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UK Research on Beige Fat Formation for Improved Glucose Metabolism Highlighted by NIDDK

Research led by Dr. Philip Kern was recently highlighted by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

UK's Vasquez Heilig Named to Hispanics in Higher Education Board

College of Education Dean Julian Vasquez Heilig has been appointed to the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Board of Directors. His three-year term begins July 1.

Pharmacy Faculty’s Lifelong Passion for Science Earns Her New Accolades

Jill Turner, Ph.D., was recently awarded the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) Neuropharmacology Early Career Award.

2 Kentucky Wildcats Awarded Fulbrights

Two recent University of Kentucky graduates have been offered Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarships to travel abroad to teach, study or pursue research for the 2021-22 academic year.

Kunos Appointed Medical Director of Markey Clinical Research Office

In this role, Kunos will work to improve accrual to cancer clinical trials, and work with senior leadership to ensure adequate resources and financial oversight of the clinical research office.

UK College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Awarded 2021 Kirwan Prize, Sturgill Award

Two UK faculty members are recipients of The Graduate School’s distinguished annual awards for exemplary research in the last four years and contributions to graduate student mentoring.

Gipson-Reichardt Honored for Contributions to Drug Abuse Research

College of Medicine researcher Cassandra Gipson-Reichardt, Ph.D., has received the College on Problems of Drug Dependence’s (CPDD) 2021 Joseph Cochin Young Investigator Award for Excellence.

UK's Eric King Honored by Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

The Executive Director of Federal Relations was honored Thursday by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) for successful congressional advocacy efforts for higher education.

4 Faculty Honored as Excellent Undergraduate Research Mentors

UK Office of Undergraduate Research awarded four faculty members for exemplary commitment to undergraduate mentoring. The awards were presented during the Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars.

CHET Honors Inaugural Awardees

UK’s Center for Health Equity Transformation recently announced the recipients of its inaugural Equity Changemaker Awards.

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