The College of Social Work (CoSW) at the University of Kentucky will share in close to $1 billion in federal grants aimed at combating the nation's opioid epidemic.
Marcelo Guzman's NSF-funded project will focus on how gases, such as ozone, react with pollutants in the atmosphere. The research may help reduce air pollution levels and consequently, human cardiovascular diseases.
The University of Kentucky College of Education has received $599,875 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to research, develop, and implement ways of teaching mathematics that integrate equitable teaching practices.
An international team of researchers led by the University of Kentucky’s Nick Teets has received more than $700,000 from the National Science Foundation to study midges in Antarctica.
University of Kentucky (UK) faculty received $417.1 million in competitive research awards last fiscal year, a record-breaking increase of $83 million over the previous year.
For families of newborns who need follow-up diagnostic hearing testing, accessing those tests can be challenging. A new project, CHHIRP, aims to improve the process by pairing families with patient navigators who have been through the experience themselves.
Faculty from the Dept of Psychology in the College of Arts & Sciences and Behavioral Science in the College of Medicine have received two, five-year Research Project Grants from the NIH to study neurobehavioral processes involved in drug use disorders.
Jeremy Van Cleve, assistant professor of biology, will use his NSF CAREER award to develop new mathematical and computational tools to study the history and function of genes that affect social behavior and group living in organisms.
A new public health initiative supported by $11 million in funding from the National Cancer Institute aims to address the burden of cervical cancer incidence and mortality in Appalachia.
The University of Kentucky Office of Nationally Competitive Awards has announced that seven recent UK graduates and four doctoral students have been offered Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarships.
