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UK’s Superfund Research Center Receives $8.7 Million

Apr 20, 2020, 9:59 AM

The NIEHS has awarded the UK-SRC a five-year, $8.7 million grant to conduct research aimed at better understanding and minimizing the negative health and environmental impacts of chlorinated organic compounds found at Superfund sites.

Registration Now Open for CCTS Conference on 'Our Environment, Our Health'

Feb 7, 2020, 8:16 AM

Join nearly 1,000 researchers, clinicians, students and community members for this free, day-long event exploring the relationship between the environment, our health and how we live.

Kentucky Climate Consortium Empowers Kentuckians to be Environmental Stewards

Jan 28, 2020, 8:15 AM

A new statewide consortium, headquartered at UK, will pursue climate research, teaching and outreach.

UK Professor Named President of Soil Science Society of America

Jan 17, 2020, 8:05 AM

UK's Ole Wendroth recently became president of the Soil Science Society of America. The society is an international scientific organization with more than 6,000 members and 1,000 certified professionals focused on advancing soil science.

UK Appalachian Center to Host Water Week Nov. 18-21

Nov 15, 2019, 8:31 AM

Next week, the University of Kentucky Appalachian Center will host UK's annual Water Week, a student-led series of events designed to bring awareness to water-related issues in Eastern Kentucky and beyond.

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CLIK Participant’s Report on Eastern Kentucky Water Affordability Crisis Receives National Attention

Nov 13, 2019, 1:48 PM

A recently published a report on the failing water system of Martin County in Eastern Kentucky finds that almost half of the county’s residents cannot afford their current water service.

UK CEDIK Director Named Research Leader by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Oct 4, 2019, 2:11 PM

Alison Davis, an agricultural economics professor, will be part of the team studying the economics of investing in water and waste-water systems to reduce health inequalities in the rural South.

Chemistry's Guzman to Study Atmospheric Reactions of Pollution

Aug 13, 2019, 1:30 PM

Marcelo Guzman's NSF-funded project will focus on how gases, such as ozone, react with pollutants in the atmosphere. The research may help reduce air pollution levels and consequently, human cardiovascular diseases.

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'KYH2O' Podcast is Entertaining Way to Learn About Water Resources

Mar 26, 2019, 8:52 AM

Water is abundant in Kentucky with its more than 90,000 miles of waterways. "KYH2O," a new podcast series produced by the UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, uses multiple lenses to examine the importance of that precious natural resource.

UK Researcher Suggests Rivers May Cause Earthquakes

Dec 21, 2018, 8:45 AM

The paper, which published this summer in Journal of Geophysical Research, was featured in Scientific American this week.

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