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UK SA/VS professor discovers Spartacus’ 1st battlefield in southern Italy

Jul 12, 2024, 7:16 AM

Archaeologist Paolo Visonà, an adjunct associate professor in the School of Art and Visual Studies (SA/VS) has discovered Spartacus’ first battlefield in southern Italy and Roman fortification systems built by Crassus to blockade Spartacus’ army.

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UK folklorist explains centuries-old history of St. Patrick’s Day

Mar 15, 2024, 7:34 AM

While St. Patrick’s Day is associated with wearing green, community parades and shamrock hunting, the holiday is also grounded in history that dates back more than 1,500 years.

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UK students part of project using digital tools to bring stories of enslaved people to light

Feb 16, 2024, 7:32 AM

The Digital Access Project aims to help families and researchers piece together information and previously unknown stories about Central Kentucky, including the lives of enslaved people who lived in the region.

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UK researcher examines the life and activism of Mamie Till-Mobley, Emmett Till’s mother

Jan 11, 2024, 7:41 AM

Brandon M. Erby, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies, is studying the life of civil rights icon Mamie Till-Mobley, mother of Emmett Till.

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Discovery made from within 2,000 year-old Herculaneum scrolls

Oct 13, 2023, 7:15 AM

Brent Seales, computer science professor at the UK, (in partnership with EduceLab, the Library of the Institut de France and founders of the Vesuvius Challenge), presented a monumental breakthrough: for the first time in more than 2,000 years, text has been read from part of the still-closed Herculaneum scrolls.

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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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Herculaneum scrolls: A 20-year journey to read the unreadable

Aug 24, 2023, 7:09 AM

Restoring an ancient library from the ashes of Mount Vesuvius is now closer to reality. To highlight the progress, this is the first in a four-video series featuring Brent Seales, UK Alumni Professor in the Department of Computer Science and his Digital Restoration Initiative team.

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UK researcher offers solution to coal conundrum on famous pirate shipwreck

Apr 12, 2023, 7:17 AM

Off the coast of North Carolina, archaeologists are excavating Blackbeard's sunken flagship in the waters near Bogue Banks and Fort Macon. James Hower, Ph.D., a research professor at the UK Center for Applied Energy Research, is part of the research team.

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Women Making History: UK researcher works to preserve collective memory of WWI

Mar 29, 2023, 7:14 AM

Through her research, Pearl James, Ph.D., associate professor of English in the College of Arts and Sciences, is uncovering new layers to the study of World War I.

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UK’s Brent Seales launches global competition to decipher Herculaneum scrolls

Mar 21, 2023, 7:04 AM

The computer science professor is leading a global competition to read the charred scrolls after demonstrating that an artificial intelligence program can successfully extract letters and symbols from X-ray images from unrolled papyri too fragile to unroll.

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