UK junior Gretchen Ruschman has been selected to participate in the Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE) program through the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst – DAAD).
Ticks are a threat in Kentucky year-round, but especially in the summer months. The next time one bites you, stop and think before flushing it down the toilet. You could
Four graduate students received the James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research on Appalachia, and two graduate students and one undergraduate student received the center's Eller and Billings Student Research Award.
In Kentucky 10% of ticks carry a pathogen that cause diseases like Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and alpha-gal, which causes an allergy to red meat.
Students in UK's Textile Testing Laboratory are helping develop durable, reusable PPE for health care workers. UK’s primary PPE testing involves apparel such as isolation and medical gowns. Thanks to the testing lab, health care workers can use at least five different types of gowns for up to 75 wash cycles.