Undergraduates Receive Oswald Awards for Research and Creativity
Recently, undergraduates from the departments of biology, english, history, mathematics, political science, and sociology received Oswald Awards for Research and Creativity.
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Seed Grants Build Relationships for Community-Engaged Research in Appalachia
The Center for Clinical and Translational Science is achieving its commitment to community-engaged research through a community mini-grant program for health outreach programs in Appalachia.
For the Birds: Dr. David Westneat Explores What Sparrows Teach Us About Parenting Behavior
David Westneat, professor of biology, has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to study how personality and environment affect the parenting behavior of birds.
New Faculty 2013: Meet Chamara Jewel Kwakye
The African American and Africana Studies Program and the Department of Gender and Women's Studies are excited to welcome Chamara Jewel Kwakye to their faculty!
New Faculty 2013: Meet Solomon Harrar
The Department of Statistics is excited to welcome Associate Professor Solomon Harrar to its faculty!
Harrar isn't entirely new to the state of Kentucky but he is new to the University of Kentucky. One thing that drew him to UK is the large biomedical presence at the university which fits together well with the research he is already pursuing. Most immediately, Harrar hopes to focus his research work around programs that deal with smoking cessation.
New Faculty 2013: Meet Katherine Thompson
The Department of Statistics is excited to welcome Katherine Thompson to its faculty!
New Faculty 2013: Meet DaMaris Hill
The Department of English and the African American and Africana Studies Program are excited to welcome DaMaris Hill to their faculty!
The Curse of Rafinesquina: A Prehistoric Mystery with Rebecca Freeman
All over Kentucky, fossilized brachiopods are common. Rebecca Freeman, a lecturer in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, studies brachiopods and how they interacted with their prehistoric environments according to the fossil record. When I interviewed her about a recent line of research that identified a previously unknown species of brachiopod, I also got a ghost story from Lexington, Kentucky.
Call for Undergraduate Abstracts Through Dec. 6
Undergraduates have the opportunity to submit abstracts of their research to the National Conference on Undergraduate Research through December 6th.
New Faculty 2013: Meet Lynn Phillips
The Department of Geography is excited to welcome Assistant Professor Lynn Phillips to its faculty!