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UK Faculty and Staff Attend MI2's "Factory of the Future"

Oct 15, 2023, 11:27 AM

The Metals Innovation Initiative (MI2) hosted their inaugural MI2 Annual Conference, focused this year on “Factory of the Future” in Louisville, Kentucky, on September 5-6. The conference was well-attended by University of Kentucky (UK) faculty and staff, including members of UK Innovate. The “Factory of the Future” was built around the Smart Factory concept.

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Kentucky team seeks federal designation for metals and advanced manufacturing tech hub

Sep 1, 2023, 6:55 AM

A consortium of partners announced this week a proposal to solidify Kentucky as a federally designated Regional Technology and Innovation Hub (Tech Hub) through the U.S. Economic Development Association (EDA) Tech Hubs Program.

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Kentucky Innovator Challenge brings business and higher ed leaders, industry partners to UK

May 31, 2023, 7:15 AM

The inaugural Kentucky Innovator Challenge brought together leaders from business, service organizations and higher education for a one-day summit to identify and find solutions to Kentucky's challenges.

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Kentucky, Tennessee GAME Change team wins NSF Engines Development Award

May 11, 2023, 11:02 AM

The NSF Engines Development Awards are the first-ever awards from NSF's new Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships.

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UK’s innovation program expands opportunities for successful research, technology

Apr 26, 2023, 7:14 AM

The UK I-Corps Program provides experiential entrepreneurial training to academic researchers across all fields of science and engineering.

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KYNETIC awards 8 commercialization grants

Jan 26, 2023, 6:53 AM

The Kentucky Network for Innovation and Commercialization (KYNETIC) has selected eight applicants from its Cycle 6 for project funding.

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UK partners in new nonprofit to foster innovation in metals industry

Nov 14, 2022, 6:55 AM

The Metals Innovation Initiative (MI2) is a Kentucky-based nonprofit that provides collaborative leadership to attract and promote advanced research, sustainability, and talent development in the Commonwealth’s metals industry.

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Computational chemist Chad Risko featured in ‘I am a UK Innovator’ series

Oct 18, 2022, 7:06 AM

Chad Risko (Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences) discusses an innovation that could help the scientific community confirm results by repeating, or reproducing, experiments — an activity fundamental to scientific progress.

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UK Innovate launches micro-certification training program

Oct 10, 2022, 6:50 AM

UK Innovate launches a micro-certification training program that uses experiential design theory and mentorship programming to support University of Kentucky researchers, staff and students.

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NSF selects UK and 8 regional universities to form new innovation hub

Sep 9, 2022, 7:06 AM

The Mid-South I-Corps Hub, which will launch in January 2023 and is funded with $15 million for five years, is a regional alliance between lead institution Vanderbilt University and seven other universities.

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