October 18 , 2004 1B Mathews Building, Lexington, Ky. 40506 The University of Kentucky faculty/staff newspaper

UK awarded prestigious Sloan Foundation Grant

Joining other top-echelon universities, the University of Kentucky has been awarded a grant to fund a Sloan Industry Center focusing on research into challenges confronting the aluminum industry.
The UK Sloan Center for a Sustainable Aluminum Industry, to be housed in the UK Gatton College of Business and Economics, will enhance the university’s long-standing ties to the industry which already include the UK College of Engineering’s Center for Aluminum Technology, and Secat, Inc., a university-industry partnership devoted to advances in aluminum technology. Providing work for almost 18,000 Kentuckians, the industry is the state’s fifth largest employer. (more)

UK awards athletic multimedia rights for $80.5 million

The University of Kentucky has awarded Host Communications Inc. and Gray Television Inc. the university's expanded athletic multimedia marketing rights. Host, UK's radio and television rights’ holder for most of the past three decades, will team up with Lexington's top-rated television station, WKYT-TV, to pay the university $80.5 million over the 10 years of the agreement, making it one of the most lucrative deals of its kind in NCAA history.(more)

NSF renews UK Appalachian Math-Science Partnership Grant

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has renewed for the fourth year a grant the University of Kentucky used to establish its Appalachian Mathematics and Science Partnership (AMSP) of nine colleges and universities and 51 school districts. The grant is aimed at improving math and science education in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade in Appalachian school districts in Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. (more)