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The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center’s Appalachian Career Training in Oncology (ACTION) program has received $2 million in renewed funding from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) that will support the program over the next five years. Launched in 2016, ACTION is a cancer education and training program aimed at high school and undergraduate students from Appalachian Kentucky. This region grapples with the highest cancer incidence and mortality rates in the nation, primarily due to health, soci

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Oct 03 2023

Markey’s ACTION program gets $2 million grant renewal from NCI

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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Oct 4 2023
UK’s Dixon and Whitaker appointed to Lexington Human Rights Commission

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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Sep 29 2023
Genetics researcher to deliver UK’s Thomas Hunt Morgan Lectures

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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Sep 28 2023
UK researchers lead multidisciplinary project for next-generation organic semiconductors

A multi-institutional collaboration led by UK researchers was one of 37 teams to receive National Science Foundation funding as part of the Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) program.
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Sep 27 2023
UK-CARES hosts climate and health workshop for Kentucky teachers

The University of Kentucky Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences (UK-CARES) hosted K-12 teachers across Kentucky for a virtual training on climate and health in Kentucky.

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Oct 3 2023
Markey’s ACTION program gets $2 million grant renewal from NCI

Launched in 2016, ACTION is a cancer education and training program aimed at high school and undergraduate students from Appalachian Kentucky.
Sep 15 2023
Markey Cancer Center attains NCI's highest status as a Comprehensive Cancer Center

The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center announced today that it has earned a National Cancer Institute “Comprehensive” Cancer Center designation, the highest level of recognition awarded by the NCI.
Sep 14 2023
New UK startup seeks to turn US trash into Kentucky treasure

Three researchers at the University of Kentucky have launched an ambitious new startup company they hope will build upon Kentucky’s proud energy legacy.
Sep 5 2023
NIH awards $10.6 million for central nervous system metabolism research center at UK

UK has been awarded a prestigious Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant to study central nervous system metabolism from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the National Institutes of Health.

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Aug 07 2023

Discussing materials science in ‘Research Made Possible’

Alicia Gregory, director of Research Communications, sits down with four UK leaders to learn more about the recently announced eighth Research Priority Area in Materials Science and its connection to the Chips and Science Act of 2022.

Jun 8 2023
'Behind The Blue': Michael Cull and Tiffany Lindsay (Center for Innovation in Population Health)

Michael Cull and Tiffany Lindsey discuss the Center for Innovation in Population Health’s goals and how the College of Public Health hopes to utilize the Center to improve upon social determinants of health in the population, and more.
May 11 2023
'Behind the Blue': Gregory Hall (Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce)

Dr. Gregory Hall Hall discusses his new book about this ‘strategic triangle dynamic’ between the US, China and Russia, the impact that domestic policies in each country have on the bigger relationship, what both the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine tell us about future challenges on the world scene and more.
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'Behind the Blue': Dean Heather Bush (College of Public Health)

On this episode of ‘Behind the Blue’, Dean Heather Bush (College of Public Health) talks about her journey from statistics to public health, the variety of disciplines in the college and how their work impacts our daily lives, and what the College has planned for the 2023 National Public Health Week coming up April 3-9.

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