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Students in the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Clinic at UK will investigate cases of historical homicide that took place in Kentucky during the Jim Crow-era.

As a Ph.D. student and now as a postdoctoral scholar, Raghava Davuluri conducts research that is crucial to the present and future of space exploration.

Carlos Lamarche, Ph.D., director of graduate studies and Gatton Endowed Professor of Economics in the UK Gatton College of Business and Economics, has been honored as a 2024-25 University Research Professor.

A research project focused on addressing the opioid crisis in Kentucky and three other states reported its primary results in the New England Journal of Medicine.

A report from the UK Markey Cancer Center’s Kentucky Cancer Registry shows that Kentucky has higher rates of childhood cancer compared to the national average, with Appalachian counties experiencing an even greater burden.

The UK Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, joined by members of the Kentucky General Assembly, Governor's office, UK Board of Trustees and university administration, celebrated the groundbreaking of the $285 million Agricultural Research Building

A researcher at UK has been selected to receive a seed grant from the Hypothesis Fund for the “boldness of her science and potential long-term impact of her work.”

Researchers at UK have found that for much of the past two decades Appalachian Kentuckians have been more likely to die from colorectal cancer compared to the rest of state and country.

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.

UK Research welcomed Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., the NIH director, to the Healthy Kentucky Research Building — a space dedicated to enabling multidisciplinary teams to find solutions to reduce the health disparities greatly impacting Kentucky.