LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 26, 2021) The University of Kentucky Office of Nationally Competitive Awards has announced Madeline Williams has been awarded a Fulbright Canada-MITACS Globalink Research Internship. Through this highly competitive opportunity, the Wildcat will undertake advanced research projects virtually for 10 to 12 weeks.
Madeline Williams, a sociology and political science junior in UK College of Arts and Sciences and member of Lewis Honors College, will use her Fulbright internship to do research in the social sciences.
A Louisville native, Williams says her love of studying human interaction led her to select both her majors as well as her areas of research interest. She recently finished her honors thesis, Loneliness During Mass Social Distancing: An Exploratory Qualitative Study of Loneliness in College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic” and previously presented a project at the Spring 2020 Kentucky Honors Roundtable titled What’s the Harm in Believing
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 19, 2021) The University of Kentucky Office of Nationally Competitive Awards has announced that three Wildcats biology students Kayli Bolton, Zoe Hert and Carly Karrick have been awarded a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. The UK students are among 410 students nationwide selected to receive the 2021-22 Goldwater Scholarship.
This year s Goldwater Scholars were selected based on academic merit from a field of 1,256 math, science and engineering students who were nominated by the faculties of 438 of the nation s colleges and universities.
The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program was authorized by Congress to honor the former U.S. senator who served the nation for 30 years. The program was designed to foster and encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 13, 2021) For Sydney Clark, every day presents challenges. She was born with a genetic condition that resulted in vision loss over time.
By the time she was a teenager, she was almost completely blind.
“Accessibility is always an issue,” Clark said. “I ve never had an experience where accessibility wasn t an issue.
But Clark never allowed her disability to stop her from achieving her goals. And one of those goals was to attend the University of Kentucky.
The transition from high school to college can be challenging for any new student, but when Clark came to UK as a freshman in 2014, the Frankfort, Kentucky, native found herself facing more challenges than she was used to.
The two-four month internship program is designed to pair service-oriented, driven students with opportunities for experiential learning and research in Eastern Kentucky and the greater Appalachian region. We are excited to provide paid internship opportunities for students to be able to partner with community organizations in the Appalachian region, said Kathryn Engle, associate director of the Appalachian Center. The AppalachiaCorps program will allow students to be plugged into many great projects in Eastern Kentucky and beyond and make an impact in their communities.
Students will have paid internships through an organization of their choice, which allows for a learning experience tailored to the individual student and their career goals. They will gain valuable experiences in leadership, skill-building and networking in the region. Academic credit is available for those who are interested. Students engaging in Appalachian research projects are also eligible for the progr
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