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Celebrating University Research Across the Enterprise, or CURATE, honored its researchers with a luncheon on Feb. 17, 2026, in the Gatton Student Center Ballroom. This group is administered by the Office of the Vice President for Research.

The OVPR provides recurring funds to support research in areas of excellence including the College of Arts and Sciences Humanities Departments, Gatton College of Business and Economics, College of Communication and Information, College of Design, College of Education, College of Fine Arts, The Graduate School, Lewis Honors College, J. David Rosenberg College of Law and UK Libraries.

Among the great strengths of the University of Kentucky is the breadth and depth of our research, our ability to work across disciplines to ask and answer questions that impact all of us. That breadth strengthens how we find solutions to problems and how we train the next generation of researchers. Today we are celebrating that breadth.   

Pre-program Music

“Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F Major” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Salzburg Quartet, School of Music, College of Fine Arts

  • Dom Luthje, Oboe, Music Performance Senior
  • Michell Lynch, Violin, Music Performance Junior
  • Maia Smith, Viola, Music Performance Senior
  • Anna Wilson, Cello, Music Performance Sophomore

Im wunderschönen Monat Mai from “Dichterliebe” by Robert Schumann  

Passion, Hurt and Healing from ”Stages of Eros” by Graham West

  • Graham West, Trombone, Music Performance Senior
  • Jacob Coleman, Associate Professor, Piano, College of Fine Arts 

Welcome

Chad Risko, Assistant Vice President for Research Development and Support 

Program Introduction

Kopana Terry, CURATE Committee Chair, Oral History Archivist, Curator of Newspapers,  
Special Collections Research Center, UK Libraries

Serving Living Communities

Introduction: Emily Mokros, Associate Professor, History, College of Arts and Sciences 

  • Marko Dragojevic, Associate Professor, Communications, College of Communication and Information, CURATE funding 2022 
  • Jena Seiler, Lecturer, Lewis Honors College, CURATE funding 2024 
  • Hope Harvey, Associate Professor, Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, The Graduate School, CURATE funding 2024 

Recognizing Human Connections

Introduction: Emily Mokros 

  • Molly Blasing, Associate Professor, Russian Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, CURATE funding 2020 
  • Daniel Vivian, Associate Professor, Department of Historic Preservation, College of Design, CURATE funding 2024 
  • Ruth Bryan, University Archivist, Special Collections Research Center, UK Libraries, CURATE funding 2024

Advancing Disciplinary Practices

Introduction: Emily Mokros 

  • Kera Ackerman, Associate Professor, Special Education, College of Education, CURATE funding 2020 
  • Hunter Stamps, Professor, Ceramics, School of Art and Visual Studies, College of Fine Arts, CURATE funding 2024 
  • Michael Murray, Spears-Gilbert Professor of Law, J. David Rosenberg College of Law, CURATE funding 2024 
  • Corinne Hassler, Assistant Professor, Marketing and Supply Chain, Gatton College of Business and Economics, CURATE funding 2024 

Final Remarks

Ilhem Messaoudi, Acting Vice President for Research

Post-program Music

“Cantiga Brasiliera” by Gilberto Gagliardi, “Estrella e Lua Nova” and “Cancao do Amor” by Heitor Villa-Lobos 

Bradley Kerns, Professor, Trombone, College of Fine Arts