‘A modern Renaissance man:’ UKLA honors Horst Schach and community at 50-year anniversary event

By Christopher Carney
Published on Dec. 19, 2025

The University of Kentucky’s Department of Landscape Architecture honors students, colleagues and alumni while celebrating five decades of creating vibrant spaces in Kentucky and beyond.

'I'm a lifelong learner': UK Extension agent finishes term as NEAFCS president

By Grace Sowards
Published on Dec. 19, 2025

Representing Kentucky on the national stage, Jennifer Bridge led the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (NEAFCS) through a presidential term with service and structure as her cornerstones.

Meet Maggie Board, a 2025 UK graduate prepared for what comes next

By Christopher Carney
Published on Dec. 18, 2025

A University of Kentucky student is ready for the next chapter after graduating with an undergraduate degree in agricultural economics.

Optimize spray applications with KATS drone pattern testing fly-in workshop

By Jennifer Elwell
Published on Dec. 18, 2025

Agricultural drone pilots can test the spray pattern of their equipment at a Feb. 26 workshop, presented by the Kentucky Agricultural Training School (KATS) in Princeton.

UK team builds a 'genetic toolbox' to stay ahead of equine rotavirus A, a common threat to foals

By Jordan Strickler
Published on Dec. 17, 2025

A Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment virologist is working on a new genetic toolkit to decrease the number of equine rotavirus infections.

2026 Kentucky Crop Health Conference helps farmers address pest challenges in the new year

By Jennifer Elwell
Published on Dec. 17, 2025

The Feb. 5 event brings an exciting lineup of experts in weed control, plant diseases, and insect and wildlife pests ahead of planting season.

UK researchers track snake fungal disease in Kentucky, testing whether infections reduce survival

By Jordan Strickler
Published on Dec. 16, 2025

Snakes are essential to the world’s ecosystems, but is a fungal disease putting them in danger?

‘A simple brilliance’: Dr. Nancy Cox delivers 2025 William Henry Hatch Memorial Lecture

By Christopher Carney
Published on Dec. 15, 2025

The rotating lecture series honors three historical figures in the land-grant university system and recognizes an outstanding leader for their research contributions.

David Van Sanford receives 2025 USWBSI Lifetime Achievement Excellence Award

By Jennifer Elwell
Published on Dec. 12, 2025

The UK professor was honored with a national award for the development of wheat varieties with improved disease resistance and leadership.

UK’s Reddy Palli named 2025 National Academy of Inventors Fellow

By Alicia Gregory
Published on Dec. 12, 2025

A University of Kentucky researcher and scientist has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors.