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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Awards UK Statistician’s Open Software to Advance Biomedical Research

Dec 14, 2020, 8:56 AM

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has funded a University of Kentucky open source software project aimed at advancing scientific and biomedical research. Derek Young will use the grant to significantly modernize and enhance his two R packages, titled “mixtools” and “tolerance.”

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UK’s Sherali Zeadally Named Among Most Highly Cited Researchers in the World

Dec 14, 2020, 8:34 AM

“We are proud of Dr. Zeadally on this exceptional achievement,” said Dean Jennifer Greer of the College of Communication and Information. “He is highly prolific, and this honor shows that he is among the elite researchers in his field making an impact worldwide.”

New Faculty Members in African and Africana Studies Expand Diversity at UK

Dec 10, 2020, 8:33 AM

Five recently hired faculty members associated with the Department of African and Africana Studies in the College of Arts & Sciences are broadening the range of diverse and inclusive course offerings to University of Kentucky students.

'Behind the Blue' - Part Three: The Vaccines to Combat a Coronavirus With Brooke Hudspeth and Vincent Venditto

Dec 9, 2020, 8:44 AM

In our third and final part of this interview, we ask Vince and Brooke about how this pandemic possibly ends, and how we progress into a new world after COVID-19.

Sociology Doctoral Student Receives Grant to Study Perception of Hate Crimes

Dec 9, 2020, 8:38 AM

Chenghui Zhang is studying the factors that go into how people interpret hate crime. She received a $50,000 grant from the National Institute of Justice for her study, “Social Construction of Hate Crime in the U.S.: A Factorial Survey Experiment.”

'Behind the Blue' - Part Two: The Vaccines to Combat a Coronavirus With Brooke Hudspeth and Vincent Venditto

Dec 8, 2020, 8:29 AM

It has been nearly one year since the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus changed the world. With millions of people infected and over a quarter-million dead in the United States, the novel coronavirus continues its pervasive hold on our health and well-being.

Thaddeus Salmon named 2020-21 Bell Addiction Medicine Scholar

Dec 8, 2020, 8:25 AM

“I’m looking forward to enhancing screening and management of substance use disorders in our primary care practice at the Polk-Dalton Clinic. This will increase access to treatment for many patients, and we will also be able to improve education for our medical students and residents who rotate through the clinic.”

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