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:

Ettensohn Recognized for Contributions to Geological Education

By Tatyanna Pruitt

Frank Ettensohn, professor in the University of Kentucky Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, has received the Grover E. Murray Memorial Distinguished Educator Award for 2018 from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), an international association of petroleum geologists. The award is given in recognition of distinguished and outstanding contributions to geological education.

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
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

 

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