Chemistry & Biology Majors Among Six UK Students to Win Kentucky Academy of Science Awards
By Dominique Page
Six University of Kentucky students took honors at the Kentucky Academy of Science (KAS) Annual Meeting held Nov. 3-4, at Murray State University. With more than 500 scientists and students in attendance, hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students from Kentucky and regional colleges and universities participated in the research competitions.
The UK students who won awards in the KAS student competitions are as follows:
Winners of Oswald Research, Creativity Competition Named
By Gail Hairston
The University of Kentucky recently announced the 16 undergraduate winners of the 53rd annual Oswald Research and Creativity Competition.
Established in 1964 by former UK President John Oswald, the Oswald Research and Creativity Program encourages research and creative activities by undergraduate students at UK. The objectives of the program are to stimulate creative work by undergraduate students and to recognize individuals who demonstrate outstanding achievement.
44th Annual Naff Symposium
Schedule of Events - March 23, 2018 |
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8:00 a.m. |
Registration & Continental Breakfast Gallery, W.T. Young Library |
8:50 a.m. | Welcome - President Eli Capilouto |
9:00 a.m. |
Prof. Richard M. Crooks, University of Texas at Austin Quantitative electrochemical detection of analytes at sub-picomolar levels using a simple paper sensor Auditorium, W.T. Young Library |
10:00 a.m. | Break (refreshments available) |
10:30 a.m. |
Prof. Shelley Minteer, University of Utah Enzymatic Bioelectrocatalysis: From Metabolic Pathways to Metabolons Auditorium, W.T. Young Library |
11:30 a.m. | Lunch & Break |
1:00 p.m. |
Prof. James Rusling, University of Connecticut Microfluidic arrays for protein-based cancer diagnostics and toxicity screening Auditorium, W.T. Young Library |
2:00 p.m. |
Prof. David Cliffel, Vanderbilt University Electrochemically Instrumenting Organs on a Chip Auditorium, W.T. Young Library |
3:00 p.m. | Poster Session Set-Up |
3:30 p.m. |
Poster Session Jacobs Science Building |
Evolutionary Geneticist to Deliver Thomas Hunt Morgan Lectures
By Jenny Wells
John Postlethwait, a professor of biology from the University of Oregon, will deliver two lectures at the University of Kentucky this week as the featured speaker for the ninth annual Thomas Hunt Morgan Lecture Series. The series is sponsored by the UK College of Arts and Sciences Department of Biology.