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Brent Seales Awarded NEH Grant to Rescue the Hidden Texts of Herculaneum

Mar 5, 2019, 9:05 AM

Brent Seales, professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science, is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant for his groundbreaking project, "Reading the Invisible Library: Rescuing the Hidden Texts of Herculaneum."

UK CAER Grant to Investigate Utilizing CO2 as a Chemical Feedstock

Mar 4, 2019, 11:15 AM

The University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) has received an $800,000 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant to turn carbon dioxide into valuable products.

Federal Grant Will Help KGS Researcher Develop Landslide Models, Risk Assessments in Eastern Kentucky

Mar 1, 2019, 9:57 AM

A new, three-year project funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will allow the Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS) to create landslide susceptibility models and risk assessments for communities in the Big Sandy Area Development District of Eastern Kentucky.

NCAA Awards Grant for UK College of Education Mental Health Research

Feb 28, 2019, 10:48 AM

A University of Kentucky College of Education research team has been selected to receive funding from the National Collegiate Athletic Association for a project related to college athletes’ psychological well-being and mental health.

$2.3 million NIH Grant Aims to Help Improve Diversity in Science and Health Care

Feb 19, 2019, 8:46 AM

Through a recent five-year, $2.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Don Frazier and Brett Spear will partner with faculty from qualified minority-serving institutions across the U.S. and Puerto Rico to help improve diversity in science and health care.

UK Linguists Awarded NEH Grant for Video Game Concept

Dec 19, 2018, 9:30 AM

Most recently, the Byrd's have developed a plan to educate others about the roots of these historic languages through the use of modern technology. With the help of Professor George Landon, the head of the Eastern Kentucky University Gaming Institute, along with a whole host of scholars from around the globe — together, they are creating The Anatolian Trail: An Indo-European Adventure, a video game designed to transport players back in time to the age of the Proto-Indo-Europeans.

UK Oral Historian Doug Boyd Receives Fulbright to do Research in Australia

Dec 7, 2018, 1:22 PM

Doug Boyd, director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to fund research in Australia as part of a project to expand the operability of the Oral History Metadata Synchronizer technology developed at UK.

$3.4 Million Grant Empowers UK, U of L, and State Commission to Support Kentucky Children with Hearing Loss and Deafness

Nov 30, 2018, 10:41 AM

The five-year federal grant will be used to provide and study an evidence-based “Family Check-Up” program at ten hearing clinics throughout the state, with the aim of improving treatment and outcomes by increasing positive parenting and decreasing disruptive behavior.

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New NCI Grant Expands Markey’s Successful Oncology Training Program to High Schoolers

Nov 26, 2018, 8:51 AM

After successfully launching an oncology training program for Appalachian undergrads in 2016, the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center is expanding the program to include high school students.

UK Office of Technology Commercialization, Partners Receive RISE Grant from KY CED

Nov 14, 2018, 11:19 AM

The Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development is investing $750,000 to support startups and entrepreneurs in Lexington and Central Kentucky under this initiative.

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