Office of Undergraduate Research

University of Kentucky Sustainability Showcase

Oct 15, 2025, 5:00 – 7:30 PM

The UK Sustainability Showcase will be held on October 15, 2025 at 5:30 pm in UK's Healthy Kentucky Research Building (HKRB) Atrium. The event will highlight several aspects of our collective efforts to advance sustainability, including:

Chad Risko in the Center for Applied Energy Research

Research Advancing Kentucky: Risko’s focus on transforming energy

Sep 18, 2025, 6:01 AM

With significant support from the U.S. NSF, DOD and DOE, Chad Risko studies how molecular building blocks of materials influence their formation and behavior, including electrical, optical and mechanical properties.

Research Alumni Career Panel

Sep 23, 2025, 5:00 – 6:00 PM

Join us for an insightful and inspiring panel discussion with UK alumni as they share their unique research experiences and how those opportunities prepared them for graduation, their current professional endeavors, and future plans. Learn how to leverage your research experience and skills to enhance your resume and set yourself apart. Free parking is available in the HKRB lot. More information here.

15 students selected for undergraduate research ambassador program

Sep 4, 2025, 7:29 AM

The UK Office of Undergraduate Research has selected 15 outstanding undergraduates for the 2025-26 Research Ambassador program.

Winners of UK’s 2025 Excellent Undergraduate Research Mentor Award. From left: Juan Canedo, Hisashi Sawada, Cassandra Gipson-Reichardt, Lindsey Fay and Nicholas Teets with a title that reads Mentorship in Action"

Mentorship in action: UK faculty guiding next generation of researchers

Aug 21, 2025, 7:42 AM

Each year the Office of Undergraduate Research presents mentor awards, recognizing faculty who provide outstanding guidance, foster exceptional undergraduate research experiences and strongly support research initiatives across campus.

Cover of Aperture Edition 2 showing a magnifying glass

Students launch UK’s 2nd edition of undergrad research journal

Aug 19, 2025, 7:14 AM

The second edition of Aperture Journal of Undergraduate Research is now available and highlights the projects of 15 student-professor partnerships.

Amanda Beall collecting water samples in a stream.

One University of Kentucky student’s search for contaminants in Appalachian streams

Aug 6, 2025, 10:18 AM

How a student shifted her perspective on engineering and opened the door to a future in environmental research.

Students gather at the 2024 Summer Research Symposium

Registration now open for OUR Summer Research Symposium

Jul 28, 2025, 7:14 AM

Registration is now open for the UK Office of Undergraduate Research seventh annual Summer Research Symposium.

Chad Risko, Ph.D.
Assistant Vice President for Research Development and Support

Location: 150 Chemistry-Physics Building
Phone: 859-257-0438
Email: chad.risko@uky.edu

6 students selected as 2025 Sustainability Summer Research Fellows

May 27, 2025, 7:05 AM

Six University of Kentucky undergraduates have been selected for the Sustainability Summer Research Fellowship, a program supporting student-led projects that advance sustainable practices and community impact through research.

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