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Aug 22 2019

In this Campus Walk, go inside the College of Pharmacy with Dean Kip Guy to explore how students, faculty and staff are making an impact.

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Aug 19 2019
New Study Examines Breast Cancer Survivors’ Experiences Managing Cancer and Work

A new study by University of Kentucky researchers examines breast cancer survivors’ experiences with communicating with their oncology team about employment and work issues.
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Aug 14 2019
UK Superfund Research Center Hosts UofL for Immersive Two-Day Trainee Event

Last month, the University of Kentucky Superfund Research Center (UK SRC) hosted trainees from the University of Louisville Superfund Research Center. The two-day event included information exchange, lab tours and a day trip to Whitesburg, Kentucky, where the UK SRC Community Engagement Core (CEC) has worked for many years.
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Aug 13 2019
Chemistry's Guzman to Study Atmospheric Reactions of Pollution

Marcelo Guzman's NSF-funded project will focus on how gases, such as ozone, react with pollutants in the atmosphere. The research may help reduce air pollution levels and consequently, human cardiovascular diseases.
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Aug 9 2019
UK College of Education Receives Funding to Improve Math Education for Elementary Students

The University of Kentucky College of Education has received $599,875 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to research, develop, and implement ways of teaching mathematics that integrate equitable teaching practices.

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Series Spotlight People Behind Our Research

Why do we want you to meet our researchers?

The scientists and scholars at the University of Kentucky are remarkable people. Some of them have a very personal connection to field they have chosen: a family member battling addiction or disease. Some of them began their journey based on curiosity. A drive to find out why the world works the way it does.

What they all have in common is a passion to ignite progress and partner across fields and with communities to confront, head on, the most profound challenges. Research can do that, and our researchers tell you why and how.

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May 23 2019
Yvonne Fondufe-Mittendorf and the Epigenetics of Cancer

Could people in Eastern Kentucky, whose primary water sources have high levels of arsenic, take zinc to prevent cancer? Cancer epigeneticist Yvonne Fondufe-Mittendorf says her data points to this non-invasive fix.
Mar 8 2019
Michele Staton's Research Passion is Helping Incarcerated Women Address Substance Abuse

For International Women's Day and Women's History Month, we are highlighting women of UK. Researcher and Appalachian Kentucky native Michele Staton has a passion to help incarcerated women struggling with substance abuse.
Dec 4 2018
UK Physiologist Uses Biomechanics to Understand Lung Healing

With funds from NIH, Chris Waters is studying the biomechanics of lung healing to help patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).

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Aug 1 2019
Record-breaking Research Awards Power UK Innovation
Apr 26 2019
Collaboration Key to Defeating Opioid Epidemic
Apr 24 2019
RX Summit Shines Light on Opioid Epidemic with Rogers’ Leadership
Apr 17 2019
One Day for UK

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Apr 19 2019
UK Research Annual Report Fiscal Year 2018
Dec 11 2018
RCTF Endowment Match Program 2017-2018 Annual Report
Oct 16 2018
Office of Technology Commercialization 2018 Annual Report
Apr 9 2018
UK Research Annual Report Fiscal Year 2017

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Apr 24 2019

Writer Jeff Worley Appointed Kentucky Poet Laureate

Jeff Worley, retired editor of University of Kentucky's research magazine, Odyssey, has been appointed 2019-2020 Kentucky Poet Laureate by Gov. Matt Bevin.

Jul 17 2019
'Behind the Blue': Randal Voss, Jeramiah Smith Discuss Axolotl Salamanders and the Keys to Human Regeneration

On this week’s episode of “Behind the Blue,” UKPR’s Amy Timoney talks with Randal Voss, a professor in the UK Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, and Jeramiah Smith, an associate professor in the UK Department of Biology, on their work assembling the axolotl genome.
Jul 3 2019
Behind the Blue: Sanders-Brown Director Linda Van Eldik Looks to the Future of Alzheimer's Research

In this episode of "Behind the Blue," Sanders-Brown director Linda Van Eldik talks about the center's involvement in some of the most important discoveries in the history of Alzheimer's research and what they are doing now to advance the science.
Jun 20 2019
'Behind the Blue': Researchers Study Rural Ambulance Services, Health Care Access

In this week’s episode of Behind the Blue, we discuss the role communities can play in keeping rural hospitals open, the important piece of healthcare services provided by ambulances and emergency medical services and how economic development can impact health outcomes.

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Aug 22 2019
Campus Walk: UK’s College of Pharmacy

In this Campus Walk, go inside the College of Pharmacy with Dean Kip Guy to explore how students, faculty and staff are making an impact.
Aug 13 2019
Markey’s ACTION Program Hosts Inaugural Summer Residential Program

This summer, high school students from Appalachian Kentucky spent five weeks at UK gathering real-life experience in oncology training and research as part of the UK Markey Cancer Center's successful ACTION Program.
Jul 31 2019
UK Transplant Researchers Seek to Fight Organ Rejection Through New Trial

A new clinical trial at the UK Transplant Center seeks to change how the body reacts to a newly transplanted kidney.
Jul 26 2019
Preclinical Study of Therapeutic Strategy for Lafora Disease Shows Promise

A team of scientists have designed and tested a novel and promising therapeutic strategy for treating Lafora Disease (LD), a fatal form of childhood epilepsy.

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