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UK researcher develops safety system to help self-driving vehicles and drones work together

Mar 26, 2026, 8:20 AM

Yang Xiao received the NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award for his work helping self-driving vehicles and drones communicate, making future transportation safer and more reliable.

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UK leads national effort to expand AI access for undergrads

Mar 26, 2026, 7:41 AM

UK is leading a $1.85 million NSF-funded, multi-institutional initiative to design accessible, ethics-centered AI curricula for undergraduate students.

Record crowd, standout talks mark GradResearch Live! 2025

Mar 18, 2026, 7:17 AM

The annual event, held Nov. 5, featured short research presentations from graduate students representing programs across the university.

48 UK undergrads to present at national research conference

Mar 5, 2026, 7:38 AM

Forty-eight UK students will present their research at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research on April 13-15 in Richmond, Virginia.

Student researcher Nina Jazdzewski and Martha Grady conduct research inside the Grady Lab. Mark Cornelison | UK Photo

UK research team awarded $1.9 million NIH grant to combat biofilm

Feb 27, 2026, 6:23 AM

Martha Grady is leading a multidisciplinary team to investigate how 3D-printed titanium can be engineered to resist harmful bacteria.

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

Feb 24, 2026, 7:34 AM

In a database compiled by Stanford University in a partnership with Elsevier, 125 current UK scientists and scholars appear among the top 2% of the most-cited researchers across 22 disciplines.

UK, Microsoft to host campuswide ‘Cats AI in Action’ showcase

Feb 23, 2026, 8:05 AM

UK will host "Cats AI in Action," an artificial intelligence showcase in partnership with Microsoft, the first corporate partner of the Advancing Kentucky Together Network.

Ainsley Byers, Jacob Childress, Katelyn Straw and Emmerson Willhoite

4 UK undergraduates to present at Posters-at-the-Capitol

Feb 19, 2026, 7:54 AM

Four UK undergraduate researchers will present their work at the 24th annual Posters-at-the-Capitol on March 5.

KRUPS space capsule display and sendoff

Feb 20, 2026, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

The KREPE-3 mission capsule sendoff provides an opportunity to view the flight capsules prior to their delivery to the International Space Station. Hosted by the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering, in collaboration with the UK Hypersonics Institute, the event highlights the hardware, instrumentation, and interdisciplinary work supporting the KREPE-3 mission.

Xin Liang sitting at a table with a laptop

NSF CAREER award supports faster, smarter use of massive scientific data

Feb 4, 2026, 7:25 AM

NSF CAREER Award recipient Xin Liang helps scientists work more efficiently with massive datasets across fields such as climatology, cosmology and topography.

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