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CAFE Recognizes its Top Researchers

Jun 13, 2019, 9:46 AM

The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment recently recognized outstanding research projects from the past year.

UK Part of $11 Million Project Funded by NCI to Combat Cervical Cancer in Appalachia

Jun 12, 2019, 10:51 AM

A new public health initiative supported by $11 million in funding from the National Cancer Institute aims to address the burden of cervical cancer incidence and mortality in Appalachia.

'Behind the Blue': UK’s Corey Baker Bridging Diversity Gap in Computer Science

Jun 12, 2019, 10:47 AM

On this week’s episode of “Behind the Blue,” UK Public Relations and Strategic Communication’s Carl Nathe talks with Baker about student recruitment and about his teaching, research and service.

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UK Researcher to Study 'Memory' in Grapevines

Jun 11, 2019, 8:53 AM

Plants use memory at the molecular level to respond to stress in their environment. University of Kentucky researcher Carlos Rodríguez López has received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, to explore epigenetic memory, continuing research he began while living in Australia.

UK Researcher Unravels Serial Killer Ted Bundy's Mental Health

Jun 4, 2019, 10:05 AM

Bundy's mental health and psychiatric state have long been called into question. Widiger, a professor in the Department of Pscyhology at the University of Kentucky, has been on a quest for answers.

11 UK Students Selected for Fulbright Honors

May 30, 2019, 9:24 AM

The University of Kentucky Office of Nationally Competitive Awards has announced that seven recent UK graduates and four doctoral students have been offered Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarships.

UK HealthCare Implements New Suicide Screening Protocols for Patients

May 30, 2019, 9:21 AM

On May 28, 2019, the UK Emergency Department began utilizing the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale at both UK HealthCare Albert B. Chandler and Good Samaritan Hospitals. This screening tool is used to collect information on an individual's risk factors.

'Behind the Blue': UK Anthropologist Dick Jefferies’ Fascinating Work

May 29, 2019, 8:57 AM

Anthropology is the study of human culture in the past and the present. University of Kentucky Professor Richard "Dick" Jefferies is now in his fourth decade as a faculty member in the Department of Anthropology, within UK’s College of Arts and Sciences.

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Yvonne Fondufe-Mittendorf and the Epigenetics of Cancer

May 23, 2019, 9:44 AM

Could people in Eastern Kentucky, whose primary water sources have high levels of arsenic, take zinc to prevent cancer? Cancer epigeneticist Yvonne Fondufe-Mittendorf says her data points to this non-invasive fix.

NEH to Fund Digitization of Sacred Music Collection at Niles Center

May 22, 2019, 8:54 AM

University of Kentucky's John Jacob Niles Center for American Music is home to one of four archives of sacred music that will benefit from the Sounding Spirit initiative's second grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support pioneering work in digital scholarly editions.

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