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Kentucky Geological Survey to hold open house for Earth Science Week

Oct 5, 2023, 6:53 AM

The Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS) is hosting its annual open house in celebration of Earth Science Week on Oct. 11 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

UK’s Dixon and Whitaker appointed to Lexington Human Rights Commission

Oct 4, 2023, 7:10 AM

Alex Dixon, senior decision support analyst in the UK Office of Vice President for Research, and Ateba Whitaker, lecturer in the Department of Management in the Gatton College of Business and Economics, received the appointments in August from Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton’s office.

Markey’s ACTION program gets $2 million grant renewal from NCI

Oct 3, 2023, 7:18 AM

Launched in 2016, ACTION is a cancer education and training program aimed at high school and undergraduate students from Appalachian Kentucky.

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Genetics researcher to deliver UK’s Thomas Hunt Morgan Lectures

Sep 29, 2023, 7:20 AM

Sarah Tishkoff, the David and Lyn Silfen University Professor in Genetics and Biology at the University of Pennsylvania, will deliver the annual Thomas Hunt Morgan Lectures at the University of Kentucky this week.

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UK HDI celebrates disability representation with stock photo project

Sep 28, 2023, 7:36 AM

A team of staff at the University of Kentucky’s Human Development Institute (HDI) has created a photo library that represents Kentuckians of all kinds.

UK researchers lead multidisciplinary project for next-generation organic semiconductors

Sep 28, 2023, 7:32 AM

A multi-institutional collaboration led by UK researchers was one of 37 teams to receive National Science Foundation funding as part of the Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) program.

Social Work, Appalachian Regional Healthcare partner to offer behavioral health program, meet rural workforce need

Sep 27, 2023, 7:09 AM

The new initiative, known as the Behavioral Healthcare Rural Workforce Fellow Program, is designed to support workforce development and increase the number of qualified mental and behavioral health providers for more Central Appalachian patients.

UK-CARES hosts climate and health workshop for Kentucky teachers

Sep 27, 2023, 7:07 AM

The University of Kentucky Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences (UK-CARES) hosted K-12 teachers across Kentucky for a virtual training on climate and health in Kentucky.

UK researchers’ new study focuses on preventing deaths of pregnant women

Sep 26, 2023, 7:16 AM

A team of researchers at the University of Kentucky is working to reduce the number of deaths and injuries among pregnant and postpartum women through an online training program for UK students in helping professions across nine UK colleges.

Precision medicine, Markey collaboration delivers hope to Bowling Green patient

Sep 22, 2023, 6:58 AM

Collaborations with community hospitals across Kentucky give cancer patients access to the latest treatments and clinical trials closer to home.

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