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Opportunity to Join Research Team Transforms UK Students’ Careers

Nov 21, 2019

Faculty Mentor, Student Success

When students come to the University of Kentucky, they discover many opportunities that ignite their passion. For Kyra Seevers, Kristina Gessel and Stephen Parsons, that opportunity was undergraduate research.

Dealla Samadi learning lab undergraduate research fellow

Student Researcher Changes Way Philosopher's Work is Interpreted

By Ann Blackford

Aug 5, 2019

Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 5, 2019) — Little did Dealla Samadi know that something as simple as reading an email about an internship opportunity would transform her life so dramatically.

Students Participating as Ambassadors for Research in Kentucky SPARK

SPARK Program Gives Undergrads a Headstart in Health Equity Research

UK Research

Aug 5, 2019

Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. – A new program, Students Participating as Ambassadors for Research in Kentucky, or SPARK, will train undergraduate students from under-represented backgrounds in how to conduct health equity research.

Learning Lab interns undergraduate research presentation World CUR

7 UK Libraries Learning Lab Interns Bound for Global Undergrad Research Conference

By Whitney Hale and Ellie Wnek

Apr 29, 2019

Faculty Mentor, NCUR, Research Travel Grant, Student Presentation, Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 29, 2019) — Seven interns in the University of Kentucky Libraries' Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) Learning Lab will represent UK at the second World Conference of Undergraduate Research (World CUR).

Learning Lab interns at World CUR in Germany 2019

Trials and Triumph: Iraqi-born Undergraduate Finds Passion in Oral Health Research

By Loretta Stafford

Mar 25, 2019

Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 25, 2019) — Student, ambassador, tutor, mentee, volunteer — human health sciences major Amina Nouri wears many hats during her typical week. However, she steps into her most unique role when she gears up to conduct dental research with the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry’s Dr. Octavio Gonzalez. Nouri is among an elite group of students selected to participate in the UK College of Health Sciences’ undergraduate research program.

Two UK Students Bring Home Gold Following Research Competitions

By Ryan Girves

Nov 14, 2018

Student Presentation, Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 14, 2018) — Last week, University of Kentucky graduate and undergraduate students competed in the final rounds of the 5-Minute Fast Track Research Competition and the 3-Minute Thesis Competition (3MT). While two final winners prevailed, research also came out ahead. Research is one of the foundations of the university — creating solutions to some of the world's most pressing issues. Research is also one of the great opportunities provided to students at UK.

Maddie Miles Posters at the Capitol 2018

Impressive Undergraduate Researchers Take Work to State Capitol

By Gail Hairston

Feb 12, 2018

Posters-at-the-Capitol, Student Presentation, Student Success

The University of Kentucky was represented by 16 undergraduate students and their 14 research projects at the 17th annual Posters-at-the-Capitol event last week at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort.

Emily Liu Dunbar MSTC high school research student

High School Student Gains Valuable Research Experience at UK

By Carl Nathe

Jun 2, 2016

Faculty Mentor, High School, Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 2, 2016) — Through one simple email, a unique research partnership was set in motion in the fall of 2015. Emily Liu, a high school junior in the Paul Laurence Dunbar Math, Science and Technology magnet program, was searching for a research mentor for her capstone project.

Intel International Science and Engineering Fair finalist Ishi Aron Dunbar MSTC ischemic stroke research

High School Senior Gains Valuable Experience in Lab Work on Stroke Treatment

By Katelyn Riley

Apr 9, 2015

Faculty Mentor, High School, Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 7, 2015) -- A Fayette County high school student has been named a finalist for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her work in a UK lab run by Dr. Greg Bix and Dr. Justin Fraser.

High School Student Publishes Research with UK Faculty

By Allison Perry

Jan 8, 2015

Faculty Mentor, High School, Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Publishing research in a peer-reviewed journal is an accomplishment that even graduate students would be proud of. But 18-year-old Dimitri Leggas, a high school senior at the Gatton Academy in Bowling Green, Kentucky, already has one such accolade under his belt, with another manuscript recently submitted for publication.

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