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UK Researcher Highlights Need to Improve Alzheimer's and Dementia Cognitive Screenings and Assessments

A researcher at the UK’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging is one of several experts in the field who recently discussed the use of two popular screening tests for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

16 Students Selected for Inaugural CURE Fellowship Program

The new fellowships, sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Research and the Office of the Vice President for Research, provide opportunities to develop knowledge and skills through research within UK’s seven Research Priority Areas.

Markey Cancer Data Portal Provides Digital Footprint of Cancer in Kentucky

The new online data mapping application allows users to explore cancer incidence and mortality data alongside population demographics, social determinants of health, and behavioral risk factors at various geographic levels across the Commonwealth.

‘Great Teacher’ Olivia Davis Inspires Her Students to Change Lives, Communities

Olivia Davis, lecturer in the Gatton College of Business and Economics, is one of the distinguished Great Teacher Award recipients who strives to help her students discover their passions.

Isabel Escobar to Serve as Chellgren Chair, Director of the Chellgren Center

Isabel Escobar, Ph.D., has been appointed Chellgren Chair and Director of the Chellgren Center for Undergraduate Excellence, effective July 1, 2022.

New Center Focuses on Building a Stronger Health Care Workforce for Kentucky

Jim Ballard will lead the newly formed Center for Interprofessional and Community Health Education (CICHE). This new center will represent the merger of two existing resources, the Center for Interprofessional Health Education and the Area Health Education Center.

Digital Access Project Partnership to Make Local Slave Records Visible, Accessible

More than 60,000 pages of Fayette County’s historical property records containing information about enslaved people from the late 1700s through 1865 will soon be available to the public online.

'Behind the Blue': Reflecting on Juneteenth With Dr. Anastasia Curwood

The director of the Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies and African American and Africana Studies discusses the Juneteenth holiday, personal reflections on the day's significance, and the importance of observance of the holiday by the university.

Honoring University Research Professor Alexandre Martin

Alexandre Martin, Ph.D., a professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Kentucky, has been named one of 14 University Research Professors.

UK Grad Student, Postdoc to Present Research at American Astronomical Society Meeting

Results from two separate research studies, led by UK graduate and postdoctoral scholars, will be presented during the American Astronomical Society’s (AAS) semiannual meeting this week.

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