Kentucky is famous not only for having the world’s longest cave system (Mammoth Cave), but also for another geologic occurrence: sinkholes. Some sinkholes are dramatic, such as the one that occurred inside the Corvette Museum in 2014. They can cause property damage and pose a threat to human safety.
The College of Social Work (CoSW) at the University of Kentucky is turning words into actions by launching the Suicide Prevention and Exposure Laboratory (SPEL).
For International Women's Day and Women's History Month, we are highlighting women of UK. Researcher and Appalachian Kentucky native Michele Staton has a passion to help incarcerated women struggling with substance abuse.
Erin Calipari, an assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacology at Vanderbilt University, recently visited the University of Kentucky to give a talk about her work in addiction research.
While it isn’t typically the role of emergency medicine clinicians to identify chronic diseases, Dr. J. Daniel Moore, assistant professor of emergency medicine in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, knew it had to become their job.
Brent Seales, professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science, is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant for his groundbreaking project, "Reading the Invisible Library: Rescuing the Hidden Texts of Herculaneum."
The University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) has received an $800,000 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant to turn carbon dioxide into valuable products.
The University of Kentucky and featured guest speakers from around the region are gathering once again to take a weeklong look at practical science in casual settings during this year’s Everything is Science (EiS) Festival: Opposites Attract.
