News

On Wednesday, April 28, partners from the Office for Student Success, Office for Institutional Diversity, International Student and Scholar Services and Student Government Association will host a two-part event focused on solidarity with the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community from 2 to 5 p.m.

A paper by Barbara Nikolajczyk, Ph.D., professor of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences and associate director for Translational Research in Diabetes at the University of Kentucky, has been included in “Best of Cell Metabolism 2020.” The paper focuses on age-associated inflammation.

The UK Markey Cancer Center has officially launched a unique new clinical trial to test whether Artemisia annua extract can prevent ovarian cancer recurrence.

Madeline Williams, a sociology and political science junior in UK College of Arts and Sciences and member of Lewis Honors College, will use her Fulbright internship to do research in the social sciences. This highly competitive opportunity will find Williams undertaking advanced projects for 10 to 12 weeks virtually.

This year’s theme, “Celebrating Bold Dreamers and Strategic Thinkers”, will offer both synchronous and asynchronous virtual presentations over the course of three days. The showcase celebrates accomplishments of UK students and encourages them along the path of intellectual achievement.

University of Kentucky administrators, faculty, staff and students engaged with a diverse panel of community leaders to identify research priorities to address racial equity across the Commonwealth.

This week brought news of a tragic accident that took from the University of Kentucky family a brilliant young scholar. Dr. Susan Odom, Associate Professor of Chemistry, died April 18, 2021 in her home.

Students are invited to share their stories through oral histories, audio recordings, written stories, diary entries, photographs, videos, art and other artifacts.

The massive effort at Star Hill Farm, home to the iconic distillery, represents the most comprehensive natural range of white oak to date anywhere in the world.

Dr. Vincent L. Sorrell, the Anthony N. DeMaria professor of Medicine and director of Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging at UK Gill Heart & Vascular Institute, will become editor-in-chief of CASE, an international cardiovascular imaging case reports journal.