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Anna Foose NCUR Spotlight

Anna Foose NCUR 2021 Spotlight

Apr 1, 2021
NCUR Spotlight, Research Spotlight, Sustainability Research, NCUR, Student Presentation, Student Success

NCUR 2021 SPOTLIGHT: ANNA FOOSE - Junior, Agricultural and Medical Biotechnology major with a minor in Economics. Research Mentor: Dr. Clare C. Rittschof

Claire Scott NCUR Spotlight

Claire Scott NCUR 2021 Spotlight

Mar 31, 2021
NCUR Spotlight, Research Spotlight, NCUR, Student Presentation, Student Success

NCUR 2021 SPOTLIGHT: CLAIRE SCOTT - Senior, Biology and Chemistry major with a minor in Music Performance. Research Mentor: Dr. Jeramiah Smith

Lindsay Beechem NCUR Spotlight

Lindsay Beechem NCUR 2021 Spotlight

Mar 29, 2021
NCUR Spotlight, Research Spotlight, NCUR, Student Presentation, Student Success

NCUR 2021 SPOTLIGHT: LINDSAY BEECHEM - Senior, Biology major and minor in Neuroscience. Research Mentors: Dr. Marilyn Duncan and Dr. Bruce O'Hara

Portrait of Dr. Nathan Vanderford

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.

Michael Di Girolamo award

Wildcat Awarded Critical Language Scholarship to Study Chinese

Emily Sallee
 Nov 4, 2020
Research Spotlight, Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov.

Sarah Ross_UKNow student involvement success

The Value of Involvement: A Profile of UK Student Sarah Ross

By Scot Gillies
 Oct 15, 2020
Research Spotlight, Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 15, 2020) — As Sarah Ross continues her fourth year as a student at the University of Kentucky this fall, she recalls the upheaval and uncertainty of 2017. That was when she, then an Atlanta high school senior, first named the University of Kentucky as her college choice.

Cagney Coomer UKNow legacy

Cagney Coomer Leaves UK With Tremendous Impact on Science and Young People

Richard LeComte
 Sep 23, 2020
Research Spotlight, Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 23, 2020) — Cagney Coomer has three big achievements under her belt: She earned a doctorate in biology from the University of Kentucky in the College of Arts and Sciences; she started a nonprofit to encourage kids to pursue science and technology; and her research unlocked the secrets of two genes in the eye — the subject of her dissertation.  

Jacob Higgins FMOW 2020

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.

Madeline Williams summer research fellow 2020

Summer Research Fellow Spotlight Madeline Williams

Aug 8, 2020
Research Spotlight, Summer Research, Summer Research Fellow Spotlight

Madeline Williams is a junior Sociology and Political Science major with Anthropology and Writing, Rhetoric, & Digital Studies minors. She is working with her mentor Dr. Lauren Cagle this summer on her research project "Loneliness during Mass Social Distancing: An Exploratory Qualitative Study of Loneliness in College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic"

Alexis Taylor summer research fellow 2020

Summer Research Fellow Spotlight Alexis Taylor

Aug 7, 2020
Research Spotlight, Summer Research, Summer Research Fellow Spotlight

Alexis Taylor is a junior Biology major with Family Sciences and Community & Leadership Development minors. She is working with her mentor Dr. Jeffrey Osborn this summer on her research project "Identifying Genetic Loci in the African Green Monkey that Associate with Hypertension"

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