UK was recently recognized by the U.S. Navy Reserve as one of a select group of civilian employers honored during the Navy Employer Recognition Event 2026.
Rachel Hogg-Graham, Dr.P.H., associate professor and health management and policy chair in the College of Public Health at the University of Kentucky, has been honored as a 2026-27 University Research Professor.
Ashley W. Seifert, a professor in the Department of Biology at the UK College of Arts and Sciences, has been honored as a 2026-27 University Research Professor.
Six UK researchers have been selected for the U.S. Department of Energy’s historic Genesis Mission, leading and supporting projects that use artificial intelligence to advance power-grid resilience, semiconductor design and scientific discovery.
James Donovan, the Dorothy Salmon Professor at the J. David Rosenberg College of Law at UK, has been honored as a 2026-27 University Research Professor.
Thirteen UK faculty members in the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment are the 2026 recipients of The Bill Gatton Foundation Professorships.
Joseph Young, professor and director of the UK Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, has been honored as a 2026-27 University Research Professor.
Internationally recognized Alzheimer’s disease expert Linda Van Eldik has received one of the field’s highest honors, the Khalid Iqbal Lifetime Achievement Award in Alzheimer’s Disease Research.
Douglas A. Boyd, director of the UK Libraries Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History and recent president of the Oral History Association, has been honored as a 2026-27 University Research Professor.
