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UK Superfund Research Center Hosts UofL for Immersive Two-Day Trainee Event

Aug 14, 2019, 9:29 AM

Last month, the University of Kentucky Superfund Research Center (UK SRC) hosted trainees from the University of Louisville Superfund Research Center. The two-day event included information exchange, lab tours and a day trip to Whitesburg, Kentucky, where the UK SRC Community Engagement Core (CEC) has worked for many years.

Chemistry's Guzman to Study Atmospheric Reactions of Pollution

Aug 13, 2019, 1:30 PM

Marcelo Guzman's NSF-funded project will focus on how gases, such as ozone, react with pollutants in the atmosphere. The research may help reduce air pollution levels and consequently, human cardiovascular diseases.

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Markey’s ACTION Program Hosts Inaugural Summer Residential Program

Aug 13, 2019, 1:26 PM

This summer, high school students from Appalachian Kentucky spent five weeks at UK gathering real-life experience in oncology training and research as part of the UK Markey Cancer Center's successful ACTION Program.

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UK College of Education Receives Funding to Improve Math Education for Elementary Students

Aug 9, 2019, 9:21 AM

The University of Kentucky College of Education has received $599,875 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to research, develop, and implement ways of teaching mathematics that integrate equitable teaching practices.

NASA Recognizes UK Student for 'Excellent Work' on Hercules Project

Aug 8, 2019, 9:06 AM

James Tyler Nichols is one of four UK students who were selected for the highly competitive NASA Academy at NASA Langley Research Center. The academy is an intense multidisciplinary research project that requires significant commitment.

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UK's Luhan Appointed to the Editorial Board of Technology | Architecture + Design

Aug 8, 2019, 8:45 AM

Gregory Luhan, of UK College of Design's School of Architecture, has been appointed to the Technology | Architecture + Design Editorial Board for a three-year term.

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Conference Looks at Neurological Issues in the Pregnant Patient

Aug 7, 2019, 8:38 AM

The UK College of Medicine will host the 2019 Obstetrical Neurology Conference on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 for faculty, providers and trainees in neurology, obstetrics, anesthesia and women's health interested in neurological issues in the pregnant patient.

CCTS Launches First Science-to-Comic Book Challenge

Aug 7, 2019, 8:35 AM

UK's CCTS recently launched its first Comic Book Challenge, open to any UK student, trainee, or faculty member with a publication in the last three years in any clinical or translational field.

Student Researcher Changes Way Philosopher's Work is Interpreted

Aug 5, 2019, 9:22 AM

Through an internship in the Learning Lab, Samadi was tasked with researching a journal thought to be written by famous existential philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre that had been carefully housed in an acid-free box on a shelf in the Margaret I. King Library's Special Collections Research Center for over 50 years.

Registration Now Open for Inaugural Inclusive Health Summit

Aug 5, 2019, 9:19 AM

The UK Inclusive Health Partnerships and the UK Health Transform Clinic are partnering to host the first of its kind Inclusive Health Summit Saturday, Sept. 7, to provide the university community with an opportunity to engage in conversation about health disparities and creating inclusive clinical spaces.

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