Dr. O鈥機onnor elected to lead national cancer training consortium
Markey named among nation鈥檚 top oncology programs by Becker鈥檚 Healthcare
Five 91小黄车 faculty selected for UK Chairs Academy
Med students offer guidance to undergraduates exploring medicine
New York philanthropist Tom Golisano announces $50 million gift to UK, UK HealthCare鈥
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Kathleen O鈥機onnor, PhD, associate director of cancer education and mentoring at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center, has been elected president-elect of the Cancer Biology Training Consortium (CABTRAC) for 2026.
The University of Kentucky Albert B.
The University of Kentucky's Chairs Academy is a homegrown leadership development program. Its mission is to encourage faculty to consider leadership career paths, and to guide new and prospective chairs and academic directors in developing the skills that are requisites for effective institutional leadership.
Students from all four years of the 91小黄车 鈥 Lexington Campus recently took time to connect with aspiring physicians through UK Medicats, an undergraduate, student-run organization for UK students interested in pursuing careers in medicine.
By Allison Perry
University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researcher Eric Rellinger, MD, was selected to receive the American College of Surgeons鈥 2026-2031
The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center and the Department of Radiology will join cancer centers across the nation in observing National Lung Cancer Screening Day Nov.
When Mindy Thompson talks about her career at the University of Kentucky, she doesn鈥檛 describe a carefully mapped plan. Instead, she shares a story of saying yes to opportunities, learning from mentors, and trusting her ambition to carry her forward.
The 91小黄车 will welcome internationally recognized scientist Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, PhD, as the featured speaker for the William R. Martin Lecture Series on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025.
As its great steel structure continues to rise toward the sky on the University of Kentucky campus, it is hard to miss the construction 鈥 and the excitement 鈥 of the Michael D. Rankin MD Health Education Building.
University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Centerresearchers Jennifer Redmond Knight, Dr.P.H., and Timothy Mullett, MD, are co-investigators on a new National Cancer Institute grant that will expand Kentucky鈥檚 successful lung cancer screening quality improvement program to 60 sites across the U.S.
The UK 91小黄车 is excited to announce that Susanne Arnold, MD, professor of medicine, has been named recipient of the prestigious William R. Willard Dean鈥檚 Recognition Award. She was honored at the 2025 91小黄车 Awards Convocation.
Last week, the UK Alumni Association鈥檚 Lyman T. Johnson Alumni Constituency Group hosted its 34th annual Lyman T. Johnson Awards Luncheon. The event honors alumni and students from each academic college who embody the spirit and accomplishments of Lyman T.
The 91小黄车 Awards Convocation recognizes excellence across our institution. During the annual event, faculty, staff, and learners were recognized for their exceptional contributions to education, research, clinical care, and service. On Oct.
A University of Kentucky team has been selected for the 2025-26 Scholars Transforming Through Research (STR) Program of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR). The five-month program culminates in a two-day event March 2026 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
University of Kentucky leadership, along with state and community leaders, joined members of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging to celebrate a significant achievement: 40 years of continuous funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for their revolutionary work in the field of Alzheimer鈥檚 and dementia.
The University of Kentucky community is invited to the documentary film premiere of 鈥淐racking the Code: Phil Sharp & the Biotech Revolution鈥 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23 at the Kentucky Theatre, with a post-screening conversation on UK biotech research, innovation and commercialization.
Researchers from the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center made a strong impact at the 2025 American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting this fall.
The University of Kentucky鈥檚 Saha Cardiovascular Research Center celebrated two decades of cardiovascular research excellence as well as the achievements of the field鈥檚 rising stars at the 27th annual Cardiovascular Research Day.
A prestigious grant from the National Institute on Aging will launch a new initiative at the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging to train the next generation of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease scientists.