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UK study reviews approaches to cocaine treatment for Black Americans

Apr 26, 2024, 10:44 AM

A team of researchers at the University of Kentucky have found that both culturally tailored and culturally universal approaches can be effective for cocaine treatment in Black Americans.

Provost IMPACT Award supports mental health interventions for business, engineering students

Mar 19, 2024, 7:57 AM

The Institutional Multidisciplinary Paradigm to Accelerate Collaboration and Transformation (IMPACT) Awards were launched in 2023 to champion work done by UK faculty and other campus community members.

5-day symposium features Igniting Research Collaborations program

Feb 7, 2024, 11:04 AM

The Igniting Research Collaborations (IRC) program seeks to increase interdisciplinary scientific engagement and leverage UK’s breadth of expertise to tackle important problems in the Commonwealth

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Grant enables aspiring education and speech professionals to support children with neonatal abstinence syndrome

Dec 13, 2023, 7:40 AM

UK received a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to prepare aspiring early childhood educators and speech/language pathologists to collaboratively provide high-quality services to children born with neonatal abstinence syndrome and other high-intensity needs.

CDC grant targets Kentucky’s tobacco-related health disparities

Nov 17, 2023, 7:16 AM

A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant targeting tobacco-related health disparities has been awarded to Melinda Ickes, Ph.D., a UK College of Education professor of health promotion.  

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College of Education NSF grant examines making mathematics more equitable

Nov 9, 2023, 7:35 AM

A new University of Kentucky study funded by the National Science Foundation seeks to make mathematics more relatable to all students by focusing on how teachers respond to children’s experiences, knowledge and mathematical reasoning.

UNITE predoctoral program welcomes 21 students

Nov 2, 2023, 10:47 AM

The UNited In True Equity Research Priority Area (UNITE RPA) welcomed this year’s cohort of 21 graduate students to the UNITE Predoctoral Research Enhancement Program.

UK awarded $3.4 million to lead equity initiative in drug abuse research

Oct 11, 2023, 7:15 AM

The University of Kentucky has been selected as the nationwide coordination center for a National Institutes of Health (NIH) initiative, supported by a $3.4 million, five-year grant.

Melinda Ickes honored as a 2023-24 University Research Professor

Jul 18, 2023, 7:28 AM

Melinda Ickes, Ph.D., acting assistant dean of research at the University of Kentucky College of Education and professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion, is one of 16 University Research Professors for 2023-24.

Next Generation Sequencing Workshop

Jun 20, 2023, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

The Essentials of Next Generation Sequencing Workshop, NGS ’23, offers an introduction to applied bioinformatics. The workshop is supported by funding from Kentucky IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (KY INBRE) and is organized through a collaboration between the Departments of Plant Pathology and Computer Science at the University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville, and Eastern Kentucky University. The goal of the workshop is to introduce participants to the use of common (and open source) tools for data analysis (genomic, RNAseq).

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