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Portrait of Dr. Jillienne Haglund

Faculty Mentor of the Week Dr. Jillienne Haglund College of Arts & Sciences, Political Science

Week 5
 Sep 30, 2019
Faculty Mentor of the Month

Dr. Jillienne Haglund is an Assistant Professor of Political Science in the UK College of Arts & Sciences. Haglund’s research and teaching interests fall broadly in the fields of international relations and comparative politics. More specifically, she is interested in human rights, international organizations, international law, and comparative political institutions. Her work seeks to illuminate the extent to which international law constrains state human rights behavior. 

Portrait of Dr. Miriam Kienle

Faculty Mentor of the Week Miriam Kienle College of Fine Arts, School of Art and Visual Studies

Week 4
 Sep 23, 2019
Faculty Mentor of the Month

Dr. Miriam Kienle is an Assistant Professor of Art History and Visual Studies in the UK College of Fine Arts, specializing in modern, contemporary, and American art. Kienle’s teaching and research interests include gender & sexuality, critical theory, new media, curatorial studies, and the digital humanities. 

Portrait of Dr. Nathan Vanderford

Faculty Mentor of the Week Nathan Vanderford College of Medicine, Toxicology and Cancer Biology

Week 3
 Sep 16, 2019
Faculty Mentor of the Month

Dr. Nathan Vanderford is an Assistant Professor of Toxicology and Cancer Biology in the UK College of Medicine. Dr. Vanderford is also the Director of the Appalachian Career Training in Oncology Program. His research interests include epidemiology and molecular etiology of lung cancer, research administration, technology transfer and entrepreneurship, and science pedagogy and career development. 

Portrait of Dr. Nicholas Teets

Faculty Mentor of the Week Nicholas Teets - College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, Entomology

Week 2
 Sep 9, 2019
Faculty Mentor of the Month

Dr. Nicholas Teets is an Assistant Professor of Entomology in the UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. His research interests include the mechanistic basis of environmental stress tolerance in insects. Much of Dr. Teets' research focuses on overwintering stress, both in temperate species and species from extreme environments like Antarctica.

2018 5MT Fast Track winner and judges

Register Today for 2nd Annual 5-Minute Fast Track Competition

By Ryan Girves
 Sep 5, 2019
5-Minute Fast Track

Short and sweet wins the research competition — well in this case anyway. The registration window for the University of Kentucky Office of Undergraduate Research's second annual 5-Minute Fast Track Competition is now open. 

Portrait of Dr. Sebastian Bryson

Faculty Mentor of the Week Sebastian Bryson College of Engineering, Civil Engineering

Week 1
 Sep 2, 2019
Faculty Mentor of the Month

Dr. Sebastian Bryson is the Hardin-Drnevich-Huang Associate Professor of Civil Engineering in the UK College of Engineering and the Co-Director for the College of Engineering Scholars Program in Undergraduate Research. His research interests include sustainable and humanitarian engineering, geotechnical and earthquake engineering, and civil engineering materials.

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.

Dany Waller works in the mathematics lab

Mathematics Lab Gives Undergraduates a New Perspective on Their Field

By Hannah Edelen
 Jun 7, 2019

LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 7, 2019) — Over the last few years, the University of Kentucky Department of Mathematics in the UK College of Arts and Sciences has been building and expanding a lab for undergraduates to conduct mathematics research. This project, spearheaded by Assistant Professor Christopher Manon, is a collaborative project with many other professors in the department leading their own research projects, each with their own team of undergraduate students.

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2 Professors Receive Excellent Undergraduate Research Mentor Awards

By Ryan Girves
 May 10, 2019
Faculty Mentor

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 10, 2019) — The University of Kentucky recently honored Marilyn Campbell and Suzanne Segerstrom for their dedication to mentoring with the Excellent Undergraduate Research Mentor Award during the 13th annual Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars.

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