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SOPS, OTC Announce Winners of Postdoctoral Pitch Competition Sponsored by UKIC, VPR

Aug 18, 2020, 8:39 AM

The University of Kentucky Society of Postdoctoral Scholars (SOPS) hosted their first Research Pitch Competition where 19 postdocs and fellows showcased their research with one-minute elevator pitches.

UK Researcher Named AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow

Aug 12, 2020, 8:24 AM

AAAS fellows serve yearlong assignments in the federal government. Larian will be placed at the Center for Nutrition in the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau of Resilience and Food Security in Washington D.C.

Black Holes ‘Gone on Holiday?’ UK Student Helps Astronomy Community Understand Unexpected Phenomenon

Aug 4, 2020, 9:07 AM

“Astronomy is an entirely observational science — we cannot do an experiment or make physical measurements. So we have to simulate what we observe with computers."

NIH Awards $11.2 Million for Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation Center at UK

Aug 3, 2020, 8:27 AM

"Our outstanding researchers at the University of Kentucky are leading the way in translational chemical biology, and the recently awarded COBRE grant is a testament to UK CPRI’s success in their constant pursuit of discovery," said UK President Eli Capilouto.

UK Projects Receive NIH KYNETIC Product Development Awards

Jul 27, 2020, 2:32 PM

KYNETIC, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is excited to announce that five of the seven projects recently awarded $50,000 to bring their innovations toward product development are from the University of Kentucky.

2020 Undergraduate Research Mentor Award Winners Announced

Jul 27, 2020, 2:25 PM

This student-nominated award recognizes UK faculty members who demonstrate an outstanding commitment to mentoring undergraduate researchers, providing exceptional undergraduate research experiences, as well as supporting and promoting the undergraduate research initiatives on campus.

UK Appalachian Center Awards 12 Student Researchers

Jul 27, 2020, 2:07 PM

“The Appalachian Center is thrilled to support these student researchers that represent nine departments across four colleges. We look forward to learning from their work as they continue to produce cutting-edge research in and on the region.”

Reading the Unreadable: Seales and Team Reveal Dead Sea Scroll Text

Jul 23, 2020, 8:30 AM

Brent Seales, professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science at UK, is considered the foremost expert in the digital restoration of damaged and unreadable manuscripts. To this day, his quest to uncover the wisdom of the ancients is ever evolving.

Nikiforos Stamatiadis Awarded Greek Diaspora Fellowship

Jul 7, 2020, 8:27 AM

The Greek Diaspora Fellowship Program is a scholar exchange program for Greek universities to host Greek scholars from the diaspora in the areas of collaborative research, curriculum co-development and/or graduate/undergraduate student mentoring and teaching.

UK Center for Health Equity Transformation Awards 3 Pilot Research Grants

Jul 1, 2020, 8:23 AM

“The significance of addressing health and other inequities has never been greater,” said Nancy Schoenberg, CHET director. “While we received numerous rigorous proposals, these projects stood out for their capacity to employ stellar research approaches to make impactful change."

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