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Joshua Douglas: 2024-25 University Research Professor Q&A

Jul 18, 2024, 7:16 AM

Joshua Douglas, the Ashland, Inc.-Spears Distinguished Research Professor of Law at the UK J. David Rosenberg College of Law, has been honored as a 2024-25 University Research Professor.

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UK law students continue work to solve cold cases with CRRJ-KY

Jun 18, 2024, 10:23 AM

Students in the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Clinic at UK will investigate cases of historical homicide that took place in Kentucky during the Jim Crow-era.

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Stephen Ware’s NSF-funded Research Trains Police in De-escalation

Jul 12, 2022, 7:13 AM

For police officers, de-escalation training is critical — greatly reducing the use of force and the likelihood that anyone will be hurt during a confrontation. That’s where the research of Stephen Ware, assistant professor in the College of Engineering, comes in.

Why Are We So Obsessed With True Crime? UK Expert Has Intriguing Insight

Dec 2, 2021, 7:15 AM

Rosenberg College of Law professor Richard Underwood lends his expertise to help us understand our obsession with true crime.

UK's Ellen Riggle Named APA Fellow for Contributions to LGBTQ Research

Jan 3, 2020, 8:01 AM

Ellen Riggle, professor and chair of the Department of Gender and Women's Studies and professor in the Department of Political Science at UK, has been named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA).

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UK's Justin Wedeking Awarded NSF Grant for U.S. Supreme Court Research

Nov 25, 2019, 8:28 AM

Collaborating with Michael Zilis, a fellow political science professor, Wedeking has combined efforts with the computer science program at UK to create an application that collects online news stories about the Supreme Court to compile the data in textual stories.