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Isabel Escobar to Serve as Chellgren Chair, Director of the Chellgren Center

Isabel Escobar, Ph.D., has been appointed Chellgren Chair and Director of the Chellgren Center for Undergraduate Excellence, effective July 1, 2022.

2022 Undergraduate Research Mentor Award Winners Announced

Four University of Kentucky faculty members received the 2022 Excellent Undergraduate Research Mentor Award for their exceptional leadership and support of student researchers.

2 Outstanding Undergraduates Selected for UK’s Beckman Scholars SUCCESS Program

Elaf Ghoneim, a neuroscience major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Lewis Honors College, and Parker Sornberger, a mathematics and chemistry major in the College of Arts and Sciences — will each begin their independent, laboratory research this summer.

UK Awarded Beckman Scholars Program With Undergraduate Chemistry Focus

The prestigious, invite-only program for top-tier research institutions provides a 15-month mentored research experience for exceptional undergraduate students in chemistry, biological sciences and associated interdisciplinary combinations.

Black History Month: Celebrating Those Who Paved the Way

The Martin Luther King Center, along with units across campus, will celebrate Black History Month with a series virtual and in-person events and programs throughout February. 

Undergraduates Encouraged to Apply for Sustainability Summer Research Fellowships

Applications are now open for the University of Kentucky Office of Undergraduate Research’s Sustainability Summer Research Fellowships.

UK, Fayette County Schools' STEM Pipeline Program

As summer camp season wraps up and a new school year begins, this “Research Made Possible” podcast shares how University of Kentucky researchers across campus are targeting science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. 

UK Appalachian Center Awards 8 Student Researchers

Three graduate students received the James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research on Appalachia, and four graduate students and one undergraduate student received the center's Eller and Billings Student Research Award.

Students: Apply Now to be Undergraduate Research Ambassadors

Applications are being accepted for positions as University of Kentucky Undergraduate Research Ambassadors for the 2021-2022 school year.

Chad Risko, New Faculty Director of Undergraduate Research

Dr. Chad Risko has accepted our offer to be the new Faculty Director of the Office of Undergraduate Research. Dr. Risko is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Kentucky.

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