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Bridget Bolt SSC 2020 Spotlight

Sustainability Summer Research Fellow Spotlight Bridget Bolt

Jul 8, 2020
Summer Research Fellow Spotlight, Sustainability Research

Bridget Bolt is a junior Agriculture and Biomedical Technology major with a Beer, Wine, and Spirits Distillation Certification minor. She is working with her mentor Dr. Carlos Rodriquez Lopez on her summer sustainability research project "Soybean Methylation and the Effect on the Microbiome".

Eliot Bradshaw Summer Research Fellows Spotlight 2020

Summer Research Fellow Spotlight Eliot Bradshaw

Jul 7, 2020
Summer Research, Summer Research Fellow Spotlight

Eliot Bradshaw is a senior Political Science and Psychology double major with Criminology and Peace Studies minors. She is working with her mentor Dr. Jonathan Golding on her summer research project "The Influence of Alcohol and Rohypnol on Legal Decision-Making"

Humza Anwar Summer Research Fellow Spotlight 2020

Summer Research Fellow Spotlight Humza Anwar

Jul 6, 2020
Summer Research, Summer Research Fellow Spotlight

Humza Anwar is a sophomore Biology major. He is working with his mentor Dr. Craig Vander Kooi on his summer research project "The Structural and Catalytic Function of the Novel Carbohydrate Active Enzyme Phosphoglucan Water Dikinase"

Chelsea Bass summer research fellow spotlight

Summer Research Fellow Spotlight Chelsea Bass

Jul 3, 2020
Summer Research, Summer Research Fellow Spotlight

Chelsea Bass is a senior Psychology major and Neuroscience minor. She is working with her mentor Dr. Rachel Farr this summer on her research project "How do Family Conversations About Sex Relate to Feelings of Support and Future Parenthood Among LGBTQ+ People?"

Emily Andreasson SRG 2020

Summer Research Fellow Spotlight Emily Andreasson

Jul 2, 2020
Summer Research Fellow Spotlight

Emily Andreasson is a Senior Interior Design and French + Francophone Studies major and a Visual Studies minor. She is working with her mentor Lindsey Fay this summer on her research project "Rekindling Curiosity".

Amina Addington SRG 2020

Summer Research Fellow Spotlight Amina Addington

Jul 1, 2020
Summer Research Fellow Spotlight

Amina Addington is a senior Political Science and Economics major. She is working with her mentor Dr. Horace Bartilow on her summer research project "Income Inequality: A Marxist Theory of State Repression"

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.

Portrait of Dr. Farr

Faculty Mentor of the Week Rachel Farr College of Arts and Sciences, Psychology

Week 14
 Apr 13, 2020
Faculty Mentor of the Month

Dr. Rachel Farr is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Farr's research interests include child development, family functioning, LGBTQ+ parent families, adoption and birth family experiences, mixed methods, and intersectionality of identities.

Photo of Dr. Dhananjay Ravat

Dhananjay Ravat College of Arts and Sciences

Week 13
 Mar 22, 2020
Faculty Mentor of the Month

Dr. Dhananjay Ravat is a Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Physics and Astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Ravat's research interests include geophysics and planetary sciences. He has conducted research on topics pertaining to exploration of the earth and planets with gravity and magnetic fields, solid-earth geophysics, tectonics, and environmental geophysics. Dr. Ravat has also participated in the development of World Digital Magnetic Anomaly Maps and the standards for the North American Gravity anomaly database.

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