Community Outreach
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  • Feb 19 2020

From building bridges and discovering medication to writing the software that powers our cell phones — Engineers Day, or E-Day, is a celebration of everything UK Engineering has to offer.

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  • Feb 19 2020

A new book of essays by young Kentucky students seeks to inform, inspire, motivate and uplift the reader through personal cancer stories and cancer prevention initiatives.

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  • Feb 7 2020

Next month, the University of Kentucky will host, for the first time, the Appalachian Studies Association (ASA) conference on its campus.

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  • Feb 6 2020

John Lyons' eye for innovation, beginning when he painted fire hydrants as a summer job, will serve him well as the director for innovation in public health.

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  • Jan 31 2020

A two-day symposium at the University of Kentucky will connect academic and community voices on issues surrounding mass incarceration.

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  • Jan 30 2020

The UK Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) have announced a new program to advance science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in KY’s schools.

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  • Jan 24 2020

The HEALing Communities Initiative grant from the National Institutes of Health totals $87 million, the largest in its history, and is focused over the next three years on reducing opioid-related deaths by 40 percent in 16 counties in KY.

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  • Jan 24 2020

UK officials provided updates on the Kentucky Viral Hepatitis Treatment Project (KeY Treat), a three-year, $15 million study co-funded by NCI and NIDA with the ultimate goal of eradicating the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Perry County, KY.

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  • Jan 14 2020

The University of Kentucky Appalachian Center is currently offering awards and funding opportunities for students and faculty involved with work and research in the Appalachian region.

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  • Jan 9 2020

Ana Maria Linares, associate professor in UK’s College of Nursing, traveled to Peru this past March 2019 to research the cause of iron-deficiency anemia in Peruvian children at the National University of San Luis Gonzaga.