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Applications open for Behavioral Science’s White Coats for Black Lives fellowships

Oct 16, 2023, 7:10 AM

Applications are open to students in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine for the fourth cohort of the White Coats for Black Lives fellowships.

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UK Faculty and Staff Attend MI2's "Factory of the Future"

Oct 15, 2023, 11:27 AM

The Metals Innovation Initiative (MI2) hosted their inaugural MI2 Annual Conference, focused this year on “Factory of the Future” in Louisville, Kentucky, on September 5-6. The conference was well-attended by University of Kentucky (UK) faculty and staff, including members of UK Innovate. The “Factory of the Future” was built around the Smart Factory concept.

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UK, partners awarded $12 million to advance biomedical innovation, entrepreneurship

Oct 13, 2023, 7:34 AM

UK and its partners at four other institutions have been awarded $12 million from the National Institutes of Health to launch a new hub focused on accelerating real-world impact of biomedical innovations through education, mentorship and financial support.

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Discovery made from within 2,000 year-old Herculaneum scrolls

Oct 13, 2023, 7:15 AM

Brent Seales, computer science professor at the UK, (in partnership with EduceLab, the Library of the Institut de France and founders of the Vesuvius Challenge), presented a monumental breakthrough: for the first time in more than 2,000 years, text has been read from part of the still-closed Herculaneum scrolls.

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UK awarded $3.4 million to lead equity initiative in drug abuse research

Oct 11, 2023, 7:15 AM

The University of Kentucky has been selected as the nationwide coordination center for a National Institutes of Health (NIH) initiative, supported by a $3.4 million, five-year grant.

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UK Land-Grant Engagement invites requests for funding proposals

Oct 9, 2023, 7:14 AM

These grant funds will support innovative projects to provide Kentuckians with knowledge and skills they can use to improve their lives and communities.

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UK oral history project documenting climate change, empowering Kentuckians

Oct 9, 2023, 7:11 AM

A new project, led by the Kentucky Climate Consortium (KYCC) research team at the University of Kentucky, is proving that oral histories can provide an intimate view of our shifting world.

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UK’s Parsons plays central role in 'reading the unreadable'

Oct 6, 2023, 7:14 AM

Stephen Parsons, UK Digital Restoration Initiative visiting scholar, has been using cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to read and uncover ancient texts, including the ever-challenging Herculaneum scrolls.

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UK awarded $19 million to research tobacco regulation in Appalachia, inform FDA

Oct 6, 2023, 7:10 AM

The University of Kentucky will be home to a new research center focused on tobacco regulations in the Commonwealth named the Appalachian Tobacco Regulatory Science Team (AppalTRuST).

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Kentucky Geological Survey to hold open house for Earth Science Week

Oct 5, 2023, 6:53 AM

The Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS) is hosting its annual open house in celebration of Earth Science Week on Oct. 11 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

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