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University of Kentucky researcher examines Universal Free School Meals' impact

A collaborative research grant project, spearheaded by UK, aims to understand food assistance programs and their impact on youth’s health outcomes in the country.

2025 CCTS Spring Conference: Call for Abstracts and Mentor Nominations

The UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science invites abstracts and mentor award nominations for its 20th annual Spring Conference to be held April 1.

Coal to critical elements: $5 million DOE award propels UK’s refined materials work

A team of engineers at UK, in collaboration with researchers at other universities, will work on a system to transform coal into high-value materials.

‘Behind the Blue’: 2024 Great Teachers spotlight — Kayla Johnson

This episode of “Behind the Blue” spotlights one of the six Great Teacher Award winners for 2024: Kayla Johnson, an assistant professor in the UK College of Education.

During busy holiday travel season, UK, CVG focus on air travel accessibility

The UK Human Development Institute is working to better understand the challenges people who use wheelchairs face when traveling.

CAER’s Weisenberger named Graffin Lecturer

Matthew Weisenberger, associate director of the Carbon Materials Research Group at the UK Center for Applied Energy Research, has been named the American Carbon Society’s 2024 Graffin Lecturer.

Call for submissions: 14th annual Appalachian Research Symposium and Arts Showcase

The UK Graduate Appalachian Research Community invites students, researchers, artists and others to attend the 2025 UK Appalachian Research Symposium and Arts Showcase on March 8, 2025.

Public Health student uses wristbands to study East Palestine chemical exposure

Sydney Shafer, a doctorate student at the UK College of Public Health, is on a mission to better understand air quality and chemical exposures in East Palestine, Ohio, following the derailment of a freight train carrying hazardous materials.

UK researcher using AI to unravel proteins, advance medical research

Qing Shao has been awarded more than $1.3 million from the U.S. National Institute of Health’s National Library of Medicine to develop large protein language models for biomedical applications.

‘UK at the Half’: Tackling food insecurity to improve health outcomes

Learn how UK’s Alison Gustafson is forming partnerships across campus and in communities throughout the Commonwealth to address issues around food insecurity and how those issues affect the health of Kentuckians.

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