UK Research News

UK Senior Wins Astronaut Scholarship, Brooke Owens Fellowship

Oct 25, 2018, 9:59 AM

UK biology and neuroscience senior Esther Putman, of Lexington, is having an out of this world year. This summer, she was named one of 50 recipients of a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. In addition, Putman was one of 40 recipients of a Brooke Owens Fellowship, which matches its fellows with paid summer internships in the aviation and space industry.

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Researcher Studies Cancer in Africa to Understand it at Home

Oct 19, 2018, 8:48 AM

By understanding the metabolic and epigenetic risk factors for breast cancer in Nigeria, researchers like Tomi Akinyemiju can better understand why African-American women in the United States are more likely to develop this disease and can begin to develop ways to prevent the disease and develop more effective treatment.

UK Research Links Signaling Pathways to Combatting Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Oct 19, 2018, 8:46 AM

Researchers at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine have discovered that targeting a specific signaling pathway could potentially provide a new therapeutic avenue for treating Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, the most severe fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

UK Research, Programs Aim to Repair Destruction of Opioid Crisis

Oct 19, 2018, 8:44 AM

Experts from the University of Kentucky on Thursday provided education, insight and information about the opioid epidemic to the UK Board of Trustees, campus leaders and community members.

UK Poised to Make a Difference in Curbing Opioid Epidemic in State

Oct 18, 2018, 9:38 AM

For the annual Board of Trustees retreat, UK President Eli Capilouto, VP for Research Lisa Cassis and Sharon Walsh, director of the Center on Drug & Alcohol Research, have framed an entire day of discussion and presentations around the opioid epidemic in the country and its specific impact on Kentucky.

Uber, Lyft Contributing to Congestion in Major US City, According to UK Researcher

Oct 18, 2018, 9:34 AM

Are Uber and Lyft making traffic in San Francisco worse? The short answer is yes — according to the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, who partnered with the UK College of Engineering on a new, eye-opening report.

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Office of Technology Commercialization 2018 Annual Report

Oct 16, 2018, 8:39 AM

The 2018 Annual Report shows how the OTC has been "Fostering Growth in Innovation" over the past year.

MTurk Research by UK’s Gatton College Faculty Making Waves

Oct 15, 2018, 9:08 AM

Gatton College faculty member Sean A. Dennis and doctoral student Chris Pearson, along with Brian M. Goodson of Clemson University, have released cutting-edge research that investigates the recent data contamination issue on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk platform.

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UK Equine Research Hall of Fame Honors Class of 2018 on Oct. 31

Oct 12, 2018, 9:00 AM

The three newest members of the UK Equine Research Hall of Fame will be inducted on Oct. 31.

UK Partners With XLerateHealth on Regional Biomedical Technology Accelerator Hub

Oct 11, 2018, 1:18 PM

XLerateHealth LLC, a Louisville-based health care technology accelerator that focuses on startups and commercialization, will join forces with a consortium of 24 academic institutions led by UK, in partnership with UofL and West Virginia University.

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