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Research Advancing Kentucky: Groppo’s focus on critical material recovery

Funding from the U.S. NSF, DOD and DOE has allowed Jack Groppo to find new methods to recover critical materials from electronic and coal waste and build up the supply chain for tomorrow’s electronics

Research Advancing Kentucky: Escobar’s membrane work offers solutions

With significant support from the U.S. NSF and DOE, Professor Isabel Escobar’s research focuses on modifying membranes at the nanoscale.

Research Advancing Kentucky: Anthony’s boundary-pushing work in materials

Professor John Anthony's research, supported by the U.S. NSF, DOD and DOE, advances electronics and energy technologies.

Research Advancing Kentucky: How NSF, DOD, DOE funding fuels scientific innovation

funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) advance critical scientific research at UK.

Build innovation skills: Earn a micro-certification in innovation, commercialization and entrepreneurship

Launch Blue, a founding focus area of UK Innovate’s TRUST Hub, announced that the Innovation Training Micro-Certification is now available to all undergraduates, graduate students and postdocs.

Smoking status should influence lung cancer staging, new study shows

The UK Markey Cancer Center’s Graham Warren and international collaborators led a groundbreaking study that could change the way lung cancer is diagnosed and treated.

Markey networks bring latest clinical trials home to patients

Cancer patient Debra Kantosky was offered the opportunity to participate in a clinical trial to determine if allowing patients to choose their own tobacco cessation treatment and level of coaching helps them quit.

NSF CAREER award enables light-powered computing research

Ishan Thakkar recently received the prestigious NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award for his work in developing electro-photonic circuits.

15 students selected for undergraduate research ambassador program

The UK Office of Undergraduate Research has selected 15 outstanding undergraduates for the 2025-26 Research Ambassador program.

UK, LifeSciKY partner to advance Kentucky’s life sciences innovation

UK has a new partnership with LifeSciKY, a nonprofit life sciences incubator, to accelerate innovation, research translation, startup growth and bioeconomy ecosystem development across Kentucky.

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