PhD Defense Seminar: "Spontaneous Hypertension in the African Green Monkey"
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115 College of Nursing
Eco-Lunch: "Telomeres in Seabirds: An Exploration in Physiological Ecology"
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Kuehne Room (small animal bldg)
College of Arts and Sciences Names First Recipients of Inclusion Fellows Program
By Nick Harling
The University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences has named the first recipients of its Inclusion Fellows program, an initiative for faculty interested in actively orchestrating and advancing efforts to build a more inclusive campus.
Truman Scholarship, Pickering Fellowship Winners Mark Banner Year for UK Student Scholars
By Whitney Hale and Jenny Wells
More than 45 of the University of Kentucky's students and recent graduates had the world's most prestigious scholarship, fellowship and internship organizations take note this year. The newest class of highly regarded scholars include UK’s 14th Truman Scholar and first Pickering Fellow.
STEMCats Teaching Workshop 2018
The College of Arts and Sciences’ teamed up with the College of Education to welcome middle and high school teachers to campus for the STEMCats Teaching Workshop. Teachers interacted with faculty during the daylong workshop sponsored by HHMI in sessions including: Volcanoes, CrossCutting Concepts, Chemistry, Data Analysis Ideas, and Curriculum Conversations. The event took place June 8 at the Jacobs Science Building on the UK campus in Lexington.
Turning STEM Majors Into STEM Educators
By Jenny Wells
Evander Harris, who is now a physics teacher at Frederick Douglass High School in Lexington, mixes compounds together with Henry Clay High School teacher and FCPS teacher partner Craig Schroeder at a 2016 Noyce STEM Summer Workshop.
The University of Kentucky wants to not only recruit more students into science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) majors, but also train those students to become STEM educators.