Community Outreach
  • Article
  • Mar 20 2025

Brandi White's research team, Meals that Heal, is making it easier for one Lexington neighborhood to access useful tips for healthy living and discover local organizations that make healthy foods more accessible.

  • Podcast
  • Mar 13 2025

In this “UK at the Half,” hear from Linda Van Eldik, Ph.D., the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging’s director, who credits much of its success to community volunteers who participate in clinical trials, providing invaluable data to help scientists understand brain aging.

  • Article
  • Mar 5 2025

UK researchers and teams across the commonwealth have joined forces to improve vaccine education and access in underserved communities with an initiative called CARE-KY.

  • Article
  • Mar 3 2025

The 2025 UNITE Research Showcase will celebrate innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration and impactful research among faculty, students and community stakeholders.

  • Article
  • Feb 10 2025

The UK Office of Land-Grant Engagement has launched the Housing Engagement and Research Initiative (HERI) website to address housing needs in the Commonwealth.

  • Podcast
  • Jan 27 2025

On this guest episode, Dr. Alex Elswick, Extension Specialist for Substance Use Prevention and Recovery, discusses a critical and timely issue—the alarming rise of stimulant use alongside the ongoing opioid crisis, a phenomenon some experts refer to as a "twin epidemic."

  • Article
  • Jan 23 2025

The UK Markey Cancer Center has been selected as one of five cancer centers nationwide to participate in an innovative program that introduces deaf high school students to careers in cancer research and health care.

  • Article
  • Jan 14 2025

UK's Achieving Success in Community-Engaged research to elimiNate Disparities (UK ASCEND) is pleased to announce the selection of its second and third cohorts of ASCEND Scholars.

  • Article
  • Dec 3 2024

The latest Kentucky Cancer Action Plan provides a comprehensive blueprint for reducing cancer burden throughout Kentucky by 2030.

  • Article
  • Nov 21 2024

Abstracts for Appalachian Research Day podium and poster presentations may be submitted until Dec. 3.