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CLIMBS will support 47 multi-disciplinary faculty from eight universities across the state (shown) and will facilitate hiring an additional 10 new research faculty at three different institutions to complement our existing expertise.

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May 09 2024

UK leading $20 million, 5-year NSF collaborative project to build climate resilience in Kentucky

CLIMBS will support 47 multi-disciplinary faculty from eight universities across the state (shown) and will facilitate hiring an additional 10 new research faculty at three different institutions to complement our existing expertise.

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May 13 2024
Gatton Foundation Endowed Chairs announced, advancing Kentucky through promising research

Alison Gustafson and Tiffany Messer have been conferred as Gatton Foundation Endowed Chairs, an award for continuing transformational research, extension efforts and programming addressing agricultural and societal challenges.
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May 13 2024
Markey Research Day highlights breadth, depth of cancer research

The 14th annual event showcased the latest advancements in cancer research from UK faculty members, students and staff across these many disciplines.
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May 9 2024
Kentucky Geological Survey to host 63rd annual seminar

The Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS) at the University of Kentucky will host its 63rd annual seminar on May 15 at the Jacobs Science Building, Room 121, on the UK campus.
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May 9 2024
UK researchers secure grant to enhance understanding, improve child welfare systems

Two researchers are using their experience and expertise to conduct an innovative study aimed at improving the child welfare system and supporting families across the Commonwealth.

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Apr 15 2024
People Behind Our Research: Lauren Whitehurst explores how sleep impacts health, wellbeing

Lauren Whitehurst, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and assistant director of the UNITE Research Priority Area, studies how sleep is affected by our genetics and living environments.
Mar 29 2024
Women Making History: UK researcher works to reduce harms from substance use

For more than a decade, UK College of Public Health researcher April Young, Ph.D., has been developing new methods to help and empathetically serve people struggling with substance use disorder to reduce some of the harm that they experience.
Jan 11 2024
UK researcher examines the life and activism of Mamie Till-Mobley, Emmett Till’s mother

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.
Dec 20 2023
Just the beginning: See how 'Kentucky Can' helps UK drive innovation, impact in research and health care

Through fostering innovation and advancing interdisciplinary research, the University of Kentucky is rendering world-class care and developing solutions to improve the lives of all Kentuckians.

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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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Feb 9 2023
People Behind Our Research: An innate curiosity inspired Darwin Conwell's medical career

Curiosity and an eagerness to learn led Darwin Conwell, M.D., to a career as a medical pancreatologist. Now the chair of internal medicine, Conwell brings his passion for science and education to the College of Medicine and UK HealthCare.
May 18 2022
People Behind Our Research: Ilhem Messaoudi Decoding the Mysteries of the Immune System

UK College of Medicine researcher Ilhem Messaoudi, Ph.D., has dedicated her career to developing a better understanding of how the immune system works, paving the way for improving how people respond to vaccines and infections.
Feb 1 2022
Nancy Schoenberg: Listening to Communities to Create Equitable Solutions

The best solutions begin by listening to the people whose problems you’re trying to solve. That community-based focus has been a guiding value of Nancy Schoenberg's 25 years at UK.

Research Blog

Jan 31 2024
Research Leadership Academy: Emerging Themes 2024 cohort and Research Leadership deadline
Jun 7 2022
Research Leadership Academy Participants Announced
May 10 2022
Cancer in Kentucky: Why Research Matters
Mar 30 2022
Female Patent Holders Spotlight Commercialization at UK

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Podcasts

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May 01 2024

Behind the Blue: Kenneth Campbell discusses his research, helping solve mysteries of the heart

Kenneth Campbell, from the UK College of Medicine, discusses how the establishment of the Gill Cardiovascular Biorepository has significantly advanced heart muscle research worldwide.

Apr 5 2024
Behind the Blue: Is daylight saving time hurting your retirement portfolio? Study from UK researcher says yes

Tyler Kleppe, assistant professor in UK Gatton College of Business and Economics, has shown "springing forward" impacts higher stakes decisions — like investing for one’s retirement.
Feb 22 2024
‘Research Made Possible’ podcast: Conner discusses HIV prevention in older Black women

UK College of Social Work Assistant Professor Laneshia Conner is refining interventions for older Black women with HIV, studying their health and reproductive health history, environments, trauma, and the sociocultural effects on their lives.
Nov 16 2023
UK at the Half: AI reads text from 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scrolls

In this “UK at the Half,” a University of Kentucky professor helps unlock ancient secrets — putting the university in the national and international spotlight.

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Recent Reports

Oct 14 2022
UK Research Annual Report Fiscal Year 2020 and Fiscal Year 2021
Jan 12 2022
RCTF Endowment Match Program 2020-2021 Annual Report
Jun 17 2021
RCTF Endowment Match Program 2019-2020 Annual Report
Aug 5 2020
UK Research Annual Report Fiscal Year 2019

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