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Associate Professor Ana Maria Linares Receives Prestigious Fulbright Research Award

Feb 1, 2018, 8:29 AM

College of Nursing associate professor Ana Maria Linares was recently awarded a prestigious Fulbright award to study iron-deficiency anemia in children in Peru.

CCTS is Accepting Applications for Community Mini-Grant Awards

Jan 31, 2018, 8:49 AM

Grants will provide $2,500 to community partners to develop, implement and evaluate small-scale, evidenced-based health outreach projects focused on reducing health disparities in Appalachian communities in Kentucky. Applications are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 16.

$2.7 Million Grant Gives Teachers Tools to Support English Learners in the Classroom

Jan 30, 2018, 8:23 AM

The grant, awarded to the UK College of Education, will assist 125 teachers in three Kentucky counties with educating children who are learning English in the classroom.

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William Stoops Explores the Psychology of Drug Addiction

Jan 29, 2018, 9:02 AM

In a new $2.9 million NIDA-funded project, William Stoops will compare the health effects of reduced cocaine use with abstinence.

UK Bootcamp Team Member Headed to Innovation Competition in Chicago

Jan 29, 2018, 8:55 AM

An innovative and promising student-led business from the University of Kentucky has been selected for a major research commercialization competition.

UK Orthopaedic Surgeon Selected for Prestigious Fellowship

Jan 29, 2018, 8:50 AM

Dr. Stephen Duncan, assistant professor of orthpaedic surgery, will travel to 11 centers, in 10 cities, across two countries to learn more about orthpaedic surgery and research.

UK Special Collections Research Center Makes Available Records of Appalachian Social Justice Organizations

Jan 29, 2018, 8:44 AM

UK Special Collections Research Center has successfully completed work on its Council on Library and Information Resources Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives grant, resulting in online access to the SCRC’s largest group of post-War on Poverty Appalachian primary sources.

Symposium Focuses on How Discrimination, Disparities Impact Children, Teens

Jan 29, 2018, 8:39 AM

The College of Arts and Sciences’ Center for Equality and Social Justice's spring symposium on Feb. 9 will focus on “How Discrimination and Disparities Impact Children and Teens: Research on Ethnicity, Social Class and Sexual Orientation.”

Wonder Women: Young Scientists Help Confirm Presence of Breathing "Ghost Network"

Jan 26, 2018, 9:47 AM

Case Western Reserve and UK's SCoBIRC were able to show the existence of a parallel neural network that could potentially restore diaphragm function after spinal cord injury. Perhaps more amazing is that this research is credited to a group of young scientists.

UK College of Medicine Receives Prestigious Grant to Investigate Vascular Disease

Jan 26, 2018, 9:41 AM

The American Heart Association has awarded a University of Kentucky and Baylor University research partnership $3.7 million to study aortic disease.

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