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2025 ‘Great Teacher’ Isabel Escobar helps students see the big picture

Isabel Escobar, the Paul W. Chellgren Endowed Chair and professor of chemical and materials engineering in the UK Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering, is one of this year’s distinguished Great Teacher Award recipients.

OUR, UK Sustainability announce winners of research poster competition

As part of the annual UK Sustainability Showcase, graduate and undergraduate students in all majors were invited to submit their research related to the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals as a poster.

UK Pigman Engineering researchers awarded NSF grant to harness AI aimed at detecting calf illness

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.

2025 Sustainability Showcase celebrates campus changemakers

The annual Sustainability Showcase was a celebration of the incredible sustainability work happening across the University of Kentucky campus from research and student initiatives to operations and community engagement.

UK team selected for national research advocacy program

A UK team has been selected for the 2025-26 Scholars Transforming Through Research Program of the Council on Undergraduate Research. The five-month program culminates in a two-day event in Washington, D.C.

UK innovators honored at Patent Palooza! 2025

At Patent Palooza! 2025, UK Innovate celebrated a historic number of patents issued, licenses executed, and inventions disclosed during the fiscal year.

NSF CAREER Award fuels UK researcher’s breakthroughs in robotics

The U.S. NSF will support Biyun Xie, Ph.D., with $602,698 over five years for her research in human-robot shared control for robotic telemanipulation.

Research Advancing Kentucky: Balk’s work to develop new materials

John Balk explores how the structure of materials affects their strength, toughness and performance, especially for demanding uses such as next-generation energy systems and sensors.

Undergraduate research focus of alumni panel

The Office of Undergraduate Research will host the 2025 Research Alumni Career Panel on Sept. 23, in the Healthy Kentucky Research Building

Research Advancing Kentucky: Andrews’ effort to protect communities

Sponsored by the U.S. NSG, DOD and DOE, Rodney Andrews leads experts in advanced materials, defense technologies and energy infrastructure