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STEM, passion for mentoring the next generation

Like many engineers, Ashley Morris was born inquisitive. Though she was born in Louisville, Morris grew up on a small 5-acre farm in Shelbyville, Kentucky

UK Transplant Center performs record number of liver transplants in 2024

The UK HealthCare Transplant Center performed 220 organ transplants in 2024, including a record number of liver transplants. The liver transplant teams performed 78 liver transplants, the most ever performed by any Kentucky medical center in a single year.

New diagnostic criteria for LATE dementia offers hope for improved dementia care

Researchers at the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging are at the forefront of advancing dementia research with groundbreaking work on a condition known as LATE, or “limbic predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy.” 

UK HealthCare, Ky. AG collaborate on state’s first-ever toolkit to protect from strangulation

Providers from UK HealthCare collaborated with Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman and other agencies on the Commonwealth’s first-ever toolkit to combat the crime of strangulation.

Bridging past and future UK’s Brent Seales to lead national AI-humanities initiative at Schmidt Sciences

Brent Seales, Ph.D,  a computer science professor in the Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering at the University of Kentucky, has been selected to lead a new national program that supports research at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and the humanities.

‘Behind the Blue’ President Eli Capilouto welcomes 2025 with focus on care, progress

As the new year begins, the University of Kentucky is welcoming back students for the Spring 2025 semester — a time to reflect on the strides made in the past year and to look forward to the opportunities ahead.

‘UK at the Half’ New year, new opportunities to advance Kentucky

As the University of Kentucky gears up for a new semester and year, UK President Eli Capilouto reflects on what the entire community came together to accomplish in 2024. 

UK medical student turns passion into purpose

University of Kentucky College of Medicine-Northern Kentucky Campus students are making a meaningful impact on the lives of young adults with intellectual disabilities through their work with Angels’ Castle, a nonprofit organization that provides educational, recreational, and residential services for this underserved population.

Coal to critical elements $5 million DOE award propels UK’s refined materials work

A team of engineers at the University of Kentucky, in collaboration with researchers at other universities, will work on a system to transform coal into high-value materials.