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UK grad works to address traumatic stress among educators, students

Dec 12, 2023, 7:15 AM

One University of Kentucky's December graduate will use her Ph.D. to help a group of professionals whose experienced trauma may often go unrecognized.

UK Grad Student, Postdoc to Present Research at American Astronomical Society Meeting

Jun 15, 2022, 7:30 AM

Results from two separate research studies, led by UK graduate and postdoctoral scholars, will be presented during the American Astronomical Society’s (AAS) semiannual meeting this week.

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Recognizes 13 UK Students, Alums

Jun 14, 2022, 7:18 AM

10 students and recent graduates have been selected to receive government-funded National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships. In addition, a UK doctoral student and two alumni received honorable mention recognition from the NSF.

Special Education Doctoral Scholar Wins National Research Award

Jun 13, 2022, 7:53 AM

UK College of Education doctoral student Kaitlin O’Neill was recently awarded the Kaleidoscope Award for Outstanding Single Case Research from the Council for Exceptional Children’s Teacher Education Division.

UK, Fayette County Schools' STEM Pipeline Program

Aug 10, 2021, 7:30 AM

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.

UK, Fayette County Schools and Partners Join Forces on STEM Pipeline Program

Mar 31, 2021, 4:17 PM

The STEM Through Authentic Research and Training (START) program at UK is creating a unique pipeline to promote careers for underrepresented populations, first-generation college students, and girls and women in STEM. START is funded by a five-year, $1.3 million Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.

Farmer, Researcher Partnerships Are Backbone of Agricultural Advances

Jan 11, 2021, 8:29 AM

On-farm research helps scientists and producers gain new knowledge that improves and advances agriculture. These valuable relationships between Kentucky farmers and UK researchers work toward the goal of more efficient and profitable Kentucky farms.

Sociology Doctoral Student Receives Grant to Study Perception of Hate Crimes

Dec 9, 2020, 8:38 AM

Chenghui Zhang is studying the factors that go into how people interpret hate crime. She received a $50,000 grant from the National Institute of Justice for her study, “Social Construction of Hate Crime in the U.S.: A Factorial Survey Experiment.”

2 UK Grad Students Selected for DOE Graduate Student Research Program

Oct 13, 2020, 8:15 AM

Brewington will study magnetic field design for the Los Alamos National Laboratory neutron electric dipole moment experiment, or LANL-nEDM. Gervais will work with both the Nab Experiment and nEDM collaboration at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.

Solving Plant Mysteries Goal of UK Student

Sep 18, 2020, 8:02 AM

“Plant pathologists and forensic scientists use a lot of the same technologies to find solutions to problems. When I got into the extension side of agriculture at UK and started doing a lot of hands-on, applied research, I knew this was what I wanted to do.”

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