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Sustainability Showcase Awards

Katherine Johnson
 Oct 29, 2024
Sustainability Research, Student Presentation, Student Success

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 2024 Sustainability Fellow

Oct 8, 2024
Sustainability Research, Summer Research Fellow Spotlight

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 2024 Sustainability Fellow

Oct 8, 2024
Sustainability Research, Summer Research Fellow Spotlight

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 2024 Sustainability Fellow

Oct 8, 2024
Sustainability Research, Summer Research Fellow Spotlight

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 2024 Sustainability Fellow

Oct 8, 2024
Sustainability Research, Summer Research Fellow Spotlight

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
Sustainability Research, Student Presentation

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.

research expo

Research Expo offers research connections for UK undergrads

By Jesi Jones-Bowman
 Sep 10, 2024
Research Abroad, Sustainability Research, Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 6, 2024)  The University of Kentucky Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) will host the 4th biannual Research + Creative Experience Expo from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 9, at the Gatton Student Center Social Staircase.

The students pictured are the first to have their research published in Aperture's inaugural edition. Photo provided by OUR.

Students launch UK’s 1st edition of undergraduate research journal

By Jesi Jones-Bowman
 Jul 31, 2024
Sustainability Research, Research Spotlight, Faculty Mentor, Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 21, 2024) — Undergraduate students at the University of Kentucky who participate in research under the guidance of faculty mentors now have the opportunity to publish and broadly share the outcomes of their work and collaborative experiences. The inaugural edition of Aperture Journal of Undergraduate Research (AJUR) launched June 1, highlighting seven student-professor partnerships.

Student Research Poster Competition Call for Posters opens Sept. 1

Call for Posters: Sustainability Research Poster Competition

Sep 1, 2024, 12:00 AM – Oct 13, 2024, 11:59 PM
Sustainability Research, Student Presentation

Sustainability Research Poster Competition Graduate and undergraduate students are invited to submit an abstract and poster in a new sustainability research poster competition held in conjunction with the annual UK Sustainability Showcase on Wednesday, October 23, 2024 from 5:00  - 7:30 PM.

2024 sustainability showcase

Sustainability Showcase + Poster Competition

Oct 23, 2024, 5:00 – 7:30 PM
Sustainability Research

The UK Sustainability Showcase will be held on October 23, 2024 at 5:30 pm in UK's Healthy Kentucky Research Building (HKRB) Atrium. The People's Choice Awards will be voted on during the Showcase event and announced at the awards ceremony, as well. Students will have the opportunity to present their posters during the UK Sustainability Showcase.

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