UK Research News

UK Disaster Communication Expert Hosting Meeting on RAPID Response Research Following Harvey

Sep 1, 2017, 8:39 AM

Jeannette Sutton, director of the Risk and Disaster Communication Center at UK and newly appointed member of the National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee, will discuss the National Science Foundation's RAPID Response Research.

Fulbright Grant Enables Takenaka to Write About Japanese 'Mothers Against War'

Sep 1, 2017, 8:37 AM

UK Associate Professor of History Akiko Takenaka has been award a Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant to research and write her next book about the post-World War II activism for peace initiated by the women of Japan.

RCTF Endowment Match Program 2015-2016 Annual Report

Aug 31, 2017, 1:35 PM

Endowment Match Program Impact For Fiscal Year 2015-2016 created 94 endowed chairs and awarded 81 created 215 endowed professorships and awarded 162 created 262 fellowships, scholarships, and endowments for research support and for the William T. Young Library View Chairs & Professorships

UK Student Co-Authors Paper on Recruiting Blacks/African-Americans for Dementia Research

Aug 31, 2017, 8:52 AM

In a paper published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, UK College of Medicine student Eseosa Ighodaro, Ph.D., addressed the numerous challenges associated with studying dementia in Blacks/African-Americans.

Learn More About Kentucky Research Data Center

Aug 31, 2017, 8:46 AM

Join the KRDC on Sept 19 and 22 to learn about the data resources and access requirements for researchers.

Research Helps Drive Kentucky’s Economy

Aug 30, 2017, 8:39 AM

As Kentucky’s flagship research university, we are developing a well-educated workforce for the state. We are creating more jobs through smart growth and capital investment. And we are sustaining business and industry development through our research and commercialization.

UK College of Pharmacy Receives $5 Million for Malaria Research Collaboration

Aug 29, 2017, 9:09 AM

~$5 million in additional funding from the Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT) has been awarded to the lab of Dean Kip Guy at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, in partnership with Eisai Pharmaceuticals and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), for ongoing malaria research.

After Developing Small Spacecraft, UK Students Help Launch it From NASA Wallops

Aug 28, 2017, 8:28 AM

The team's small spacecraft — a 7-inch diameter re-entry capsule — reached an altitude of 94 miles before coming back down to Earth. Video taken on board the rocket, complete with a UK logo, shows the capsule being ejected before entering the atmosphere.

UK Researchers Take Community Approach in Battling Opioid Epidemic in Eastern Kentucky

Aug 28, 2017, 8:25 AM

With a $1.16 million grant from five federal agencies, UK researcher Dr. April Young will work with public health organizations and universities across the country to combat the opioid epidemic in 12 Eastern Kentucky counties.

Ziliak’s Research on Senior Hunger Featured in Washington Post

Aug 25, 2017, 9:36 AM

Research done by Gatton College faculty member Jim Ziliak on food insecurity among older Americans is gaining national attention. The study found that rates for food insecurity have remained virtually unchanged since the Great Recession, especially for people over 60.

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