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How To Write a Strong Personal Statement Workshop

Jan 23, 2025, 5:30 – 6:30 PM

Applying for a research award? Join us for tips on how to strengthen your application materials.  Some upcoming awards include:   CURE Fellowship Sustainability Summer Research Fellowships NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates  

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Sustainability Summer Research Fellowship

Jan 1, 2025, 12:00 AM – Mar 1, 2025, 11:55 PM

APPLICATION DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 2025 Sustainability Summer Research Fellowships ($5,000 stipend) are funded by the Environmental Stewardship Fee and seek to promote projects that will make a significant contribution to the student’s academic growth, while concomitantly contributing to sustainability-related research initiatives at the University of Kentucky and within the community at large.   Discover how your mentor's research is SUSTAINABILITY-RELATED:

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Research Expo

Jan 27, 2025, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

The Undergraduate Research + Creative Experience Expo will introduce undergraduate scholars to the diversity of research conducted at UK, allow students to network with research faculty and staff, and learn about mentored research opportunities. 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Gatton Student Center Social Staircase View Expo Webpage and Vendors

From left to right: Kyle Heffernan, Sophie Cox and Zachary Lockhart — this year’s class of James B. Beam Scholars

UK announces inaugural class of James B. Beam Scholars

By Grace Sowards Oct 29, 2024

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 24, 2024) — As part of Suntory Global Spirits’ ongoing support of the University of Kentucky James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits (JBBI), the first class of James B. Beam Scholars has been announced.

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Sustainability Showcase Awards

Katherine Johnson Oct 29, 2024

The annual Sustainability Showcase was presented by the Office of Sustainability, The President’s Sustainability Advisory Committee, the Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the Environment, and the Office of Undergraduate Research. The initiatives featured at the Showcase fall into four general categories:

Cooper Samuelson

Cooper Samuelson

Oct 8, 2024

Cooper Samuelson Senior, Agricultural and Medical Biotechnology major and a 2024 Sustainability Fellow Research Mentor: Kenton Sena Supported by UK Student Sustainability Council   How will this summer research fellowship support your research efforts?

Safiyah Sadek

Safiyah Sadek

Oct 8, 2024

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

Oct 8, 2024

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

Oct 8, 2024

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.”

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

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.

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