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‘UK at the Half’: UK leads collaborative Kentucky climate resiliency project

UK is leading a five-year, $20 million Research Infrastructure Improvement award titled “Climate Resilience through Multidisciplinary Big Data Learning, Prediction & Building Response Systems (CLIMBS).”

Coal to critical elements: $5 million DOE award propels UK’s refined materials work

A team of engineers at UK, in collaboration with researchers at other universities, will work on a system to transform coal into high-value materials.

CAER’s Weisenberger named Graffin Lecturer

Matthew Weisenberger, associate director of the Carbon Materials Research Group at the UK Center for Applied Energy Research, has been named the American Carbon Society’s 2024 Graffin Lecturer.

UK researcher using AI to unravel proteins, advance medical research

Qing Shao has been awarded more than $1.3 million from the U.S. National Institute of Health’s National Library of Medicine to develop large protein language models for biomedical applications.

Provost IMPACT Awards celebrate 2nd year of collaborative discovery

The IMPACT Awards initiative is an internal funding program from the Office of the Provost designed to support innovation and transformation within UK’s colleges.

UK’s Bhattacharyya named 2024 National Academy of Inventors Fellow

NAI Fellowship is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors. Dibakar Bhattacharyya is renowned for his research on membranes for filtering and producing clean water.

UK researchers explore use of nanoparticles to improve cancer therapy

Researchers at UK are exploring new ways to use nanoparticles in combination with other materials as an innovative approach to cancer therapy.

Physiology Scholars Program welcomes new cohort focused on biomedical research

Scholars are selected based on their academic achievements and a statement of interest in research. Four students were selected as 2024-25 Physiology Scholars.

Turning waste into fuel: Bourbon industry offers new path for renewable energy

UK researchers are turning one of the state’s largest and fastest-growing industries into an unlikely renewable energy source.

10 students selected as 5-Minute Fast Track Research Competition finalists

Undergraduate finalists will present their research in five minutes in front of a panel of judges and a live audience using only a single static slide.