Pete Kekenes-Huskey Receives Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator Grant from the American Chemical Society

Pete Kekenes-HuskeyChemistry professor Pete Kekenes-Huskey is a recipient of the Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator grant from the American Chemical Society that supports fundamental research directly related to petroleum or fossil fuels.  The $110,000 award will seed the development of computational models for predicting methane transport in zeolitic materials, which could help improve our ability to extract valuable chemicals from an abundant catalyst.

People Behind Our Research: Jane Calvert

Jane Calvert, an associate professor of history in the UK College of Arts and Sciences, has raised more than a half million dollars, for the John Dickinson Writings Project. This project will collect, transcribe, edit and publish the complete writings of Dickinson, who wrote more for the American cause than any other founding father. Images courtesy of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Produced by Research Communications at the University of Kentucky.

 

Stanton Earns Second International Award for New Novel About Easter Island

By Gail Hairston

University of Kentucky Professor Emeritus Edward Stanton’s young adult, prehistoric fiction novel “Wide as the Wind” has received a second international award — the coveted Moonbeam Children’s Book Award, presented by the Jenkins Group for authors, illustrators and publishers from the United States, Canada and six additional countries.

Geography Alumna Receives National Youth Warriors Against Poverty Award

By Tatyanna Pruitt

Laura Greenfield, a UK College of Arts & Science geography alumna, was recently awarded the Sargent Shiver Youth Warriors Against Poverty Leadership Award by the Marguerite Casey Foundation. The award is presented to recognize and honor the vision, passion, and dedication of young people on improving the lives of families and communities.

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