’s rural economy

A new report by Blueprint Kentucky shows that rural Kentucky as a whole experienced population growth from 2020 to 2024.

Workshop unites pathologists and regulators to advance racehorse safety

More than 55 veterinarians, trainees and industry experts gathered at the UK Veterinary Diagnostic Lab on Sept. 18-20 for the 2025 Racehorse Necropsy Workshop.

NSF CAREER Award fuels UK researcher’s breakthroughs in robotics

The U.S. NSF will support Biyun Xie, Ph.D., with $602,698 over five years for her research in human-robot shared control for robotic telemanipulation.

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