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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Recognizes 9 From UK

UK's Office of Nationally Competitive Awards has announced that doctoral students Calah Ford and Lydia Hager and 2018 graduate Aaron Mueller have been selected to receive government-funded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. In addition, six other UK students were recognized by the NSF program.

UK to Host Notable North American Membrane Society Conference

UK and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology will host the 27th Annual Meeting of the North American Membrane Society at the Hilton Lexington June 9-13.

Turning STEM Majors Into STEM Educators

A partnership between the UK Colleges of Education, Arts and Sciences and Engineering encourages underrepresented students in STEM majors to also pursue a double major in STEM education. The project has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for $1.2 million over the next five years.

To Improve Life on Earth, Two UK Alumni Are Focused on Space

Located in downtown Lexington, aerospace startup Space Tango describes itself as "a full-service solution to micro-gravity research and manufacturing.”

UK Honors the 2018-2019 University Research Professors

At a reception hosted by President Eli Capilouto at Maxwell Place, UK Research recognized the accomplishments of 14 faculty.

Kirwan Prize, Sturgill Award Presented to Outstanding Faculty

Two UK faculty members were honored for their outstanding contributions to teaching and scholarship at the 2018 Provost Awards ceremony held April 19.

CCTS Conference on Opioids Draws Nearly 1,000 Participants

The 13th Annual Spring Conference of the University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science focused on addressing the opioid epidemic, which disproportionately plagues Kentucky and Appalachia. Researchers, clinicians, students, community partners and local and national experts gathered Friday, April 13th to share findings and catalyze

3 UK Students Awarded Research Internships in Germany

Three UK students, Mohanad Abdallah, Emily Major and Jared Schmal, have been selected to receive Research Internships in Science and Engineering from the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst).

Over 100 Inventors Honored at UK’s Patent Palooza

Last week, the UK Office of Technology Commercialization held its second annual Patent Palooza, an event that celebrates the university's inventors and commercialization deals of the previous fiscal year.

Caltech Physicist to Deliver Public Lecture on Quantum Computing

The talk, “Quantum Computing and the Entanglement Frontier,” will take place 4:15 p.m. Friday, April 6, in the Jacobs Science Building auditorium. The talk is jointly sponsored by the UK Department of Physics and Astronomy, the UK Department of Computer Science and the UK Graduate School.