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UK's START Program Offers High Schoolers STEM Education, Experience

The program is creating a unique pipeline to increase science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) literacy and promote STEM careers for traditionally underrepresented populations.

College of Education Professor Takes Covid-19 Research to Kentucky Schools

Since the early days of the pandemic, a group of UK faculty members have been collecting wastewater samples to test for COVID-19. They are now taking their work on the road in a white Ford van outfitted as a mobile wastewater testing facility.

Personal Experiences Drive UK Junior Kayli Bolton to Help Others Through Research

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.

Women Making History Series Kicks Off with Isabel Escobar on ‘Behind the Blue’

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.

S-STEM Program to Provide Scholarships for Biology, Neuroscience Majors

A new program funded by a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation will provide four years of scholarship support for up to 15 qualifying incoming students per year majoring in biology or neuroscience.

UK Pharmacy’s Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova Featured in CBS Show Highlighting Female STEM Leaders

Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at UK College of Pharmacy, will be featured on the CBS show "Mission Unstoppable" this Saturday morning.

UK Awarded $14 Million NSF Grant to Launch World-Class Cultural Heritage Lab

Using NSF funding, Brent Seales has gathered a team of experts from UK's College of Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences to build EduceLab — UK’s vision for next-generation heritage science.

UK, Fayette County Schools' STEM Pipeline Program

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. 

Youth Return to Campus for UK STEM Experiences Camps

For 11 years, STEM Experiences camps have given students in second grade through high school opportunities to get a sneak peak of what it feels like to learn in university classrooms.

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Recognizes 15 UK Students, Alums

Recipients will receive a three-year annual stipend for a research-based master's or doctoral degree in a STEM-related field.

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