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Call for submissions: UK’s open-access, interdisciplinary undergraduate research journal

Jan 29, 2025, 7:17 AM

The UK Office of Undergraduate Research is accepting submissions for the 2024-25 issue of Aperture, an open-access, interdisciplinary student journal. The submission deadline is Feb. 15.

Hatcher developing tools to support people with Dyscalculia

Jan 16, 2025, 10:01 AM

Jay Hatcher is developing an app called Ucalculia, which aims to provide a resource for people with dyscalculia that will help them make sense of numbers and equations.

UK professor receives National Science Foundation grant to explore topology topics

Sep 25, 2024, 10:06 AM

Kate Ponto, professor of mathematics at UK, has received a three-year, $313,000 grant from the U.S. NSF to explore questions involving topology.

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College of Education NSF grant examines making mathematics more equitable

Nov 9, 2023, 7:35 AM

A new University of Kentucky study funded by the National Science Foundation seeks to make mathematics more relatable to all students by focusing on how teachers respond to children’s experiences, knowledge and mathematical reasoning.

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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Recognizes 15 UK Students, Alums

May 10, 2021, 8:09 AM

Recipients will receive a three-year annual stipend for a research-based master's or doctoral degree in a STEM-related field.

UK Mathematics’ Stapleton Named Sloan Research Fellow

Feb 17, 2021, 9:30 AM

Stapleton is one of 128 researchers across the U.S. and Canada “whose creativity, innovation and research accomplishments make them stand out as the next generation of scientific leaders,” according to the foundation.

Mathematics Professor Receives 2 Research Grants

Jan 3, 2020, 8:06 AM

Nathaniel Stapleton in the UK College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Mathematics recently received two grants for “new tools in chromatic homotopy theory,” a project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Tara Holm to Present J.C. Eaves Lecture in Mathematics

Mar 18, 2019, 8:46 AM

Tara Holm, a mathematician and professor at Cornell University, will deliver the 2018-19 J.C. Eaves Lecture. Hosted by the University of Kentucky Department of Mathematics, the lecture will take place at 5 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in 208 White Hall Classroom Building.

UK Math Professor Developing Framework to Understand Drug-resistant Diseases

Feb 1, 2019, 8:56 AM

Olivia Prosper, an assistant professor of mathematics in the UK College of Arts and Sciences, is lead principal investigator on a project that may help reduce the threat of drug-resistant pathogens to global health.

Research Abroad Leads Math Student to New Experiences

Mar 23, 2018, 9:45 AM

Emily Dautenhahn, a senior double majoring in mathematics and history in the UK College of Arts and Sciences, has found ways to merge her interests in travel and math research.

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