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Campe Receives National Research Fellowship to Study Campus Safety

Apr 26, 2018, 8:58 AM

Maggie Campe, a doctoral candidate in the UK Department of Sociology and research assistant in UK’s Center for Research on Violence Against Women, is the inaugural recipient of the Lindsey M. Bonistall Research Fellowship from PEACEOUTside Campus. The research fellowship aims to promote peaceful and safe living environments in college communities.

UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Mind Matters Health Fair is May 7

Apr 25, 2018, 9:47 AM

The 10th annual Mind Matters Health Fair will feature the latest information on healthy aging.

UK OTC to Celebrate World Intellectual Property Day With Open House

Apr 24, 2018, 9:01 AM

The open house will be held 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, April 26, in A141 of the ASTeCC building. The campus community is invited to drop in and learn more about the OTC and UK’s women innovators.

Sociology Doctoral Student Receives P.E.O. Scholarship for Women

Apr 24, 2018, 8:55 AM

Amanda Bunting, a doctoral candidate in the UK Department of Sociology, is one of 100 doctoral students in the U. S. and Canada selected to receive a $15,000 Scholar Award from the P.E.O. Sisterhood.

Kirwan Prize, Sturgill Award Presented to Outstanding Faculty

Apr 20, 2018, 9:21 AM

Two UK faculty members were honored for their outstanding contributions to teaching and scholarship at the 2018 Provost Awards ceremony held April 19.

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Head Injuries and the Path from Pilot Study to Major Grant

Apr 18, 2018, 8:59 AM

A team of UK researchers have homed in on a protein, called RIT1, that may act as a master switch in the brain. A new five-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will help them explore RIT1 as a possible target for treatments to counteract brain injury.

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Annual KCSP Conference Honors Smoke-free Advocates Across Kentucky

Apr 17, 2018, 10:06 AM

The annual spring conference of the Kentucky Center for Smoke-free Policy connected health advocates from across Kentucky to discuss how to promote smoke-free environments, and honor advocates for their work in making their communities and schools healthier.

CCTS Conference on Opioids Draws Nearly 1,000 Participants

Apr 17, 2018, 10:01 AM

The 13th Annual Spring Conference of the University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science focused on addressing the opioid epidemic, which disproportionately plagues Kentucky and Appalachia. Researchers, clinicians, students, community partners and local and national experts gathered Friday, April 13th to share findings and catalyze

Paul Harris, Informatics and Participant Recruitment Expert, to Give Clinical Research Update on April 17

Apr 16, 2018, 8:53 AM

Harris will present on several informatics platforms and services lines developed to support participant recruitment and clinical and translational research across the Clinical and Translational Science Awards network, of which the UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science is a member.

The Data Debacle: Many Unaware Researchers Study Their Social Media

Apr 12, 2018, 9:47 AM

If you're unaware that your tweets could be analyzed by researchers and published in studies without your consent, you're not alone. A majority of Twitter users don't know that researchers often gather and study their tweets according to a new study.

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