University of Kentucky

UC researchers are engineering the tobacco plant to produce bio-fuels

2013-04-29 14:17:00

Once celebrated as an economic mainstay, the tobacco industry has been hard hit by health concerns, bans, lawsuits and the social stigma of cigarette smoking. Now, UC researchers are testing the plant’s potential to be genetically modified in...

Anxiety? Existential crisis? David Lynch film? Take a Tylenol

2013-04-18 12:26:00

Are you suffering from an existential crisis? Take two Tylenol and call me in the morning. New research suggests that acetaminophen, the main ingredient in Tylenol, may be able to alleviate the�pain of an existential crisis in the same way it alleviates...

'Ancient scourge' no more? Bed bugs thwarted by bean leaves in study

2013-04-12 12:22:00

Bed bugs have re-emerged as an urban blight in the past several years, forcing people out of homes, resisting chemical pesticides and evading other removal tactics. But researchers are building bug-catchers inspired by an age-old folk remedy to this...

Sororities express solidarity, some fear, in wake of Texas rapes

2011-10-28 16:36:33

Uncommonwealth: In his new role, Ben Chandler begins 'a labor of love'

2013-05-20 07:04:02

Ben Chandler, beaming like he just won the Powerball, said he has always wanted to teach history. His pride is his library at his home in Woodford County, which has 5,000 volumes. When the former congressman travels, he takes his books with him in a...

South Aiken High School students honored

2013-05-20 00:00:00

The following South Aiken High School seniors and a few underclassmen were recognized at an Awards Night ceremony on Thursday: --Most Outstanding Students as listed -- Laura Bickford (science), Daniel Faison (math), Rachel Beeson (math team, social...

Despite broken leg at 90, there's no stopping voice teacher Phyllis Jenness

2013-05-19 06:54:02

Phyllis Jenness stepped off the podium a long time ago. As founding director of the Lexington Singers and longtime director of the voice program at the University of Kentucky, Jenness set many things in motion that have made vocal music one of the...

Ohio County grads 'set bar high'

2013-05-19 02:44:01

The 261 members of the Ohio County High School Class of 2013 made their mark on the school. Principal Greg Decker told them during Saturday's commencement ceremonies that they had pulled off "the best prank ever" of his 25 years at the school. Last...

Catholic grads urged to pursue dreams

2013-05-20 02:54:03

Nerves and excitement mixed as Owensboro Catholic High School seniors waited to process into the Owensboro Sportscenter. "Oh, my gosh, we're moving," one said joyfully as the line inched toward the curtain in the arena. OCHS presented 122 graduates at...

Six Majesty graduates ready for next steps

2013-05-18 02:54:02

Majesty Academy graduated six seniors during a ceremony Friday night at First Free Will Baptist Church. The graduates, seated on the stage, listened while science teacher Anna Marie Hall shared some high school highlights and "impressions" about each...

Kentucky softball eager to make good on second chance in NCAA tourney

2013-05-17 10:24:02

As illogical as it might sound, the University of Kentucky's first chance to play host to an NCAA Tournament softball regional has the feel of a do-over. UK players and coach spoke of making amends during the four-team NCAA regional, which begins Friday...

Service Friday for promising UK student, aspiring surgeon who died after jog

2013-05-17 10:24:02

University of Kentucky student Jonathan Brigham hoped to become a cardiothoracic surgeon and travel the world giving surgeries to those in need. But a recently diagnosed heart condition killed him after an afternoon jog in Lexington, leaving hundreds of...

Dr. Michael R. Bishop, 53, has been appointed professor of medicine and director of the hematopoietic stem cell transplant program at the University of Chicago Medicine, effective November 15, 2012.

2012-11-12 20:43:00

Robert E. Wagner has joined the insurance services practice of Hinshaw & Culbertson. Wagner was previously general counsel of the Illinois Department of Insurance from 2003 to 2012 and served as acting director of the agency from late-2011 to early-2012.

2012-07-18 09:20:00

Dr. Richard Paul Lofgren is joining UHC, an alliance of the nation's leading nonprofit academic medical centers, as senior vice president and chief clinical officer March 26.

2012-02-21 00:00:00