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UK awarded $3.4 million to lead equity initiative in drug abuse research

Oct 11, 2023, 7:15 AM

The University of Kentucky has been selected as the nationwide coordination center for a National Institutes of Health (NIH) initiative, supported by a $3.4 million, five-year grant.

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UK Land-Grant Engagement invites requests for funding proposals

Oct 9, 2023, 7:14 AM

These grant funds will support innovative projects to provide Kentuckians with knowledge and skills they can use to improve their lives and communities.

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UK oral history project documenting climate change, empowering Kentuckians

Oct 9, 2023, 7:11 AM

A new project, led by the Kentucky Climate Consortium (KYCC) research team at the University of Kentucky, is proving that oral histories can provide an intimate view of our shifting world.

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UK’s Parsons plays central role in 'reading the unreadable'

Oct 6, 2023, 7:14 AM

Stephen Parsons, UK Digital Restoration Initiative visiting scholar, has been using cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to read and uncover ancient texts, including the ever-challenging Herculaneum scrolls.

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UK awarded $19 million to research tobacco regulation in Appalachia, inform FDA

Oct 6, 2023, 7:10 AM

The University of Kentucky will be home to a new research center focused on tobacco regulations in the Commonwealth named the Appalachian Tobacco Regulatory Science Team (AppalTRuST).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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