UK Awarded $1.9 Million to Improve Retention of STEM Majors
Howard Hughes Medical Institute funds five-year project to promote student achievement in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, in collaboration with BCTC
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Students Win Boren Awards to Study Languages Critical to National Security
Cassidy Henry and Samuel Northrup recently received National Security Education Program David L. Boren Fellowships.
Biology Student Slavina Goleva Awarded Summer Research Fellowship
Slavina Goleva, a sophomore Biology major from Bulgaria, was recently awarded the American Physiological Society’s Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship for the summer of 2014.
A&S Open House/Major Fair Registration
Meet with faculty & current students. Department and lab tours begin at 1:00 & 2:00pm. Register today at www.as.uky.edu/major-fair
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Call for Undergraduate Abstracts Through Dec. 6
Undergraduates have the opportunity to submit abstracts of their research to the National Conference on Undergraduate Research through December 6th.
Research Never Stops: Ribble Undergraduate Summer Internship gives biology students the chance to continue important investigations
Over the summer, biology students Taylor Shackleford and Sarah Whelan – who came to UK to pursue research – were given a unique opportunity to continue their lab work after spring classes came to a close.
Biology Major Manasi Malik Has the Formula for Success
Manasi Malik has just begun her junior year at UK, but the 19-year-old biology major has already been published as a lead author on a paper in a prestigious scientific journal.
Second Video in Kentucky EPSCoR Series Features VOEIS Project
In 2009, the Virtual Observatory And Ecological Informatics System (VOEIS) project was launched. Funded by an NSF EPSCoR grant, VOEIS united researchers at five universities in Kentucky and two universities in Montana to research the consequences of environmental changes in freshwater ecosystems.
Three Students Receive Fall Gilman Scholarships to Study Abroad
Ana Garner, an anthropology major, will use the award to study in China. Gilman Scholarships are congressionally funded scholarships provided by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) at the U.S. Department of State and administered by the Institute of International Education.
UK Student Selected for National Leadership Academy
University of Kentucky student Brooke Stewart has been selected to participate in an inaugural leadership program for GEAR UP alumni in Washington, D.C. in June.
