2008 Commonwealth Collaboratives

President Todd and Provost Subbaswamy have added 13 new Commonwealth Collaboratives, marking the University of Kentucky’s continuing commitment to addressing the Commonwealth’s priority needs and elevating its quality of life. The new 2008 Collaboratives join 23 ongoing research-based engagement efforts and will be tracked annually. The newly designated programs, like those announced earlier, address major challenges to Kentuckians—Health, Healthcare, Cost and Access to Healthcare; Education; Economic Development; the Environment and Natural Resources; and Culture/Quality of Life.

The Commonwealth Collaboratives and the UK researchers directing them model effective research-based engagement addressing Kentucky’s priority needs, advancing knowledge, and making life better.

New initiatives for 2008 include:

Health

1. The Clean Indoor Air Initiative
2. Health Care Needs of Offenders at Community Reentry from Prison
3. Mt. Sterling Health Initiative
4. Oral Infections and their Effect on Medical Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
5. Rural Medication Management

Education

6. Johnson Elementary School Project
7. Kentucky Early Childhood Data System
8. UK Best

Economic Development

9. Advanced Manufacturing Partnership
10. Kentucky Marketmaker

Environment/Natural Resources

11. Model Ordinance for Guidance on Development on Karst Land
12. Land Use Planning

Culture/Quality of Life

13. Kentucky Repertory Theatre Horse Cave Concert Series

The University's 36 new and continuing Commonwealth Collaboratives are far from UK's only efforts to advance Kentucky. Information on UK engagement activity across the Commonwealth is available online.