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UK’s Brent Seales, global team secures Europe’s top research grant to digitally decode Herculaneum scrolls

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.

UK engineering researcher leads NSF‑funded initiative to model heart fibrosis with machine learning

Researchers at UK are teaming up with researchers at Michigan State University to develop cutting-edge simulations of heart disease progression.

UK greenhouse study offers hope for protecting, cleansing waterways

A study by researchers at UK’s Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment shows that small-scale wetlands can help clean up a mix of farm runoff, personal care products and other harmful chemicals.

UK biomedical engineering researchers are editor’s pick

A team of researchers from UK’s Pigman College of Engineering was selected as an editor’s pick for the July issue of Biomedical Optics Express.

Luo wins Best Paper Award for research on Explainable AI in Alzheimer's disease

Tie “Thomas” Luo, has received the Best Paper Award at the Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining 2025 Workshop on Pattern Mining and Machine Learning for Bioinformatics for his work titled “Unlocking Neural Transparency: Jacobian Maps for Explainable AI in Alzheimer’s Detection.”

Zach Agioutantis: 2025-26 University Research Professor Q&A

Zach Agioutantis, Ph.D., the Mining Engineering Foundation Professor and chair of the Department of Mining Engineering in the UK Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering, has been honored as a 2025-26 University Research Professor.

UK scientists and scholars among top 2% of most-cited researchers in the world

136 current UK scientists and scholars appear among the top 2% of the most-cited researchers across 22 disciplines.

UK-mentored MSTC students shine at international science fair

Students from the Math, Science, and Technology Center (MSTC) program at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Lexington have earned top honors at the International Science and Engineering Fair.

The 2025 Outstanding Teaching Awards: Diana Byrne

Outstanding Teaching Award winner, Diana M. Byrne, has played a key role in advancing the civil engineering curriculum at UK, particularly in sustainability-focused education.

11 researchers selected for awards from Materials Science Research Priority Area

The mRPA offers a variety of funding mechanisms to support materials research across UK and expand the RPA’s breadth and depth of work.