Undergraduate Research
  • Article
  • Jun 23 2022

The new fellowships, sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Research and the Office of the Vice President for Research, provide opportunities to develop knowledge and skills through research within UK’s seven Research Priority Areas.

  • Video
  • Jun 22 2022

Olivia Davis, lecturer in the Gatton College of Business and Economics, is one of the distinguished Great Teacher Award recipients who strives to help her students discover their passions.

  • Article
  • Jun 22 2022

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

  • Article
  • Jun 8 2022

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

  • Article
  • Apr 19 2022

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.

  • Article
  • Jan 31 2022

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.

  • Article
  • Jan 31 2022

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. 

  • Article
  • Jan 31 2022

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

  • Podcast
  • Aug 10 2021

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. 

  • Article
  • Jul 27 2021

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.