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UK Announces New Program to Support Local Venture Capital Formation

May 24, 2021, 7:55 AM

Launch Blue Ventures is a venture capital management services program supporting development, provision and management of venture capital to benefit Kentucky startups.

UK to Spotlight Innovators, Entrepreneurs at Virtual 2021 Entrepreneur Showcase

Apr 6, 2021, 8:40 AM

The annual event offers attendees an opportunity to learn about the innovative work of faculty, alumni and community startups. Keynote speakers Elaine and Myron Jacobson will receive the Lee T. Todd Lifetime Achievement Award for Entrepreneurship. The co-founders of Niadyne Pharma have worked as a research team for nearly 50 years.

UK, Fayette County Schools and Partners Join Forces on STEM Pipeline Program

Mar 31, 2021, 4:17 PM

The STEM Through Authentic Research and Training (START) program at UK is creating a unique pipeline to promote careers for underrepresented populations, first-generation college students, and girls and women in STEM. START is funded by a five-year, $1.3 million Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.

Altimmune Partners With Coldstream-based Summit Biosciences to Develop Intranasal COVID-19 Vaccine

Mar 26, 2021, 9:12 AM

As part of the partnership, Summit will manufacture a multidose nasal spray presentation of AdCOVID, Altimmune’s intranasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate. AdCOVID is currently being evaluated in a phase 1 clinical trial of healthy adult volunteers between the ages of 18 and 55.

UK, Lexmark Collaboration to Boost Innovation, Economic Development; New Scholarship Program to Support Underrepresented Students

Mar 22, 2021, 9:24 AM

The University of Kentucky and Lexmark International are embarking on the next chapter in their longstanding partnership through a new agreement designed to accelerate innovation and spur economic growth.

UK Students Working to Develop Safety Standard for Equestrian Helmets

Mar 18, 2021, 8:36 AM

While equestrian helmets protect riders, there is no test in place to evaluate a helmet’s crush resistance. UK students are working to develop a helmet testing method and collect data that will hopefully serve as the start of a crushing-safety standard for helmets.

UK, Partners Break Ground on New Coldstream Research Lab

Feb 24, 2021, 1:43 PM

The new facility will be named “The Core — Collaboration. Research. Entrepreneurship,” and is designed to be the first stop for companies looking to locate on the research campus.

OTC Receives EDA Grant to Fund Growth of Launch Blue

Oct 12, 2020, 8:26 AM

UK's Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC), on behalf of UK Research Foundation (UKRF), was awarded a three-year $600,000 grant from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) Build to Scale Program, one of 52 projects funded from 36 states.

CAER Receives U.S. DOE Grant to Develop Next-Generation Carbon Dioxide Capture Technology

Oct 2, 2020, 8:55 AM

“This project will allow us to significantly reduce the complexity and cost of CO2 capture and biofixation from all sources, whether it is from utility companies, cement manufacturing, or chemical plants."

UK’s James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits Inks Powerful Partnership With Scotch Whisky Research Institute

Oct 1, 2020, 8:35 AM

“This is a great opportunity to carry our efforts beyond Kentucky and the United States,” said Seth DeBolt, director of the James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits. “To partner with such an established institute will elevate the efforts we’ve already begun at the Beam Institute.”

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