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Professor Brent Seales and Provost Robert DiPaola welcome guests during exclusive look inside EduceLab.

EduceLab unveiled as UK’s gateway to next-generation heritage science

Apr 29, 2025, 3:29 PM

Made possible by a $14 million infrastructure grant from the NSF, EduceLab is UK’s bold vision for next-generation heritage science.

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Beyond the breakthrough: How Brent Seales is pushing the boundaries of discovery through new heritage science lab

Oct 3, 2024, 7:23 AM

Brent Seales discusses his groundbreaking work in reading ancient, carbonized Herculaneum scrolls and the future of EduceLab, a first-of-its-kind heritage science lab in Kentucky.

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UK researcher receives NSF CAREER award to develop data-driven, smart technologies for sustainable living

May 28, 2024, 6:57 AM

Hana Khamfroush, Ph.D., associate professor in the Pigman College of Engineering, recently received the prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award.

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UK researcher developing anti-tracking and robocall-free architecture

Dec 1, 2023, 7:29 AM

Researcher Yang Xiao, Ph.D., and his team are tackling a long-standing privacy challenge faced by many people who use cell phones — mobile tracking and automatic voice calls, commonly known as robocalls.

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UK at the Half: AI reads text from 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scrolls

Nov 16, 2023, 10:48 AM

In this “UK at the Half,” a University of Kentucky professor helps unlock ancient secrets — putting the university in the national and international spotlight.

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Discovery made from within 2,000 year-old Herculaneum scrolls

Oct 13, 2023, 7:15 AM

Brent Seales, computer science professor at the UK, (in partnership with EduceLab, the Library of the Institut de France and founders of the Vesuvius Challenge), presented a monumental breakthrough: for the first time in more than 2,000 years, text has been read from part of the still-closed Herculaneum scrolls.

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Herculaneum scrolls: A 20-year journey to read the unreadable

Aug 24, 2023, 7:09 AM

Restoring an ancient library from the ashes of Mount Vesuvius is now closer to reality. To highlight the progress, this is the first in a four-video series featuring Brent Seales, UK Alumni Professor in the Department of Computer Science and his Digital Restoration Initiative team.

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Education professor explores ChatGPT as a tool for research, learning

Apr 26, 2023, 7:20 AM

University of Kentucky faculty member John Nash dives into artificial intelligence’s utility in learning and its impact on the future of education.

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UK’s Brent Seales launches global competition to decipher Herculaneum scrolls

Mar 21, 2023, 7:04 AM

The computer science professor is leading a global competition to read the charred scrolls after demonstrating that an artificial intelligence program can successfully extract letters and symbols from X-ray images from unrolled papyri too fragile to unroll.

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UK alum co-founds app that turns outdoor exercise into a giant game

Feb 20, 2023, 7:44 AM

Destin George Bell graduated from UK in 2020 with a degree in marketing from the Gatton College of Business and Economics. He’s now the CEO and co-founder of the smartphone app Card.io, a gamified app turning any outdoor movement into a social competition.

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