• Article
  • Feb 7 2024

The Igniting Research Collaborations (IRC) program seeks to increase interdisciplinary scientific engagement and leverage UK’s breadth of expertise to tackle important problems in the Commonwealth

  • Article
  • Feb 6 2024

The Vesuvius Challenge has announced the grand prize winners of its global AI contest to virtually unwrap a still-rolled carbonized papyrus scroll from the ancient city of Herculaneum.

  • Article
  • Feb 6 2024

The University of Kentucky’s Human Development Institute (HDI) is offering a seminar “Graphic Medicine and Universal Design” focused on showing how comics and illustrations can help reduce barriers in health care settings.

  • Article
  • Feb 5 2024

Researchers from UK's Center for Applied Energy Research are exploring a new way to utilize CO2 to improve the performance of cement and concrete, seeking more environmentally friendly solutions.

  • Article
  • Feb 2 2024

An unusual spike in drug overdoses in Lexington, recently has spurred the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department to advise people, especially those with substance use disorder or those connected to someone with it, to carry naloxone.

  • Article
  • Feb 2 2024

The Office of Undergraduate Research is accepting submissions for the spring issue of Aperture, a new open-access, interdisciplinary student journal.

  • Blog
  • Jan 31 2024

The Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to announce the 2024 Emerging Themes for Research Program cohort and the open application window for the Research Leadership Development Program.

  • Article
  • Jan 26 2024

A community advisory board is marking more than a year of impacting research at the University of Kentucky.

  • Article
  • Jan 26 2024

A University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researcher has received a $2.6 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to study a newly discovered enzyme linked to lung cancer progression.

  • Article
  • Jan 25 2024

A team of researchers at UK and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital is delving deeper into the science behind how spiny mice can regenerate lost tissue.