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5-Minute Fast Track Competition Winners Announced

Jessica Jones-Bowman
 Dec 16, 2020
5-Minute Fast Track, Student Presentation, Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 16, 2020) — Ten University of Kentucky undergraduate student finalists recently competed in the final round of the third annual 5-Minute Fast Track Research Oral Competition. The competition included two virtual preliminary rounds, with the top 10 students advancing to the final championship competition. This year’s final round was hosted in the UK's Worsham Cinema and livestreamed to a virtual audience.

Michael Di Girolamo award

Wildcat Awarded Critical Language Scholarship to Study Chinese

Emily Sallee
 Nov 4, 2020
Research Spotlight, Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov.

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UK Graduate Conducts Science Communication Research Focused on Appalachian Communities

Kentucky Geological Survey
 Oct 28, 2020
Sustainability Research, Student Success

Bill Haneberg and Lauren Cagle received grant funding from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, or NASEM, last year for their proposal, “Engaging Nontraditional Geoscience Information Stakeholders in Appalachian Kentucky.” Because of COVID-19, changes to research methods have been made to address health and safety concerns associated with the pandemic, but work continues on the project and study participants are currently being interviewed.

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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.  

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NRPA Enrichment for Underrepresented Opportunity (NEURO) Scholars NEURO Scholars Fellowship Program

Sep 18, 2020
Student Success

The NRPA Enrichment for Underrepresented Opportunity (NEURO) Scholars program is a fellowship program to support exceptional neuroscience students from underrepresented groups as defined by the NIH. These include individuals from racial and ethnic minorities, with disabilities, and those from disadvantaged backgrounds (https://diversity.nih.gov/about-us/population-underrepresented).

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.

Andrew Reynolds Summer Research Fellow 2020

Summer Research Fellow Spotlight Andrew Reynolds

Aug 4, 2020
Research Spotlight, Summer Research, Summer Research Fellow Spotlight, Student Success

Andrew is a junior Trumpet Performance/ Music Education major with a Certificate in Baroque Trumpet minor. He is working with his mentor Dr. Jason Dovel this summer on his research project "Baroque Trumpet Ensemble Compact Disc Recording Project"

Lydia Pack Summer Research Fellow 2020

Summer Research Fellow Spotlight Lydia Pack

Aug 3, 2020
Research Spotlight, Summer Research, Summer Research Fellow Spotlight, Student Success

Lydia Pack is a junior Psychology major with a Biology minor. She is working with her mentor Dr. Elizabeth Lorch this summer on her research project "Differential Effects of Two Interventions for Children At-Risk for ADHD"

UK Appalachian Center Awards 12 Student Researchers

By Jenny Wells-Hosley
 Jul 27, 2020
Student Success

Congratulations to OUR Summer Research Fellow Lauren Hudson on receiving the University of Kentucky Appalachian Center's Eller and Billings Student Research Award! Lauren Hudson, Neuroscience Program and Department of Biology, UK College of Arts & Sciences (undergraduate) “Enhancing Cancer Literacy Among Appalachian Kentucky Middle and High School Students”

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