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Poster Design Workshop

Summer Lunch & Learn Series: Poster Design Workshop

Jul 16, 2025, 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Workshops, Summer Research, Student Success

Create effective and engaging research posters! We will walk attendees through the poster-making process, emphasizing poster design principles, layouts/ formats, understanding your audience, and evaluating a poster. Interactive workshop for all! Attendees will critique sample posters by applying the design principles discussed. Poster design worksheet and handout included.

2025 Summer Research Symposium

Summer Research Symposium Presentation Opportunity

Aug 25, 2026, 4:30 – 6:00 PM
Summer Research, Student Presentation

Please join the UK Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, as we highlight summer research and creative work at the 8th annual Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium. The Symposium will be held in the Gatton Student Center Ballrooms B & C from 4:30 - 6:00 pm.  

Midsummer Research Social June 9 at 11:30 AM

Midsummer Research Social

Jul 9, 2025, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Summer Research

The Office of Undergraduate Research is hosting a Midsummer Research Social for all summer research fellows and mentors on Wednesday, July 9, from 11:30 am – 1 pm outside of Jacobs Science Building. We will serve free Kona Ice and good times for a fun summer social opportunity!

Summer Research Kickoff June 4 at 11:30 AM

Summer Research Kickoff

Jun 4, 2025, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Summer Research

The Office of Undergraduate Research is hosting a Summer Research Kickoff for all summer research fellows and mentors on Wednesday, June 4, from 11:30 am – 1 pm at the Outside of the Jacobs Science Building! We will serve free Kona Ice and good times for a fun summer social opportunity!

2024 Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars Research

Registration now open for Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars

By Zoey Schwartz
 Mar 17, 2025
Summer Research, Showcase, Student Presentation, Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 17, 2025) — Registration is now open for the University of Kentucky Office of Undergraduate Research’s (OUR) 19th annual Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars. This year’s showcase will be 1-5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, in the Gatton Student Center Grand Ballroom.

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Research ambassador Abbey McNely shares her experience in research in Indonesia and her journey at UK

Cassady Brockman
Feb 18, 2025
Research Abroad, Sustainability Research, Summer Research Fellow Spotlight, Ambassadors, Summer Research

LEXINGTON, Ky. —  Large-scale tourism can benefit a region economically but have many negative effects on the destination’s people and environment.  

Publish your undergraduate research

Call for submissions: UK’s open-access, interdisciplinary undergraduate research journal

Jesi Jones-Bowman
 Jan 29, 2025
Sustainability Research, Summer Research, Oswald Research, Student Success

The University of Kentucky Office of Undergraduate Research is accepting submissions for the 2024-25 issue of Aperture, an open-access, interdisciplinary student journal.

Student Research Lunch and Learn February 4, 2025

Student Research Lunch & Learn

Feb 4, 2025, 1:00 – 2:00 PM
CURE Fellowship, Workshops, Sustainability Research, Summer Research, Information Session

Join the Office of Undergraduate Research team to learn about research opportunities during the academic year and summer, including fellowships, travel funds and more. Hear from current and previous undergraduate research fellows.  Lunch will be provided. This event is open to all UK undergraduates.  REGISTER NOW ** Register by 12:00 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 3

Nolan Marcum Presentation CURE Fellowship University of Kentucky

Call for proposals: Commonwealth Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Fellowship

By Haven L Patrick
 Jan 22, 2025
CURE Fellowship, Research Spotlight, Summer Research, Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 22, 2025) – The University of Kentucky Office of Undergraduate Research is accepting proposals for the 2025 Commonwealth Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Fellowship.

Katie Christensen Sustainability research fellowship University of Kentucky

Call for proposals: Sustainability Summer Research Fellowship

By Haven L. Patrick
 Jan 22, 2025
Sustainability Research, Summer Research, Student Presentation, Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 22, 2025) — The University of Kentucky Office of Undergraduate Research is accepting proposals for the 2025 Sustainability Summer Research Fellowship.

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