Now, Smith's expertise in systems engineering is being used in another, potentially life-saving capacity — the Bloomberg Philanthropies 2018 Mayors Challenge, which recognizes innovative ideas aimed at tackling urgent problems.
Appler's grant is among the first awards made under the National Endowment for the Humanities' new Infrastructure and Capacity-Building Challenge Grant program, which will support infrastructure projects at 29 U.S. cultural institutions in 20 states and the District of Columbia.
A study through the UK Markey Cancer Center shows promise for targeting breast cancer metastasis. Metastasis causes 90 percent of breast cancer-related deaths.
The Kentucky-West Virginia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (KY-WV LSAMP) consortium, spearheaded by the University of Kentucky, has received $3.5 million in renewed funding over the next five years by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Associate Professor Ann Morris in the Department of Biology will use the National Institutes of Health funding to continue her cutting-edge research in retinal development and regeneration.
Two studies from Ai-Ling Lin's lab in the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging demonstrate the effect of diet — specifically the Ketogenic diet and simple caloric restriction — on cognitive health in animals.
Utilizing a gold-based catalytic system developed in the UK CAER Biofuels and Environmental Catalysis Laboratory, researchers have discovered a method to turn lignin into valuable aromatic compounds.
