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NSF CAREER Award fuels UK researcher’s breakthroughs in robotics

The U.S. NSF will support Biyun Xie, Ph.D., with $602,698 over five years for her research in human-robot shared control for robotic telemanipulation.

Advancing undergraduate research through the Chellgren Endowed Professorship: Robin Cooper

The Chellgren Endowed Professorship gave Robin Cooper the runway to transform his classroom and lab into a powerful space where undergraduates could test ideas, take intellectual risks and share their discoveries.

Call for submissions: 2025 Oswald Research and Creativity Competition

The University of Kentucky Office of Undergraduate Research is now accepting submissions for the 61st annual Oswald Research and Creativity Competition.

UK’s Gary Ferland receives astronomy’s highest lifetime achievement award

UK physics and astronomy professor Gary J. Ferland has been named the 2025 recipient of the Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal, the highest honor awarded by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

Rapid Response Grants support community-focused projects

The Sustainable Futures Design Lab, part of UK Innovate’s TRUST Hub, awarded Rapid Response grants to four projects.

NSF CAREER award enables light-powered computing research

Ishan Thakkar recently received the prestigious NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award for his work in developing electro-photonic circuits.

UK researcher’s work understanding honey bees receives prestigious grant

UK's Clare Rittschof is on a team selected for funding in the first year of the Scialog: Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems initiative.

UK’s Estate Whiskey Alliance® announces 1st awardees in research grant program

UK's Estate Whiskey Alliance® has announced the first two awardees of its research grant program.

UK’s Paterson earns 2 prestigious national awards for research, innovation

Alexandra Paterson has earned two prestigious national awards for early-career faculty: the U.S. National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Young Faculty Award.

Nominations open for 2026 UK Libraries Medallion for Intellectual Achievement

University of Kentucky Libraries is accepting nominations through Oct. 3 for the 2026 UK Libraries Medallion for Intellectual Achievement.

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