Randall Cobb to receive degree in community and leadership development

By Kody Kiser and
Published on May. 2, 2016

His favorite class was leadership studies with Grace Gorrell, or Mama G, as he called her. “I just always wanted to be the best leader I could be," Cobb said.

USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture director to visit campus May 6

Published on May. 2, 2016

Ramaswamy will give a seminar titled, "Perfect Storm to Nutritional Security," Friday morning in the college's Cameron Williams Hall in the Plant Sciences Building.

Combs receives Outstanding Teaching Award

By Blair Hoover
Published on Apr. 27, 2016

The college's Elizabeth Combs was one of five to receive the Provost's Outstanding Teaching Award.

By the thousands, teens congregate for UKAg field day

By Carol Lea Spence
Published on Apr. 22, 2016

From three states, 2,002 teenagers gathered to compete, to network and to learn about the educational opportunities available in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment.

12 UK students, alumni win NSF research fellowships

By Whitney Hale
Published on Apr. 21, 2016

Sarah Barney, a 2014 natural resources and environmental science graduate, is among UK’s newest NSF fellows.

Plant signals travel different routes to turn on defense

By Katie Pratt
Published on Apr. 21, 2016

The most recent study by UK plant pathologists Pradeep and Aardra Kachroo shows the pathways important chemcials use to turn on disease resistance in plants.

Inaugural UK Equine Nutrition Short Course to be held May 14

By Holly Wiemers
Published on Apr. 20, 2016

The event is for horse owners interested in understanding how nutrition can affect their horses’ health and longevity.

Study answers tobacco usage questions

By Carol Lea Spence
Published on Apr. 20, 2016

Consumers are not substituting electronic cigarettes for traditional cigarettes, a UK researcher found during his study of habit formation with noncigarette products.

Gov. Bevin to proclaim National Small Business Week in Kentucky

By Roberta Meisel
Published on Apr. 18, 2016

KSBDC & the U.S. Small Business Administration will host Kentucky Celebrates Small Business May 3.

Salamander populations affected by valley fill

By Carol Lea Spence
Published on Apr. 14, 2016

UK Forestry's Steven Price studied 23 Eastern Kentucky headwater streams and found that mountaintop removal mining & subsequent valley fill take a toll on salamander numbers.