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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 3, 2023) — From bettering life here on Earth to exploring what living off this planet could be like, Beckman Scholars at the ��ɫ��Ƶ are advancing their branches of science through the prestigious program. 

The is named Scholars United by ��ɫ��Ƶ: Cultivating Excellence through Science Stewardship. The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation funds 15 months of mentored research for two UK undergraduate students in chemistry, biological sciences and associated interdisciplinary combinations.

SUCCESS is an extensive multidisciplinary program that revolves around chemistry as

Angela Grace Jones graduated from the ��ɫ��Ƶ in 2020 with a double major in chemistry and biology. She is a graduate student in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University. This interview is part of a series conducted by the department called, “UK ��ɫ��Ƶ Alumni: Where Are They Now?” This interview was coordinated by Arthur Cammers.

Arthur Cammers: Tell us about what it was like to double major in ��ɫ��Ƶ and Biology for those students who are considering it. Was it challenging? Where you are now in your career, are both perspectives pertinent?

Angela Jones: It wasn’t the easiest thing to do, but the two majors connect together very well. From a practical point of view, a lot of my chemistry classes counted as biology electives and vice versa. From a scientific standpoint, I

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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A multi-institutional collaboration led by ��ɫ��Ƶ researchers Chad Risko and John Anthony was one of 37 teams to receive  funding as part of that organization’s  program.

The program is a $72.5 million investment from NSF to drive the design, discovery and development of advanced materials needed to address major societal challenges. The program brings together a wide range of disciplines, including materials research, engineering, mathematics, computer science, chemistry and physics, to achieve outcomes not

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The  at the ��ɫ��Ƶ has selected 26 outstanding undergraduates for the 2023-24  program.

The program’s mission is to increase awareness and create opportunities for students to actively engage in research. Ambassadors must demonstrate academic excellence, leadership potential and be involved in mentored research. This year's ambassadors represent six colleges, 21 disciplines and 18 research areas.

The student leaders’ goal is to make undergraduate research more accessible. Ambassadors will promote undergraduate research involvement and opportunities through student outreach and program

LEXINGTON, KY -- Two ��ɫ��Ƶ Department of ��ɫ��Ƶ professors in the College of Arts & Sciences. several current UK graduate students and a former grad student  contributed to an article reporting a major advance in increasing the stability of perovskite solar cells, which was published recently in the journal Science.

Co-authors at UK are Kenneth Graham, associate professor of chemistry; Chad Risko, John C. Hubbard Professor of ��ɫ��Ƶ; and graduate students Harindi R. Atapattu, Keerthan R. Rao, and Zhuoyun Cai. An article on the discovery issued by the University of Toronto can be found .

Currently, perovskite solar cells show power conversion efficiencies that are on par with commercially available

By A Fish 

LEXINGTON; Ky. — The Jerry D. Claiborne Scholarship is presented by the ��ɫ��Ƶ Nu Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa to students who show prowess in such areas as leadership and mentorship. It also takes into account their academic and athletic achievements.  

Nora Sypkens, a chemistry major in the College of Arts and Sciences, was selected in the spring for the scholarship by her peers. Omicron Delta Kappa's has its home base at the Chellgren Center, and it’s one of the three major honors societies on UK’s campus. To apply for this scholarship, one must be part of the organization. 

“I was inducted into the group last September, and since then I have received a lot of e-mail blasts,” she said. “With the Claiborne Scholarship, my circle leader

By Richard LeComte 

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The ��ɫ��Ƶ’s Air Force ROTC commissioned 15 Second Lieutenants on May 4. Capt. Nichole Nicholson, recruitment officer at UK’s Air Force ROTC and assistant professor of aerospace studies, has identified four cadets who have excelled in their training.  

“All four of these women have been great examples of innovation, hard work and dedication in helping to push our cadet wing forward,” Nicholson said. “I know they’ll each continue to do the same when they enter active duty.” 

These soon-to-be-commissioned officers have a variety of backgrounds and majors — everything from nursing to Arabic. They exemplify what’s wildly possible for students wishing to pursue military studies at UK.  

Julia Acevedo, Hurricane, West Virginia; neuroscience major

This interview is part of a series conducted by the department called, “UK ��ɫ��Ƶ Alumni: Where Are They Now?” This interview was coordinated by Dr. Arthur Cammers.

Arthur Cammers: Hannah, you are psyched to go to Med School. What can you tell me about your application process? What were the factors in deciding to which schools to apply? What was your strategy?

Hannah Bowman: Yes, I am very excited and grateful for this opportunity. During my application cycle, I was working full time as a registered nurse and was a bit of a late applicant. However, when selecting schools to send secondaries to, I only sent them to schools that I knew were high on my priorities list. My priorities included public health involvement, location, resources, student experiences opportunities, etc. If I felt as if a school had a good

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 8, 2023) — The ��ɫ��Ƶ  has chosen 20 undergraduates for the 2023 Commonwealth Undergraduate Research Experience Fellowship program.

Sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Research and the Office of the Vice President for Research, the  helps undergraduates to become leaders for their respective communities by providing opportunities to develop knowledge and skills through research within six of : cancer, cardiovascular health, diversity and inclusion

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 5, 2021) — John Anthony, the C. W. Hammond Professor of ��ɫ��Ƶ in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named winner of the 2023 SEC Faculty Achievement Award for the ��ɫ��Ƶ this spring.

Anthony, who also serves as associate director at the Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER), was awarded with 13 other SEC university professors for their “dedication to the classroom experience, the commitment to advance their disciplines and the determination to make a difference through service.”

"I am very grateful to UK and the SEC for this honor," Anthony said. "Given the interdisciplinary nature of modern science, my accomplishments represent the shared intellectual

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 26, 2023) — Anne-Frances Miller,  professor in the Department of ��ɫ��Ƶ at the , is serving as the 2022-23  Distinguished Professor and will deliver the annual Distinguished Professor Lecture Monday, May 1, 2023.

The lecture, titled “Renewable: New Opportunities from one of Life’s Most Ancient Chemical Tools,” will begin at 5 p.m. in the William T. Young Library Athletic Auditorium. A reception will follow in the Alumni Gallery in the library.

The lecture will

By A Fish 

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Incorporating art and sciences, UK Ph.D. recipient Priya Karna seized on an opportunity to submit her illustration to the American Chemical Society Diversity and Inclusion Cover Art Series. As a result, her artwork and editorial ended up in the March 2, 2023, issue of the . 

“The competition started in 2021, so it's just been two years since they’ve been doing this,” she said. “I saw some of the examples of the cover art, and it looked like something I could do.” 

The artwork, "Women in Science: From Country to ��ɫ��Ƶ," displays Karna’s vision of representing women from rural areas in science. The cover art depicts a girl with her cattle on a farm; she dreams of being a scientist.  

Since she was

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 20, 2023) — The ��ɫ��Ƶ Nu Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society hosted its annual awards night on Tuesday, April 11, in the W. T. Young Athletic Auditorium. Among those recognized for the Maurice A. Clay award  was Kameron Kraus, a student in the College of Arts & Sciences. In addition, A&S student Nora Sypkens received a Jerry D. Claiborne Scholarship.

The Maurice A. Clay award was created over 30 years ago to recognize the outstanding graduating senior in each academic college. Winners are selected by the college and are expected to be exceptional leaders who have provided service to their college while maintaining a strong academic record. Omicron Delta Kappa recognizes superior scholarship, leadership and exemplary character. The Maurice A. Clay

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 18, 2023) — Researchers at the ��ɫ��Ƶ are studying how the chemical reactions in the air after wildfires contribute to changes in the color of aerosol particles.

Marcelo Guzman is an associate professor in the Department of ��ɫ��Ƶ in the College and Arts and Sciences. He leads the Environmental ��ɫ��Ƶ Laboratory.

Guzman, principal investigator, worked with graduate student Sohel Rana on the study funded by the . Their findings have been published in the journal .

Guzman and Rana study how chemicals in atmosphere smoke

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Sharique Khan, a doctoral student in the Department of ��ɫ��Ƶ in the ��ɫ��Ƶ College of Arts & Sciences, has been selected for the U.S. Department of Energy Graduate Research fellowship program at the Oak Ridge National Lab.

The program allows graduate students to pursue collaborative research projects working with experts at two of the Department of Energy’s neutron sources: the High Flux Isotope Reactor and the Spallation Neutron Source.

“This program allows me to deploy neutron scattering, a highly specialized technique that is only possible in a very few specially equipped facilities,” Khan said. “I feel fortunate to have this experience and excited to contribute at the forefront of the evolving field of flavin based electron bifurcation, a fundamental mechanism of energy conservation."

Sharique Khan’s adviser is Anne-

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 23, 2023) — Two undergraduates have been selected as recipients of the ��ɫ��Ƶ’s , titled Scholars United by ��ɫ��Ƶ: Cultivating Excellence through Science Stewardship.

The Beckman Scholars — Kaitlyn Brock, a neuroscience and psychology major in the  and the , and Hena Kachroo, a chemistry major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Lewis

By Richard LeComte 

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The University of Maine Alumni Association will honor D. Allan Butterfield, the ��ɫ��Ƶ Alumni Association Endowed Professor of Biological ��ɫ��Ƶ, with its 2023 Alumni Career Award. 

The award is given to a University of Maine graduate whose life’s work is marked by outstanding achievements in professional, business, civic or other public service areas. 

“Butterfield has been credited with numerous breakthroughs regarding the study of Alzheimer’s disease and amnestic mild cognitive impairment, the precursor to Alzheimer’s,” the alumni association’s website states. 

Butterfield has received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring, which President Bill Clinton gave to him in 1998, and an

starts her career as chemistry professor at Morehead State University.

B.S.-Science Education, ��ɫ��Ƶ, ��ɫ��Ƶ (U-Grad Research, Arthur Cammers); M.S.-��ɫ��Ƶ Organic Synthesis, University of Louisville; Ph.D.-��ɫ��Ƶ Nucleic Acids, ��ɫ��Ƶ (Stephen Testa).

This interview is part of a series conducted by the department called, "UK ��ɫ��Ƶ Alumni: Where Are They Now." This interview was coordinated by Dr. Arthur Cammers.

Arthur Cammers: In early September (2022) running around UK Arboretum, I met a former student running in the other direction. She turned around and ran with me, we talked, and at some point, we decided to do one of these Student Spotlights. UK A&S ��ɫ��Ƶ publishes these

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 18, 2022) — ��ɫ��Ƶ Research Communications has partnered with UK’s to feature faculty innovators  in “I am a UK Innovator,” a four-video series. The Office of Technology Commercailization works with innovators to assess, protect and license early-stage technologies and create new technology startups. In this Q&A, Chad Risko discusses the innovation ExpFlow, which could help the research community confirm results by repeating experiments, an activity fundamental to scientific progress. Risko is an associate professor in the Department of ��ɫ��Ƶ in the College of Arts and

By Richard LeComte 

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Richard Mitchell,left, and Austin Hachey, graduate students in the Glazer and Heidary Labs of the Department of ��ɫ��Ƶ in the ��ɫ��Ƶ’s College of Arts & Sciences, each have received an Outstanding Research Poster Prize at the 2022 Conference in Andover, New Hampshire. Their work was selected from more than 80 presentations. 

Mitchell, co-advised by Professor Jason DeRouchey, presented his work on the synthesis and characterization of a ruthenium complex, which induces ribosome biogenesis stress. This compound mimics oxaliplatin, a chemotherapeutic that is commonly used in the treatment of colorectal cancer.  

Few compounds can prevent the biosynthesis of