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The second annual one-day open house festival will take place noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, at the Don & Cathy Jacobs Science Building.

A new LED installation has turned a less obvious downtown venue into a play area for kids passing through the facility.

To help develop skills to communicate scientific work to a broad audience, and design & implement a STEM career path, UK is hosting a symposium this weekend for students and professionals interested in these fields.

The project will improve messaging of non-medical prescription drug disposal programs in Appalachian counties.

Jeannette Sutton, director of the Risk and Disaster Communication Center at UK and newly appointed member of the National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee, will discuss the National Science Foundation's RAPID Response Research.

With a $1.16 million grant from five federal agencies, UK researcher Dr. April Young will work with public health organizations and universities across the country to combat the opioid epidemic in 12 Eastern Kentucky counties.

Can taking care of social needs for people utilizing Medicare and Medicaid help them spend less on health care and improve their health? A new $4.5 million statewide project led by the UK Center for Health Services Research will find out.

Yinan Wei, associate professor of chemistry at the University of Kentucky, has received an award to study membrane protein oligomerizations in bilayers. The project also integrates an outreach program for girls aged 12-18 at the Hope Hill Youth Service, introducing science and science careers.

The gift goes to the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment's new Grain and Forage Center of Excellence in Western Kentucky.

Researchers in the University of Kentucky Center for Health Services Research have established the Kentucky Consortium for Accountable Health Communities to address the health-related social needs of vulnerable patients across the Commonwealth.