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Alexandre Martin, Ph.D., a professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Kentucky, has been named one of 14 University Research Professors.

Results from two separate research studies, led by UK graduate and postdoctoral scholars, will be presented during the American Astronomical Society’s (AAS) semiannual meeting this week.

A new UK College of Medicine study has identified potential targets to develop a therapy that could prevent Alzheimer’s disease. 

10 students and recent graduates have been selected to receive government-funded National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships. In addition, a UK doctoral student and two alumni received honorable mention recognition from the NSF. 

Research published from the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging is providing the most definitive assessment yet of the prevalence of a form of dementia classified in 2019 and now known as LATE.

The Central Appalachian Regional Education and Research Center (CARERC) at UK is one of 18 university-based occupational safety and health training programs sponsored by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

Zachary Bray is one of this year’s Great Teacher Award recipients. As the James and Mary Lassiter Professor of Law in the J. David Rosenberg College of Law, Bray is dedicated to educating the next generation of legal minds serving the Commonwealth.

UK College of Education doctoral student Kaitlin O’Neill was recently awarded the Kaleidoscope Award for Outstanding Single Case Research from the Council for Exceptional Children’s Teacher Education Division.

Lindsey Fay, an associate professor within the University of Kentucky College of Design's School of Interiors, is one of the 14 University Research Professors for 2022-2023. 

Researchers at the University of Kentucky have released a 10-minute film, “Becoming Myself: Positive Trans & Nonbinary Identities.” It features narratives from the lives of seven transgender and nonbinary identified young adults, reflecting on their experiences navigating gender identity.