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Cagney Coomer Leaves UK With Biology Doctorate, Tremendous Impact on Science and Young People
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Wed, 09/02/2020 - 02:14 pm
By Richard LeComte
Cagney Coomer has three big achievements under her belt: She earned a doctorate in Biology from the University of Kentucky in the College of Arts & Sciences; she started a nonprofit to encourage kids to pursue science and technology; and her research unlocked the secrets of two genes in the eye – the subject of her dissertation.
Chemistry Undergraduate and Graduate Students Recognized in Graduation & Awards Ceremony
At the Graduation Celebration & Student Awards Ceremony, held Friday, May 5, 2017, in the Jacobs Science Building, several undergraduate and graduate students were recognized.
Undergraduate Awards:
Freshman Chemistry Award: Jacqueline Kowalke
General Chemistry Excellence Award: Nathaniel Morgan, Grace Anderson
Hammond Leadership Award: Amir Kucharski
Hammond Undergraduate Service Award: Jumanah Mahmoud
William Meredith Riggs Award: Aaron Snell
Nancy J. Stafford Award: Sarah Gobel
Introduction to New Maps Plus
Why New Maps Plus?
The New Maps Plus graduate programs at the University of Kentucky offer students a challenging, intensive, digital mapping curriculum that emphasizes the acquisition of technical skills—coding, GIS, web development—while also preparing students to critically address the complexity of today’s information ecosystem.
Read more about how New Maps Plus is unique: newmapsplus.uky.edu/all-about
First Annual UK Postdoctoral Symposium
They conduct lab research and teach classes, but they are neither faculty nor graduate students. Postdoctoral scholars, or postdocs, serve an important role at UK, a research institution. However, they are scattered across various departments and have not always had an opportunity to meet and share their work.
Genetics Seminars Bring Distinguished Scientists to UK
Throughout the next four weeks, experts in the fields of molecular and cellular genetics will visit the University of Kentucky each Monday to deliver lectures on exciting new research in the field.
Biology Graduate Student Receives Fellowship to Present at Genome 10K Conference
Melissa Keinath, a graduate student in the University of Kentucky Department of Biology, has been awarded a Genome 10K fellowship to attend the 2015 Genome 10K Conference
Students Win Boren Awards to Study Languages Critical to National Security
Cassidy Henry and Samuel Northrup recently received National Security Education Program David L. Boren Fellowships.
A Big Catch: Biology Ph.D. Student Paul Hime Snags an NSF Fellowship for his Evolutionary Genomic Work on Amphibians
Salamanders, one of the oldest lineages of extant animals, are beloved by Biology Ph.D. student, Paul Hime. Some of Hime’s research subjects, however, may not be on the top of everyone’s cute animal list.
Ribble Graduate Fellow Research Seminar "Two Novel Functions for Insm1 in Retinal Development"
Marie Forbes-Osborne is the 2012-13 recipient of the Gertrude Ribble Graduate Fellowship. During this period, she published the results of her research project on the role of the Insm1a gene on zebrafish photoreceptor differentiation in the journal Developmental Biology. Marie will present the current status and recent results of her continuing investigations.
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