Awards & Recognitions
  • Article
  • Jan 31 2022

The Martin Luther King Center, along with units across campus, will celebrate Black History Month with a series virtual and in-person events and programs throughout February. 

  • Article
  • Jan 27 2022

The Kentucky Network for Innovation and Commercialization (KYNETIC) grants are awarded to faculty, staff and student innovator teams across Kentucky for new, innovative products that have the potential to impact human health.

  • Article
  • Jan 26 2022

The award recognizes one outstanding graduate student or postdoctoral researcher who exemplifies qualities of scientific excellence.

  • Article
  • Jan 21 2022

The Kentucky Poet Laureate’s book of poetry, “Perfect Black" (University Press of Kentucky), is nominated in the category of “Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry.”

  • Article
  • Jan 4 2022

Simon Fisher, M.D., Ph.D., has been appointed acting director of the Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center (BBDC). Fisher is taking over for John Fowlkes, M.D., who has served as director of the center since 2015.

  • Video
  • Dec 23 2021

Researchers and administrators from across the University of Kentucky campus are paying tribute to Francis S. Collins, M.D., Director of the National Institutes of Health.

  • Article
  • Dec 23 2021

The “Healthy Together Through Vaccinations” grant from the Kentucky Association of Health Plans (KAHP) aims to increase vaccine acceptance in the state.

  • Article
  • Dec 22 2021

The University of Kentucky is part of a coalition that received a $500,000 grant to support a project to boost economic recovery in Kentucky through technological innovations in agriculture.

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  • Dec 10 2021

In her new book, Department of Psychology professor Christia Spears Brown uncovers what researchers and scientists have learned about how children are impacted by biases.

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  • Dec 8 2021

College of Education Professor John Thelin’s book “Essential Documents in the History of Higher Education,” 2nd edition, made Forbes’ list of Best Higher Education Books of 2021.