Staci McGill Awarded USDA Predoctoral Fellowship

By Katie Pratt
Published on Jun. 15, 2020

McGill’s research project will develop ways to improve the air quality of indoor arenas to make the facilities healthier for humans and horses.

AEN-150: Understanding Soil Mechanics to Improve Beef Cattle Winter-Feeding Areas and Production

By Morgan Hayes and Steve Higgins
Published on May. 14, 2020

Understanding soil mechanics and management in winter-feeding areas could improve beef cattle production, with less effort on the producer and cattle.

AEN-151: Lanes for Beef Cattle Operations

By Steve Higgins
Published on May. 14, 2020

The benefits of lanes can be applied to pasture-based Kentucky cattle operations of any size. Lanes can be used to move cattle from pasture to pasture, and to access structures or barns, handling facilities, load-out areas, and areas with shade.

Earn a Digital Badge by Pairing Summer Online Courses

Published on May. 7, 2020

Students inside and outside UK can earn badges for taking two classes within the same concentration. Courses must be completed during the summer of 2020 to be eligible for a badge.

2020 College of Engineering Tau Beta Pi and Department Awards

Published on Apr. 27, 2020

Despite the cancellation of the annual UK College of Engineering Awards Banquet sponsored by Tau Beta Pi, each department and Tau Beta Pi have named awardees.

BAE Donates PPE in Fight Against COVID-19 Spread

Published on Apr. 8, 2020

Six boxes of much-needed N95 masks were among the supplies donated to UK Healthcare.

UK’s James B. Beam Institute Providing Sanitizer to Health Care Workers, Manufacturing Instructions to Spirits Industry

By Aimee Nielson and Jeff Franklin
Published on Apr. 1, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is creating shortages of sanitizing products in hospitals. Across the nation, spirits distillers are stepping up to help and using their products and equipment to make hand sanitizer for health care workers.

AEN-149: Heat Stress in Goats

By Joe Taraba, Katie Jackson, and Morgan Hayes
Published on Mar. 30, 2020

Heat stress is prevalent in most livestock species, but especially in dairy animals where large quantities of energy are necessary to sustain milk production. Both dairy goats in lactation and meat goats, which are being fed for growth, are susceptible to heat stress.

AEN-148: Considerations in Goat Barn Design

By Joe Taraba, Katie Jackson, and Morgan Hayes
Published on Mar. 30, 2020

Farmers who raise goats for meat or milk need guidance in the interrelated tasks of choosing a barn design and managing temperatures for their herd. Barn orientation, ventilation design, and stocking density are all important considerations which impact goats socially and physiologically, potentially impacting production.

Kentucky Climate Consortium Empowers Kentuckians to be Environmental Stewards

By Carol Lea Spence
Published on Jan. 28, 2020

Carmen Agouridis has co-founded a new statewide consortium headquartered at UK that will promote interdisciplinary climate research and education.