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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.

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.

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

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

Courtney Shields, an agricultural and medical biotechnology graduate from the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, recently earned a two-year fellowship from the National Institutes of Health.

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.

Junior Lauren Hudson’s passion for research started her freshman year, when Nathan Vanderford, the assistant director for research in the UK Markey Cancer Center, reached out to her about participating in his research program.

Public Health and Environmental and Sustainability Studies major Meron Lemma aims to achieve health equity and environmental justice.

Throughout March for Women’s History Month, the University of Kentucky is spotlighting Women Making History. Today we spotlight Kayli Bolton, a junior majoring in biology in the UK College of Arts and Sciences and member of the Lewis Honors College.

Throughout March for Women’s History Month, UK shines a spotlight on Women Making History. The series kicks off with a podcast featuring Isabel Escobar, Ph.D., professor of chemical and materials engineering in the College of Engineering.