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Mirindi Kabangu NCUR Spotlight

Mirindi Kabangu NCUR 2021 Spotlight

Mar 30, 2021
NCUR Spotlight, NCUR, Student Presentation, Student Success

NCUR 2021 SPOTLIGHT: MIRINDI KABANGU - Senior, Biology major and minor in Chemistry. Research Mentor: Dr. S. Randal Voss

Lindsay Beechem NCUR Spotlight

Lindsay Beechem NCUR 2021 Spotlight

Mar 29, 2021
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NCUR 2021 SPOTLIGHT: LINDSAY BEECHEM - Senior, Biology major and minor in Neuroscience. Research Mentors: Dr. Marilyn Duncan and Dr. Bruce O'Hara

Breona Link NCUR Spotlight

Breona Link NCUR 2021 Spotlight

Mar 29, 2021
NCUR Spotlight, NCUR, Student Presentation, Student Success

NCUR 2021 SPOTLIGHT: BREONA LINK - Junior, Clinical Leadership and Management major with minors in Health Advocacy, Undergraduate Research Certificate in Human Health Sciences. Research Mentor is Dr. Brandi White

Josephine Chang

Josephine Chang NCUR 2021 Spotlight

Mar 29, 2021
NCUR Spotlight, NCUR, Student Presentation, Student Success

NCUR 2021 SPOTLIGHT - Josephine Chang is a senior Kinesiology and Biology major. Her research mentor is Dr. Ramon Sun.

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Undergraduate Researchers Receive Oswald Research and Creativity Awards

By Jessica Jones-Bowman
 Dec 17, 2020
Oswald Research, Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 17, 2020) — The University of Kentucky Office of Undergraduate Research recently recognized and awarded 13 students with the Oswald Research and Creativity awards. 

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5-Minute Fast Track Competition Winners Announced

Jessica Jones-Bowman
 Dec 16, 2020
5-Minute Fast Track, Student Presentation, Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 16, 2020) — Ten University of Kentucky undergraduate student finalists recently competed in the final round of the third annual 5-Minute Fast Track Research Oral Competition. The competition included two virtual preliminary rounds, with the top 10 students advancing to the final championship competition. This year’s final round was hosted in the UK's Worsham Cinema and livestreamed to a virtual audience.

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Wildcat Awarded Critical Language Scholarship to Study Chinese

Emily Sallee
 Nov 4, 2020
Research Spotlight, Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov.

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UK Graduate Conducts Science Communication Research Focused on Appalachian Communities

Kentucky Geological Survey
 Oct 28, 2020
Sustainability Research, Student Success

Bill Haneberg and Lauren Cagle received grant funding from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, or NASEM, last year for their proposal, “Engaging Nontraditional Geoscience Information Stakeholders in Appalachian Kentucky.” Because of COVID-19, changes to research methods have been made to address health and safety concerns associated with the pandemic, but work continues on the project and study participants are currently being interviewed.

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The Value of Involvement: A Profile of UK Student Sarah Ross

By Scot Gillies
 Oct 15, 2020
Research Spotlight, Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 15, 2020) — As Sarah Ross continues her fourth year as a student at the University of Kentucky this fall, she recalls the upheaval and uncertainty of 2017. That was when she, then an Atlanta high school senior, first named the University of Kentucky as her college choice.

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Cagney Coomer Leaves UK With Tremendous Impact on Science and Young People

Richard LeComte
 Sep 23, 2020
Research Spotlight, Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 23, 2020) — Cagney Coomer has three big achievements under her belt: She earned a doctorate in biology from the University of Kentucky in the College of Arts and Sciences; she started a nonprofit to encourage kids to pursue science and technology; and her research unlocked the secrets of two genes in the eye — the subject of her dissertation.  

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