UK Research News

Daniel Wermelin standing next to an emergency opioid rescue box on a wall

The pharmacist who put rescue in reach

Jan 12, 2026, 7:35 AM

Daniel Wermeling, inventor of naloxone nasal spray, has changed the way opioid overdose cases are managed.

students and researchers stand outside near a creek

Perry County students join UK water monitoring research team

Jan 9, 2026, 7:18 AM

UK researchers — along with collaborators from across the USA — gathered at Buckhorn School in Perry County last month to work with high school students on a water-testing device developed at UK.

Dr. Chorong Oh and Emily Jones standing in front of a research poster

RHB Student Presents Dementia Research in Hawaii

Jan 9, 2026, 7:12 AM

Emily Jones, a student in the Rehabilitation and Health Sciences PhD Program in the College of Health Sciences, recently presented a research poster at the Sixth Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the Acoustical Society of Japan in Honolulu.

Margaret McGladrey leads a discussion on Photovoice

Public Health students explore community through Photovoice research initiative

Jan 7, 2026, 8:07 AM

Students at the UK College of Public Health are exploring community health through Photovoice, a participatory research method that combines photography, lived experience, and collective storytelling.

CLIMBS researchers go global in finding hazard solutions through NSF’s CLaSH initiative

Jan 7, 2026, 7:50 AM

Kentucky Geological Survey researchers are at the intersection of CLIMBS and CLaSH, representing Kentucky’s research voice within the national geologic community.

students holding a crate of fresh produce

Call for proposals: Sustainability Summer Research Fellowship

Jan 7, 2026, 7:38 AM

The Sustainability Summer Research Fellowship offers UK undergraduate students the opportunity to engage in transformative research on sustainability during the summer

Radiologist Riham El Khouli, M.D, looking at brain scans on a screen

Seeing dementia clearly: UK collaboration uses advanced imaging to personalize care

Jan 6, 2026, 8:00 AM

Collaboration between the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, Markey Cancer Center and the Department of Radiology is changing how Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias are detected, understood and treated.

SMRI table display at the Fall 2025 OUR Expo

Annual expo offers research connections for UK undergrads

Jan 6, 2026, 7:45 AM

The UK Office of Undergraduate Research will host the sixth annual Research + Creative Experience Expo on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026.

instructor leans over a desk to help a student in a classroom setting

Grant provides scholarship, salary stipends and professional development for STEM grads to become teachers

Dec 19, 2025, 7:52 AM

The UK College of Education, with support from a $1.71 million NSF grant, is addressing the continued shortage of STEM teachers in the Commonwealth.

Ka Wing Fong standing in his lab with other researchers

Markey study identifies pathway driving prostate cancer bone metastatic progression

Dec 19, 2025, 7:24 AM

A UK Markey Cancer Center study reveals how prostate cancer cells adapt their metabolism to thrive in bone tissue, offering a potential new treatment target for patients with advanced disease.

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