The UK Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) have announced a new program to advance science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in KY’s schools.
UK College of Education Dean Julian Vasquez Heilig and Martin School of Public Policy and Administration Director and Professor Ron Zimmer have once again been ranked among the top public influencers shaping educational practice and policy in the U.S.
The HEALing Communities Initiative grant from the National Institutes of Health totals $87 million, the largest in its history, and is focused over the next three years on reducing opioid-related deaths by 40 percent in 16 counties in KY.
UK recently received $3 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institute on General Medical Sciences to fund new opioid-related research in the criminal justice system.
UK officials provided updates on the Kentucky Viral Hepatitis Treatment Project (KeY Treat), a three-year, $15 million study co-funded by NCI and NIDA with the ultimate goal of eradicating the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Perry County, KY.
Cement production is the world’s second largest source of carbon dioxide emissions. CAER received a two-year, $1.3 million grant to develop extremely durable belite-based cement that is low-energy consuming and low-carbon dioxide releasing.
