The UK Human Development Institute received $3.2 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Education to support a nationwide effort to engage employers and improve job opportunities for people with disabilities.
CATS (Commonwealth AI Transdisciplinary Strategy) AI will serve as a central hub to integrate AI activities across UK’s 17 colleges, libraries, research centers and institutes, as well as its academic and health care enterprises.
A multi-institutional team, including UK researchers, will use $1.1 million in funding to advance AI and precision agriculture technologies with the goal of improving the health and welfare of dairy calves.
The UK Center for Computational Sciences, with support from the NSF ACCESS Support project (NSF grant OAC- #2138286), hosted a two-day Regional AI Workshop on October 7–8 at the Gatton Student Center.
Ishan Thakkar recently received the prestigious NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award for his work in developing electro-photonic circuits.
Brent Seales has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grant as part of an international team seeking to unlock the secrets of the Herculaneum scrolls.
Michael D. Murray, Spears Gilbert Professor of Law at the UK J. David Rosenberg College of Law, has been honored as a 2025-26 University Research Professor.
