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Faculty Mentor of the Week Brent Harrison College of Engineering, Computer Science

Week 1
 Aug 31, 2020
Faculty Mentor of the Month

Faculty Mentor of the Week Fall 2020 | Week 1 --- Dr. Brent Harrison is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science in the College of Engineering and Director of the CORGI (Computational Research in Games and Intelligence) Lab. Thank you Dr. Harrison for your unwavering support of undergraduate research at the University of Kentucky. We are pleased to recognize your dedication this week as our Research Faculty Mentor of the Week.

Madeline Williams summer research fellow 2020

Summer Research Fellow Spotlight Madeline Williams

Aug 8, 2020
Research Spotlight, Summer Research, Summer Research Fellow Spotlight

Madeline Williams is a junior Sociology and Political Science major with Anthropology and Writing, Rhetoric, & Digital Studies minors. She is working with her mentor Dr. Lauren Cagle this summer on her research project "Loneliness during Mass Social Distancing: An Exploratory Qualitative Study of Loneliness in College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic"

Alexis Taylor summer research fellow 2020

Summer Research Fellow Spotlight Alexis Taylor

Aug 7, 2020
Research Spotlight, Summer Research, Summer Research Fellow Spotlight

Alexis Taylor is a junior Biology major with Family Sciences and Community & Leadership Development minors. She is working with her mentor Dr. Jeffrey Osborn this summer on her research project "Identifying Genetic Loci in the African Green Monkey that Associate with Hypertension"

Binit Singh summer research fellow 2020

Summer Research Fellow Spotlight Binit Bipul Singh

Aug 6, 2020
Summer Research, Summer Research Fellow Spotlight

Binit Singh is a junior Mechanical Engineering major. He is working with his mentor Dr. Nelson K. Akafuah this summer on his research project "An Approach to Solve Gas Turbine Problems by Integrating It with Concentrated Solar Cells"

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.

UK student Mirindi Kabangu conducts research in the Randal Voss lab.

UK Research Center Establishes Scholar Program to Promote Diversity in Neurotrauma Studies

By Hillary Smith
 Aug 6, 2020
Faculty Mentor, Research Spotlight

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 6, 2020) — For a couple of years now members of the University of Kentucky Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center (SCoBIRC), in collaboration with UK College of Arts and Sciences, have been working to increase the representation of Black undergraduate students in neuroscience.

Lucinda Smith superfund summer research Eastern KY

Project Allows UK Student to Positively Impact her Community

By Katie Pratt
 Aug 6, 2020
Research Spotlight, Summer Research

UK student Lucinda Smith, a senior human nutrition major from Corbin, Kentucky, has participated in research and outreach projects that show the health benefits of blackberries to people who live near Superfund sites. Photo submitted.

new United in Racial Equity Research Initiative at UK

UK Creating Multimillion-dollar Research Initiative Around Racial Disparity, Inequity

By Jay Blanton
 Aug 5, 2020
Research Spotlight

The new United in Racial Equity Research Initiative at UK will focus on racial disparities and inequity across broad areas, ranging from health to the historical foundations of systemic racism.

Angela Sanchez summer research fellow 2020

Summer Research Fellow Spotlight Angela Sanchez

Aug 5, 2020
Research Spotlight, Summer Research Fellow Spotlight

Angela Sanchez is a junior Landscape Architecture major. She is working with her mentor Dr. Chris Sass this summer on her research project "Parking Lot 2.0: Upgrading User Experience Of The Ubiquitous Urban Parking Lot"

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"

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