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You Can Make a Difference by Participating in Research

Jan 17, 2018, 9:41 AM

Medical research advances treatments, care and diagnostics benefit countless patients. Linda Rice, RN, CCRC, director of clinical operations at the UK Center for Clinical and Translational Research, discusses how people can help in this endeavor in Sunday's Herald-Leader Your Health column.

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UK Archaeologist Serves as Fulbright Specialist in Croatia

Jan 12, 2018, 1:08 PM

UK archaeologist Paolo Visonà, adjunct associate professor in the School of Art and Visual Studies and part-time instructor in Lewis Honors College, recently served as a Fulbright Specialist at Croatia’s University of Rijeka and University of Zadar, where he shared his expertise of the monetary circulation in this area of the Adriatic before the Roman conquest.

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UK's BREATHE Helps Teens Advocate for Tobacco-Free Communities

Jan 11, 2018, 8:45 AM

University of Kentucky's BBREATHE team recently partnered with Youth Empowered Solutions (YES) to host tobacco and youth advocacy training for leadership students of Hazard High School, as well as a training session for adult community advocates from around the state on the importance of youth empowerment and mentorship and how to engage youth in advocacy efforts.

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Undergraduate Students: Take Advantage of Summer Research Opportunities

Jan 11, 2018, 8:42 AM

The UK Office of Undergraduate Research has created a Summer Research Information Session to answer any questions that current freshmen, sophomores and juniors might have regarding undergraduate research programs, especially questions regarding financial support.

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'UK at the Half' With VP for Research Lisa Cassis

Jan 8, 2018, 9:14 AM

"UK at the Half" airs during halftime of each UK football and basketball game broadcast and features the people, programs, research, health care and service that combine to make UK the university for Kentucky.

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Mice with Frequent Flyer Miles Advance the Alzheimer's Cause

Jan 4, 2018, 8:27 AM

Scientists from four different institutions are working together to identify a biomarker for Alzheimer's Disease using mice that travel an 850-mile circuit to test the efficacy of special technology called Quest MRI.

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UK CAER, Hazard Partnership Seeks to Improve Rural Power Generation

Jan 2, 2018, 8:50 AM

The UK Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) has received a $1.6 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to develop an innovative partnership in Hazard, Kentucky, that could serve as a model for future energy projects in rural Eastern Kentucky communities.

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Clinical Trial for Stroke Innovates Patient Care and Research at UK

Dec 21, 2017, 8:10 AM

Led by a multidisciplinary team of clinicians and scientists, the studies aim to develop new treatments using existing therapies that protect brain tissue after a stroke, and to learn more about the physiology of the event.

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How is UK Moving Up Nationally in Research?

Dec 20, 2017, 8:57 AM

Federal research funding has been flat nationally, but you wouldn't know it by UK's funding numbers, which show three consecutive years of growth.

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Combining Passions for Science and Policy

Dec 20, 2017, 8:50 AM

Science and policy may seem like two unrelated fields, but for Alex Helman, a doctoral candidate in the UK College of Medicine, the two are linked.

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