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Registration Now Open for CCTS Conference on Climate and Health

Feb 14, 2022, 7:20 AM

The Center for Clinical and Translational Science will hold its 17th Annual Spring Conference on April 5, 2022, focusing on “Climate and Health.” This year’s keynote speaker is Robert Bullard, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy at Texas Southern University.

UK Office of Sustainability Announces 2021 Sustainability Winners

Nov 11, 2021, 7:44 AM

Six teams of UK students, faculty and staff were awarded Sustainability Challenge Grants totaling more than $200,000. The challenge was design to implement ideas to promote sustainability on campus

CAER Project Seeks to Capture Carbon Directly From the Atmosphere

Oct 19, 2021, 7:35 AM

The Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) received $1.3 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory for development of new carbon capturing technology.

UK's Messer Studying Low-cost Water Treatment Options With NSF Award

Aug 5, 2021, 8:15 AM

A five-year project improving cost-effective wetland treatment systems for rural communities and low-income areas is the subject of a prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development award for Tiffany Messer.

Beverly May Receives 2021 UK-CARES Community Engagement Award

Jul 12, 2021, 7:48 AM

Beverly May, Dr.P.H., won this year’s UK-CARES award for her contributions to health care as a family nurse practitioner in Appalachian Kentucky.

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‘Great Teacher’ Wayne Sanderson Shares His Gift

Jul 6, 2021, 6:14 AM

Wayne Sanderson is one of this year’s Great Teacher Award recipients. Sanderson knew at a young age that he had a gift and that he wanted to be a mentor for the next generation.

Nina McCoy, left, and Ricki Draper, process water samples at the Martin County Extension office

UK research seeks to understand and reduce environmental exposures in Eastern Kentucky

Feb 3, 2021, 6:30 AM

UK researchers expect this study to give them new knowledge about DBP formation and exposure pathways while building local partnerships and capacity to reduce exposures at a local level.

CAER Program to Create High-performance Concrete for U.S. Military

Jan 22, 2021, 8:54 AM

The CAER project seeks to solve both of those issues through the development of new high-strength, high-bond cements and concretes that are simple to deploy and use. These products will require little or no surface preparation and eliminate the heavy precast reinforcement-laden structural elements that bog down repair and construction projects.

Researchers Ask Public for Help Finding Lingering Ash Trees

Dec 2, 2020, 8:38 AM

Crocker, Buland and representatives from the Kentucky Division of Forestry and the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves toured the Tom Dorman State Nature Preserve in Garrard and Jessamine counties, where there is potential for lingering ash.

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UK Professor Leads Major Study on Climate Impact in East Africa

Oct 12, 2020, 8:33 AM

"Lake Tanganyika’s fish are a critically important resource for impoverished people from four nations (Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi and Zambia) and resilience to environmental change in that region is quite low,” McGlue said.

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