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CDC grant targets Kentucky’s tobacco-related health disparities

A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant targeting tobacco-related health disparities has been awarded to Melinda Ickes, Ph.D., a UK College of Education professor of health promotion.  

UK at the Half: AI reads text from 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scrolls

In this “UK at the Half,” a University of Kentucky professor helps unlock ancient secrets — putting the university in the national and international spotlight.

Provost IMPACT Awards fund 8 projects to advance education, research, service and care

The University of Kentucky Office of the Provost has funded eight transformative projects, supporting an inaugural cohort of IMPACT Award recipients.

UK bioengineer designs tools to improve treatment for head and neck cancer

One University of Kentucky researcher is working to develop new techniques for radiation treatment to improve survival rates of patients with a specific type of cancer.

UK researcher helps solve 60-year mystery inside heart, publishes in Nature

Kenneth S. Campbell, Ph.D., director of translational research in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine in the College of Medicine, has helped map out an important part of the heart on a molecular level.

UK Music faculty travel to Greece's Ionian University as part of new exchange

From Oct. 16–20, 2023, eight faculty members from the University of Kentucky School of Music (UK SOM) traveled to Ionian University in Corfu, Greece.

Frank X Walker named Grand Prize Winner of 2023 Black Authors Matter Children’s Book Awards

"A Is for Affrilachia" was chosen for best overall book and content and also selected as the best book in the educational category.

4th annual research expo offers research connections for UK undergraduates

The event introduces undergraduates to the diversity of research at UK, allowing students to network with research faculty and staff, and learn about mentored research opportunities.

College of Education NSF grant examines making mathematics more equitable

A new University of Kentucky study funded by the National Science Foundation seeks to make mathematics more relatable to all students by focusing on how teachers respond to children’s experiences, knowledge and mathematical reasoning.

SMRI researcher works with ASICS to help close global gender exercise gap

Sports Medicine Research Institute assistant professor Dee Dlugonski is working with ASICS Corporation on its Move Every Mind global research study to close the global gender exercise gap.

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