Research News

Markey Cancer Data Portal Provides Digital Footprint of Cancer in Kentucky

Jun 23, 2022, 7:40 AM

The new online data mapping application allows users to explore cancer incidence and mortality data alongside population demographics, social determinants of health, and behavioral risk factors at various geographic levels across the Commonwealth.

‘Great Teacher’ Olivia Davis Inspires Her Students to Change Lives, Communities

Jun 22, 2022, 7:08 AM

Olivia Davis, lecturer in the Gatton College of Business and Economics, is one of the distinguished Great Teacher Award recipients who strives to help her students discover their passions.

Isabel Escobar to Serve as Chellgren Chair, Director of the Chellgren Center

Jun 22, 2022, 6:59 AM

Isabel Escobar, Ph.D., has been appointed Chellgren Chair and Director of the Chellgren Center for Undergraduate Excellence, effective July 1, 2022.

New Center Focuses on Building a Stronger Health Care Workforce for Kentucky

Jun 21, 2022, 7:15 AM

Jim Ballard will lead the newly formed Center for Interprofessional and Community Health Education (CICHE). This new center will represent the merger of two existing resources, the Center for Interprofessional Health Education and the Area Health Education Center.

Digital Access Project Partnership to Make Local Slave Records Visible, Accessible

Jun 21, 2022, 7:12 AM

More than 60,000 pages of Fayette County’s historical property records containing information about enslaved people from the late 1700s through 1865 will soon be available to the public online.

'Behind the Blue': Reflecting on Juneteenth With Dr. Anastasia Curwood

Jun 17, 2022, 6:53 AM

The director of the Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies and African American and Africana Studies discusses the Juneteenth holiday, personal reflections on the day's significance, and the importance of observance of the holiday by the university.