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Safiyah Sadek

Safiyah Sadek 2024 Sustainability Fellow

Oct 8, 2024
Sustainability Research, Summer Research Fellow Spotlight

Safiyah Sadek Senior, Neuroscience major and a 2024 Sustainability Fellow Research Mentor: Dr. Cassandra Gipson-Reichardt Supported by UK Sustainability Student Sust. Council   How will this summer research fellowship support your research efforts?

Katie Christensen

Katie Christensen 2024 Sustainability Fellow

Oct 8, 2024
Sustainability Research, Summer Research Fellow Spotlight

Katie Christensen Junior, Agricultural and Medical Biotechnology & Violin Performance major and a 2024 Sustainability Fellow Research Mentor: Kendall Corbin Supported by UK Sustainability Student Sust. Council   How will this summer research fellowship support your research efforts? “The fellowship will support my research efforts through funding my project in identifying antibacterial properties from maize leaf microbes.”

Erica Smith

Erica Smith 2024 Sustainability Fellow

Oct 8, 2024
Sustainability Research, Summer Research Fellow Spotlight

Erica Smith Senior, Architecture major and a 2024 Sustainability Fellow Research Mentor: Daniel Vivian Supported by UK Sustainability Student Sust. Council   How will this summer research fellowship support your research efforts? “This fellowship will allow me the time and resources needed to dive deeper into the topics and issues that I have learned about and discussed theoretically in my courses with a more specific and applied approach.”

2022 Oswald Research Creativity Competition student winners

Call for submissions: 2024 Oswald Research and Creativity Competition

By Haven L Patrick
 Oct 8, 2024
Oswald Research, Student Presentation, Student Success

Read UKNow article   LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 8, 2024) — The University of Kentucky Office of Undergraduate Research is accepting submissions for the 60th annual Oswald Research and Creativity Competition.

People’s Choice Award winner, Motunrayo Oladele, presenting her research poster at the 2023 Sustainability Showcase

Call for posters: UK Sustainability announces research poster competition

By Jesi Jones-Bowman
 Oct 4, 2024
Sustainability Research, Student Presentation

Read UKNow article LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 4, 2024) — University of Kentucky graduate and undergraduate students are invited to submit an abstract and poster for the fourth annual sustainability research poster competition held in conjunction with the annual UK Sustainability Showcase on Oct. 23.

The internship at JPL was not O’Neal’s first time working for NASA. He spent the summer of 2023 at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, working to develop aerial mesh networks using uncrewed aerial vehicles. Photo provided by Asa O'Neal.

UK senior and Astronaut Scholar revels in ‘most impactful award’ he’s ever received

By Tom Musgrave
 Oct 2, 2024
Research Spotlight, Student Success

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KayDee Pratt through her fellowship with the College of Design, involved her experimenting with the design process for creating shoes in virtual reality

‘Design you can’t do just based on a textbook’: How one student took her research to virtual reality

By Meg Mills and Ben Branscum
Sep 18, 2024
Research Spotlight, Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 12, 2024) — For many University of Kentucky students, their ambition and drive don’t stop during summer break. Summer is an ideal time for students to take a leap into an experience within their college careers that will propel them into their chosen career field. KayDee Pratt, a senior majoring in product design in the UK College of Design, is one of these students. 

research expo

Research Expo offers research connections for UK undergrads

By Jesi Jones-Bowman
 Sep 10, 2024
Research Abroad, Sustainability Research, Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 6, 2024)  The University of Kentucky Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) will host the 4th biannual Research + Creative Experience Expo from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 9, at the Gatton Student Center Social Staircase.

The students pictured are the first to have their research published in Aperture's inaugural edition. Photo provided by OUR.

Students launch UK’s 1st edition of undergraduate research journal

By Jesi Jones-Bowman
 Jul 31, 2024
Sustainability Research, Research Spotlight, Faculty Mentor, Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 21, 2024) — Undergraduate students at the University of Kentucky who participate in research under the guidance of faculty mentors now have the opportunity to publish and broadly share the outcomes of their work and collaborative experiences. The inaugural edition of Aperture Journal of Undergraduate Research (AJUR) launched June 1, highlighting seven student-professor partnerships.

Water Research CAFE REU

UK launches program to address water resources and sustainable engineering challenges in Appalachia

By Jordan Strickler
 Jun 4, 2024
Sustainability Research, Research Spotlight, Summer Research

The University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment is excited to announce the launch of a new Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. This opportunity aims to provide undergraduates with invaluable research opportunities focused on engineering solutions for water resource management and sustainability in the Appalachian region.

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