UK Research News

Sarah Tomke taking a picture of an Eastern hellbender.

UK studies where Kentucky’s hellbenders live and what they need to survive

Oct 31, 2025, 7:35 AM

A UK Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment study has revealed a correlation between the presence of hellbenders and clean, rocky stream bottoms.

Front row, from left, Katie Neglia, Katelyn Straw and Nikhil Kumar. Back row, from left, Seth Thompson, Rosbelly Rios and Odianosen Ewah.

OUR, UK Sustainability announce winners of research poster competition

Oct 30, 2025, 8:11 AM

As part of the annual UK Sustainability Showcase, graduate and undergraduate students in all majors were invited to submit their research related to the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals as a poster.

UK Pigman Engineering researchers awarded NSF grant to harness AI aimed at detecting calf illness

Oct 30, 2025, 7:28 AM

A multi-institutional team, including UK researchers, will use $1.1 million in funding to advance AI and precision agriculture technologies with the goal of improving the health and welfare of dairy calves.

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Find food assistance, community support through FindHelpNowKY.org

Oct 30, 2025, 6:43 AM

Kentuckians experiencing food insecurity can access immediate, local assistance through FindHelpNowKY.org, an online tool that helps users quickly locate food, housing and other community resources by ZIP code or city.

UK’s SWAP series highlights research shaping Appalachia’s future

Oct 29, 2025, 7:24 AM

This year’s Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress series will once again highlight the research and creative scholarship of students and faculty, featuring presentations running from Fall 2025 through Spring ’26.

Ten students selected as 5-Minute Fast Track finalists

Oct 29, 2025, 6:54 AM

The UK Office of Undergraduate Research announces the 8th annual 5-Minute Fast Track student research competition finalists.

New York philanthropist Tom Golisano announces $50 million gift to UK, UK HealthCare to support Kentucky kids

Oct 28, 2025, 8:21 AM

Entrepreneur and philanthropist Tom Golisano announced that UK and UK HealthCare will receive a historic $50 million gift that will transform pediatric health care in Kentucky.

New UK Study Explores How Weight-Loss Medications May Affect Gum Health in Adolescents

Oct 27, 2025, 10:01 AM

University of Kentucky researchers bridge medicine and dentistry to tackle childhood obesity from a new angle

UK researcher earns national Emerging Investigator Grant to study PCOS

Oct 23, 2025, 7:44 AM

Katherine Halloran, an assistant professor in the UK Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment’s Department of Animal and Food Sciences, has received a $10,000 Emerging Investigator Grant from the Society for the Study of Reproduction.

‘I am a UK Innovator’: College of Social Work’s Julie Cerel

Oct 23, 2025, 7:26 AM

Julie Cerel, a professor in UK's College of Social Work and director of the Suicide Prevention & Exposure Lab (SPEL) discusses her work on CODE RED Safety Planning — a proactive crisis planning intervention.

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