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Subba Reddy Palli

UK’s Palli named 2025 National Academy of Inventors Fellow

Dec 12, 2025, 8:20 AM

Subba Reddy Palli, who is internationally recognized for his research on RNA interference technology that kills insect pests and fights insecticide resistance, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.

2025 Oswald Research and Creativity Competition winners group photo

2025 Oswald Research and Creativity Competition winners announced

Nov 19, 2025, 7:18 AM

The University of Kentucky Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) recently announced the 21 undergraduate winners of the 61st annual Oswald Research and Creativity Awards. Chad Risko, Ph.D., faculty director of the Office of Undergraduate Research, and Research Ambassadors, presented the awards. Founded in 1964 by UK President John Oswald, the Oswald Research and Creativity Competition promotes undergraduate research and creative endeavors across all academic disciplines.

Isabel Escobar teaching in a classroom

2025 ‘Great Teacher’ Isabel Escobar helps students see the big picture

Nov 5, 2025, 7:51 AM

Isabel Escobar, the Paul W. Chellgren Endowed Chair and professor of chemical and materials engineering in the UK Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering, is one of this year’s distinguished Great Teacher Award recipients.

Kentucky Children’s Hospital

Markey named among nation’s top oncology programs by Becker’s Healthcare

Nov 4, 2025, 7:37 AM

Markey is one of only 57 NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the country and remains a national leader in advancing research, precision oncology and equitable access to care.

Front row, from left, Katie Neglia, Katelyn Straw and Nikhil Kumar. Back row, from left, Seth Thompson, Rosbelly Rios and Odianosen Ewah.

OUR, UK Sustainability announce winners of research poster competition

Oct 30, 2025, 8:11 AM

As part of the annual UK Sustainability Showcase, graduate and undergraduate students in all majors were invited to submit their research related to the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals as a poster.

Seth Thompson presenting a poster at the 2025 Sustainability Showcase

2025 Sustainability Showcase celebrates campus changemakers

Oct 22, 2025, 7:54 AM

The annual Sustainability Showcase was a celebration of the incredible sustainability work happening across the University of Kentucky campus from research and student initiatives to operations and community engagement.

Winners of the Saha Award for Cardiovascular Research and Education

UK’s Saha Cardiovascular Research Center celebrates innovation, 20 years of excellence

Oct 15, 2025, 7:41 AM

UK’s Saha Cardiovascular Research Center celebrated two decades of cardiovascular research excellence as well as the achievements of the field’s rising stars at the 27th annual Cardiovascular Research Day.

Conference attendees visit a table at the 2025 Patent Palooza!

UK innovators honored at Patent Palooza! 2025

Oct 10, 2025, 7:26 AM

At Patent Palooza! 2025, UK Innovate celebrated a historic number of patents issued, licenses executed, and inventions disclosed during the fiscal year.

Biyun Xie in a robotics lab with researchers

NSF CAREER Award fuels UK researcher’s breakthroughs in robotics

Oct 6, 2025, 7:58 AM

The U.S. NSF will support Biyun Xie, Ph.D., with $602,698 over five years for her research in human-robot shared control for robotic telemanipulation.

UK student Kaitlyn Brock, left, and Professor Robin Cooper work together in a research lab.

Advancing undergraduate research through the Chellgren Endowed Professorship: Robin Cooper

Sep 30, 2025, 7:20 AM

The Chellgren Endowed Professorship gave Robin Cooper the runway to transform his classroom and lab into a powerful space where undergraduates could test ideas, take intellectual risks and share their discoveries.

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