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Lisa Vaillancourt recently received a $1.25 million grant from the Plant Biotic Interactions Program, a joint venture between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Science Foundation, to further examine an anthracnose mutant unable to cause stalk rot disease in corn plants.

Could unmanned aircraft systems, otherwise known as drones, revolutionize weather forecasting?

Researchers in UK's Department of Entomology may be one step closer to controlling the harmful impacts of insect pests.

A pair of UK students gained some terrific research experience through the U.S. Department of Agriculture this summer.

More than 45 of UK's students and recent graduates had the world's most prestigious scholarship, fellowship and internship organizations take note this year. The newest class of highly regarded scholars include UK’s 14th Truman Scholar and first Pickering Fellow.

This summer Kirby Mayer, a Ph.D. candidate in the UK College of Health Sciences, got a prestigious $15,000 research scholarship. By improving classification of ICU-acquired weakness, Mayer hopes to improve how and when physical therapists implement interventions.

The Washington Center for Equitable Growth announced today that it will award 24 grants this year, totaling close to $900,000, to economists and other social scientists conducting research on the channels through which economic inequality affects economic growth and stability.

The new Center for Health Equity Transformation aims to grow health equity research at the University of Kentucky by training and providing professional development guidance to those interested in studying and addressing health disparities.

The undergraduate research of UK saxophone performance student Kirby Davis, of Greenville, Kentucky, has been published in the August 2018 issue of DownBeat magazine.

Aria Byrd, a doctoral candidate in the UK College of Medicine, has been selected to participate in a rigorous six-month program aiming to create the next generation of science advocates.