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Grant provides scholarship, salary stipends and professional development for STEM grads to become teachers

Dec 19, 2025, 7:52 AM

The UK College of Education, with support from a $1.71 million NSF grant, is addressing the continued shortage of STEM teachers in the Commonwealth.  

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Markey study identifies pathway driving prostate cancer bone metastatic progression

Dec 19, 2025, 7:24 AM

A UK Markey Cancer Center study reveals how prostate cancer cells adapt their metabolism to thrive in bone tissue, offering a potential new treatment target for patients with advanced disease.

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UK faculty awarded by Schmidt Sciences to bring AI to humanities research

Dec 17, 2025, 9:11 AM

Three UK faculty members are among the teams recently awarded $11 million by Schmidt Sciences to apply AI in the humanities.

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UK team builds ‘genetic toolbox’ to stay ahead of equine rotavirus A, a common threat to foals

Dec 17, 2025, 8:57 AM

UK researchers are determining how to combat ERVA outbreaks, which pose major challenges for Kentucky’s $6.5 billion equine industry.

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UK researchers track snake fungal disease in Kentucky, testing whether infections reduce survival

Dec 16, 2025, 2:23 PM

Snakes are essential to the world’s ecosystems, but is a fungal disease putting them in danger?

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UK landslide research expands to Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati

Dec 16, 2025, 7:59 AM

The Kentucky Geological Survey received a $182,961 grant from the U.S. Geological Survey to advance geological understanding and hazard preparedness for Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati.

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Registration open for 8th annual Substance Use Research Event

Dec 16, 2025, 7:18 AM

The University of Kentucky’s eighth annual Substance Use Research Event (SURE) will be March 10, 2026.

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UK researchers partner with Kentucky communities to reduce lung cancer stigma, promote screening

Dec 15, 2025, 7:25 AM

During National Lung Cancer Screening Awareness Month, UK researchers were traveling across the Commonwealth to talk to Kentuckians about lung health.

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Sanders-Brown graduate transforms personal loss into research impact

Dec 15, 2025, 7:11 AM

As he prepares to graduate from UK, Aguzzoli Herbele reflects on his graduate journey, his research and the relationships that defined his time at UK.

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UK’s Palli named 2025 National Academy of Inventors Fellow

Dec 12, 2025, 8:20 AM

Subba Reddy Palli, who is internationally recognized for his research on RNA interference technology that kills insect pests and fights insecticide resistance, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.

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