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From studio to service: UK students use design build to help flood-prone communities

LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 13, 2025) — In Kentucky, where devastating floods have displaced families and reshaped landscapes, the University of Kentucky is reaffirming its commitment to the people of the Commonwealth. As part of UK’s land-grant mission to advance the state through collaboration, education and outreach, students and faculty from the UK College of Design are partnering with the UK Cooperative Extension Service to address housing challenges in Eastern Kentucky.

 

 

UK Extension launches strike teams — a new response and recovery initiative to weather disasters

LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 11, 2025) — Kentuckians have experienced several recent weather-related disasters, causing significant damage to infrastructure and communities across the state. 

UK alumni, family committed to providing eye care for rural Kentuckians

LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 9, 2025) — In the heart of southeastern Kentucky, the Huffman family has established a legacy of exceptional eye care, deeply rooted in their education at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. Their journey from medical training to serving rural communities exemplifies the profound impact of dedicated health care professionals in rural and other underserved areas. 

Precision medicine allows Markey patient to reclaim life

LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 9, 2025) — Gary Larkin remembers the exact moment he first knew something was wrong. It was the summer of 2023, during his brother’s 60th birthday party near Elkhorn Creek. The normally energetic construction business owner suddenly found himself overwhelmed by heat and chills and left the celebration to seek relief by jumping into the creek’s cool water.

Celebrating 100 years of beef research and extension at the UK Research and Education Center

LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 6, 2025) — In the mid-1920s, a determined group of Caldwell County residents took a bold leap to reshape agriculture in Western Kentucky. Pooling their resources, they purchased 400 acres of farmland near Princeton, Kentucky, and invited the University of Kentucky to establish a forward-thinking experiment substation dedicated to crop and livestock research.

Behind the label: The UK program protecting what you plant, feed and eat

LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 5, 2025) — Tucked away in a one-story building on the University of Kentucky campus is a program that has quietly safeguarded Kentucky’s agriculture for more than a century. While many people might be unfamiliar with it, the UK Division of Regulatory Services (DRS) — part of the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (CAFE) — is vital in protecting consumers, producers and the broader agricultural industry.

 

 

‘She is soaring’ — young patient outshines cancer with strength and sunshine

LEXINGTON, KY. (June 2, 2025) — Addi Luedeke has experienced more in her 17 months than most people will in their entire lifetime. 

Research Advancing Kentucky: Offering a future beyond addiction

William Stoops, Ph.D., is supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which aims to advance science on drug use and addiction prevention, and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences.  

Study suggests maple syrup industry can tap into, expand Kentucky’s forest economy

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 15, 2025) – Kentucky’s forests, traditionally valued for their timber and recreation, could soon become a source of sweet economic opportunity, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (CAFE).

 

 

Research Advancing Kentucky: Creating meaningful change

April Young, Ph.D., is supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which aims to reduce the negative impacts of drug use, inform effective policy development, raise public understanding of addiction as a chronic yet treatable medical condition and combat the stigma surrounding it. 

 

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