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Community-building is at the heart of ‘Great Teacher’ Zada Komara’s classroom

Zada Komara, Ph.D., senior lecturer in the Lewis Honors College and an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Anthropology and the Appalachian Studies program, is one of the distinguished 2024 Great Teacher Award recipients.

‘Great Teacher’ Mark Fillmore emphasizes importance of student research

Mark Fillmore, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, is one of the distinguished Great Teacher Award recipients who strives to help his students understand the importance of research.

UK researcher receives NSF CAREER award to develop data-driven, smart technologies for sustainable living

Hana Khamfroush, Ph.D., associate professor in the Pigman College of Engineering, recently received the prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award.

‘Great Teacher’ Jordan Brower empowers students to pursue their passions

Jordan Brower, Ph.D., assistant professor of English in the College of Arts and Sciences, is one of the distinguished Great Teacher Award recipients who strives to help his students discover their passions.

People Behind Our Research: Lauren Whitehurst explores how sleep impacts health, wellbeing

Lauren Whitehurst, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and assistant director of the UNITE Research Priority Area, studies how sleep is affected by our genetics and living environments.

Women Making History: UK researcher works to reduce harms from substance use

For more than a decade, UK College of Public Health researcher April Young, Ph.D., has been developing new methods to help and empathetically serve people struggling with substance use disorder to reduce some of the harm that they experience.

UK researcher examines the life and activism of Mamie Till-Mobley, Emmett Till’s mother

Brandon M. Erby, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies, is studying the life of civil rights icon Mamie Till-Mobley, mother of Emmett Till.

Just the beginning: See how 'Kentucky Can' helps UK drive innovation, impact in research and health care

Through fostering innovation and advancing interdisciplinary research, the University of Kentucky is rendering world-class care and developing solutions to improve the lives of all Kentuckians.

Markey STRONG Scholars Program empowers next generation of cancer researchers

Offered by Markey Cancer Center, the Markey STRONG Scholars Program gives students from underrepresented groups opportunities to get hands-on experience in a supportive learning environment.

UK researcher helps solve 60-year mystery inside heart, publishes in Nature

Kenneth S. Campbell, Ph.D., director of translational research in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine in the College of Medicine, has helped map out an important part of the heart on a molecular level.

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