Prendergast says statistics show that less than five percent of undergraduate neuroscience students in the U.S. are Black or African American, but at UK nearly ten percent of undergraduate neuroscience majors identify as Black or African American.
This student-nominated award recognizes UK faculty members who demonstrate an outstanding commitment to mentoring undergraduate researchers, providing exceptional undergraduate research experiences, as well as supporting and promoting the undergraduate research initiatives on campus.
“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.”
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.
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.
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.
“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."
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.
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.
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.
