Faculty Mentor

Now Accepting Nominations: Excellent Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year Awards

Mar 1, 2021, 8:00 AM – Apr 6, 2021, 11:55 PM

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Accepting nominations for Excellent Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year Awards! Deadline: April 6, 2021 by 11:55pm EST

Isabel Escobar faculty research mentor and students January 2021

‘We are a Family Here.’ How This UK Professor is Reimagining Virtual Learning, Student Support

By Lindsey Piercy

Jan 28, 2021

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 28, 2021) — Life is a balancing act, just ask Isabel Escobar. As a woman with many titles — educator, engineer, researcher and dedicated mother — time is a valuable resource. And since March of last year, there’s been less of it.

Vanderford Receives Kentucky Academy of Science’s Excellence in Science Education and Outreach Award

By Emily Domer

Nov 11, 2020

Faculty Mentor, Research Spotlight

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 11, 2020) – The University of Kentucky’s Nathan Vanderford received the 2020 Excellence in Science Education and Outreach Award from the Kentucky Academy of Science (KAS) last Friday.

Matthew Hoch faculty mentor of the week fall 2020

Faculty Mentor of the Week Matthew Hoch

Oct 19, 2020

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Faculty Mentor of the Week Fall 2020 | Week 8 --- Dr. Matthew Hoch is an Associate Professor in the Department of Athletic Training and Clinical Nutrition in the College of Health Sciences and the Associate Director of the Sports Medicine Research Institute. Thank you Dr. Hoch 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.

Aiyub Palmer Faculty Mentor of the Week 2020

Faculty Mentor of the Week Aiyub Palmer

Week 6

Oct 5, 2020

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Faculty Mentor of the Week Fall 2020 | Week 6 --- Dr. Aiyub Palmer is an Assistant Professor of Arabic and Islam in the College of Arts and Sciences. Thank you Dr. Palmer 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.

Faculty Mentor of the Week Kenton Sena Lewis Honors College

Week 5

Sep 28, 2020

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Faculty Mentor of the Week Fall 2020 | Week 5 --- Dr. Kenton Sena is a Lecturer in the Lewis Honors College. Thank you Dr. Sena 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.

Faculty Mentor of the Week Analia Loria College of Medicine, Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences

Week 4

Sep 21, 2020

Faculty Mentor, Faculty Mentor of the Month

Faculty Mentor of the Week Fall 2020 | Week 4 --- Dr. Analia Loria is an Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences in the College of Medicine. Thank you Dr. Loria 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.

Faculty Mentor of the Week Jake Higgins College of Nursing | UK HealthCare

Week 3

Sep 14, 2020

Faculty Mentor, Faculty Mentor of the Month, Research Spotlight

Faculty Mentor of the Week Fall 2020 | Week 3 --- Dr. Jacob Higgins is an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing and a Nurse Scientist in UK HealthCare. Thank you Dr. Higgins 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.

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.

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