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NRPA Enrichment for Underrepresented Opportunity (NEURO) Scholars NEURO Scholars Fellowship Program

Sep 18, 2020
Student Success

The NRPA Enrichment for Underrepresented Opportunity (NEURO) Scholars program is a fellowship program to support exceptional neuroscience students from underrepresented groups as defined by the NIH. These include individuals from racial and ethnic minorities, with disabilities, and those from disadvantaged backgrounds (https://diversity.nih.gov/about-us/population-underrepresented).

Connection between dance, medicine, research

Dancing Wildcats Enjoy Smoother Transition to the Field of Medicine

By Mark Mozingo
 Aug 6, 2020
Faculty Mentor, Research Spotlight, NCUR, Student Success

The connection between art and medicine has been a focus of medical education institutions for decades.

Andrew Reynolds Summer Research Fellow 2020

Summer Research Fellow Spotlight Andrew Reynolds

Aug 4, 2020
Research Spotlight, Summer Research, Summer Research Fellow Spotlight, Student Success

Andrew is a junior Trumpet Performance/ Music Education major with a Certificate in Baroque Trumpet minor. He is working with his mentor Dr. Jason Dovel this summer on his research project "Baroque Trumpet Ensemble Compact Disc Recording Project"

Lydia Pack Summer Research Fellow 2020

Summer Research Fellow Spotlight Lydia Pack

Aug 3, 2020
Research Spotlight, Summer Research, Summer Research Fellow Spotlight, Student Success

Lydia Pack is a junior Psychology major with a Biology minor. She is working with her mentor Dr. Elizabeth Lorch this summer on her research project "Differential Effects of Two Interventions for Children At-Risk for ADHD"

UK Appalachian Center Awards 12 Student Researchers

By Jenny Wells-Hosley
 Jul 27, 2020
Student Success

Congratulations to OUR Summer Research Fellow Lauren Hudson on receiving the University of Kentucky Appalachian Center's Eller and Billings Student Research Award! Lauren Hudson, Neuroscience Program and Department of Biology, UK College of Arts & Sciences (undergraduate) “Enhancing Cancer Literacy Among Appalachian Kentucky Middle and High School Students”

Cheyenne Chandler Summer Research Fellow 2020

UK Students, Faculty Approach Summer Research Fellowships in Creative Ways to Continue Studies

By Ryan Girves
Jul 24, 2020
Research Spotlight, Summer Research, Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 24, 2020) — This year, 28 Summer Research Fellowships were awarded to undergraduate students by the University of Kentucky Office of Undergraduate Research. Excited to put their skills to the test in labs, fields, art studios and on stage, neither students nor faculty could have predicted the looming impacts of the novel coronavirus, introducing significant changes to nearly all facets of our daily lives. 

Angela Jones wins Astronaut Scholarship undergraduate research summer fellow

UK Senior Angela Jones Wins Astronaut Scholarship

UK Research
 Jun 24, 2020
Student Success

University of Kentucky Office of Nationally Competitive Awards has announced biology and chemistry senior Angela Jones is one of 2019’s 52 recipients to be awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF).

Maria Sanchez summer sustainability research fellow student graduate

UK Grad Seeks to Turn the ‘New Normal’ Into ‘Brighter Successes’

By Jenny Wells-Hosley
 May 27, 2020
NCUR, Posters-at-the-Capitol, Showcase, Student Presentation, Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 27, 2020) — The COVID-19 pandemic has turned life upside down for almost everyone, and University of Kentucky students had to quickly adapt to finish out a semester that was unlike any other in UK history. Maria Sanchez, who graduated from UK this May, was no stranger to these challenges. Sanchez chose to share her personal story of family, hard work and resiliency, and how she plans to use her skills and experiences to create a better tomorrow. From Mexico to the U.S.

NCUR 2019

50 UK Students Chosen to Present at National Conference Now Canceled Due to COVID-19

By Ryan Girves
 Mar 20, 2020
NCUR, Student Presentation, Student Success

Before the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 50 outstanding University of Kentucky undergraduate research students learned they were selected to present their faculty-mentored research at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR). NCUR has since been canceled, but UK's Office of Undergraduate Research is still celebrating the achievement.

UK College of Medicine Assistant Professor Nathan Vanderford teaching in the classroom at UK.

New Study Examines Ways to Improve Cancer Literacy in Kentucky Students

By Allison Perry
Feb 10, 2020
Faculty Mentor, High School, Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 10, 2020) – A new study led by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers suggests that implementing cancer education curricula in middle and high schools may improve cancer literacy in Kentuckians and ultimately help reduce cancer rates.

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