UK Research News

UK Appalachian Center Awards 12 Student Researchers

Jul 27, 2020, 2:07 PM

“The Appalachian Center is thrilled to support these student researchers that represent nine departments across four colleges. We look forward to learning from their work as they continue to produce cutting-edge research in and on the region.”

UK Students, Faculty Approach Summer Research Fellowships in Creative Ways to Continue Studies

Jul 24, 2020, 8:48 AM

Any full-time UK undergraduate student of any major who has completed at least one semester of research with a faculty mentor is eligible to apply for a Summer Research Fellowship.

Undergraduate Researchers to Present Their Work at the State Capitol

Mar 4, 2020, 11:51 AM

Twenty University of Kentucky students will make their way to the State Capitol Building in Frankfort, Kentucky, March 5 to present their research at the 2020 Posters-at-the-Capitol event.

Exercise Science Professor Mentors Students Focused on Health and Medical Careers

Dec 19, 2019, 1:29 PM

University professors like Marilyn Campbell know their students well, give them opportunities to be part of their research and provide mentorship on everything from personal issues to graduate school applications.

Decade After Leaving, Grad Returns for 2 Degrees

Dec 12, 2019, 8:55 AM

“I saw that there was a mandatory research component, which was a big deal for them and myself. The agricultural biotechnology program emphasizes the independent research project. So, I signed up. It was one of the best decisions I have ever made."

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Opportunity to Join Research Team Transforms UK Students’ Careers

Nov 21, 2019, 8:17 AM

When students come to the UK, they discover many opportunities that ignite their passion. For Kyra Seevers, Kristina Gessel and Stephen Parsons, that opportunity was undergraduate research.

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Markey’s ACTION Program Hosts Inaugural Summer Residential Program

Aug 13, 2019, 1:26 PM

This summer, high school students from Appalachian Kentucky spent five weeks at UK gathering real-life experience in oncology training and research as part of the UK Markey Cancer Center's successful ACTION Program.

Student Researcher Changes Way Philosopher's Work is Interpreted

Aug 5, 2019, 9:22 AM

Through an internship in the Learning Lab, Samadi was tasked with researching a journal thought to be written by famous existential philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre that had been carefully housed in an acid-free box on a shelf in the Margaret I. King Library's Special Collections Research Center for over 50 years.

Rhodes Scholar, Record-tying Fulbrights Highlight UK's 2019 Academic Success

Jul 5, 2019, 12:52 PM

From University of Kentucky's 10th overall and first female Rhodes Scholar, to the second Pickering Fellow in two years, to a school record-tying class of Fulbright recipients, the world's most prestigious scholarship, fellowship and internship organizations took note this year of the Wildcats' academic talent.

Brent Seales Awarded Prestigious Mellon Grant, Poised to Solve 2,000-Year-Old Mystery

May 21, 2019, 10:26 AM

Thanks, in large part, to a $2 million Mellon Grant, Brent Seales finally has the access, funding and approach needed to read the Herculaneum scrolls.

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