Highlighting Faculty IMPACT

Dear Colleagues,

When the Institutional Multidisciplinary Paradigm to Accelerate Collaboration and Transformation (IMPACT) Awards initiative launched two years ago, our goal was to drive innovation and collaboration within and between colleges. The groundbreaking work performed by faculty and staff each day at UK has the power to transform lives, and the IMPACT Awards initiative celebrates that. 

Now, two years after its launch, the IMPACT Awards initiative has helped generate numerous opportunities for partnerships across campus and beyond.

This spring semester, we will again highlight the invaluable and inspiring teaching, research and service conducted by the second cohort of IMPACT Awards projects on UKNow. I encourage you to read their stories and learn how they are impacting our university and our communities.

Your creativity and innovation are why the University of Kentucky is able to continue serving our Commonwealth. By sharing stories of our work with each other, we can continue inspiring not only those we serve, but our colleagues as well. 

I am profoundly grateful for your help in growing our impact as a university — thank you for continually reimagining how UK can advance Kentucky.

Robert S. DiPaola, M.D. 
Provost