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Faculty Mentors of the Year award winners 2020

2020 Undergraduate Research Mentor Award Winners Announced

By Ryan Girves
Jul 27, 2020
Faculty Mentor

Four university faculty members received the University of Kentucky 2020 Excellent Undergraduate Research Mentor Award during the 14th annual Virtual Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars.

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. 

Kaela Jackson Sustainability Summer Research Fellow 2020

SUSTAINABILITY SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOW SPOTLIGHT Kaela Jackson

Jul 23, 2020
Summer Research Fellow Spotlight, Sustainability Research

Kaela Jackson is a senior Dietetics major with a Certificate in Food Systems & Hunger Studies minor. She is working with her mentor Dr. Makenzie Barr on her summer sustainability research project "Power of Produce Club: Evaluation of Farmer’s Market Incentive Program for Children"

Michelle Imarah Summer Research Fellow spotlight

Summer Research Fellow Spotlight Michelle Imarah

Jul 23, 2020
Summer Research Fellow Spotlight

Michelle is a senior Civil Engineering major. She is working with her mentor Dr. Sebastian Bryson on her summer research project "Predicting Landslides in Kentucky Based on the Analysis of Hydrological Parameters"

Brent Seales’ reputation as “the man who can read the unreadable.”

Reading the Unreadable: Seales and Team Reveal Dead Sea Scroll Text

By Lindsey Piercy
 Jul 23, 2020
Faculty Mentor

LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 23 2020) — It’s a 25,000-piece puzzle that researchers have longed to solve. That’s because the 25,000 fragments represent the Dead Sea Scrolls, and inside are ancient secrets — mysteries that have been locked away for 2,000 years. For more than two decades, Brent Seales has doggedly labored to help solve the puzzle.

Lauren Hudson Summer Research Fellow 2020

Summer Research Fellow Spotlight Lauren Hudson

Jul 22, 2020
Summer Research, Summer Research Fellow Spotlight

Lauren is a junior Neuroscience and Biology major with a Spanish minor. She is working with her mentor Dr. Nathan Vanderford on her summer research project "Appalachian Kentucky Cancer Education Intervention"

Anna Garlock Summer Research Fellow Spotlight 2020

Summer Research Fellow Spotlight Anna Garlock

Jul 20, 2020
Summer Research Fellow Spotlight

Anna Garlock is a senior Psychology major. She is working with her mentor Dr. Shannon Sauer-Zavala on her summer research project "The Therapeutic Alliance in the Unified Protocol"

Anna Foose Sustainability Summer Research Fellow

Sustainability Summer Research Fellow Spotlight Anna Foose

Jul 20, 2020
Summer Research Fellow Spotlight, Sustainability Research

Anna Foose is a junior Agriculture and Biomedical Technology major with an Economics minor. She is working with her mentor Dr. Clare C. Rittschof on her summer sustainability research project "Honey bee Allogrooming and Pesticides"

Alyssa Feldner Summer Research Fellow 2020

Summer Research Fellow Spotlight Alyssa Feldner

Jul 17, 2020
Summer Research Fellow Spotlight

Alyssa Feldner is a junior Psychology and Biology major with a Neuroscience minor. She is working with her mentor Dr. Elizabeth Lorch on her summer research project "Narrative Comprehension in Children At-Risk for ADHD"

Patrick Edwards Summer Research Fellow Spotlight 2020

Summer Research Fellow Spotlight Patrick Edwards

Jul 15, 2020
Summer Research Fellow Spotlight

Patrick Edwards is a senior Political Science and Economics major with minors in Statistics, Mathematics, and Philosophy. He is working with his mentor Dr. Tiffany D. Barnes on his summer research project "Descriptive Representation and Women's Empowerment in South America"

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