Physics Professor Receives Early Career Research Award from Department of Energy
Physics Professor Christopher Crawford received a five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's 2012 Early Career Research Program.
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Anthropology Students Time Lapse: Shaker Village Archaeological Dig
Kim McBride, anthropology professor and co-director of the Kentucky Archaeological Survey, taught Anthropology 585: Field Methods in Archaeology at the Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, 25 miles southwest of Lexington. Students enrolled in the six-week course excavated, collected artifacts and interpreted findings from the sites of two early 19th century Shaker buildings from May 8-June 19. Read more: as.uky.edu/uk-archaeology-students-gain-ground-through-field-school
UK Archaeology Students Gain Ground Through Field School
UK Anthropology searched for artifacts with co-director of the Kentucky Archaeological Survey and professor Kim Mcbridge this summer at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill.
"See engagement." UK Chemistry Lab Hosts High School Students
Chemistry professor Susan Odom has hosted two Paul Laurence Dunbar High School students in her chemistry laboratory over the past semester, conducting a project that could change the way lithium-ion batteries are produced.
Ahead of the Curve: High School Students Join Susan Odom's Lab
High School students Nina Elliott, and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Walsh joined assistant professor Susan Odom in her chemistry lab, a partnership made possible through Paul Laurence Dunbar High School's Math, Science, and Technology Center.
'Rebuilding the Block' Culminates With Sankofa Awards
The Sankofa Awards, honoring African-American men who have demonstrated excellence in the categories of service, social and environmental justice, scholarship, philanthropy, creativity and entrepreneurship, will provide a symbolic end to the series that began in December 2011.
New Ruthenium-based Drugs Show Promise for Killing Cancer Cells
A new study by University of Kentucky researchers shows how light and strained ruthenium-based drugs may be more effective at fighting cancer cells and less toxic to healthy cells than a similar and widely used drug.
UK Project Receives $880,000 Grant From Department of Energy
Professors from the Department of Physics & Astronomy will collaborate on a 3-year project centered on fuel cycle research and development.
Schatzki Delivers Distinguished Lecture: 'Practices, Governance and Sustainability'
A&S Associate Dean Ted Schatzki returns from England's University of Essex, having delivered social theory lecture.
Chemistry Professor Awarded Grant From National Science Foundation
Chemistry Professor Yinan Wei recently received a $450,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for a study expected to generate some of the first ever data in her subject matter, which focuses on how proteins oligomerize in cell membrane, or in other words, how membrane-spanning proteins that function in units containing more than one subunit, assemble in nature.