News Archive: Awards
UK Ag Biotech student to serve on Agriculture Future of America student advisory team
By
Aimee Nielson
Published on May. 1, 2018
As part of the team, Leon will help plan the 2018 AFA Leaders Conference
Brown named a UK outstanding teacher
By
Blair Hoover Conner
Published on Apr. 23, 2018
Brown was one of seven UK faculty members to receive recognition for teaching.
UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment junior named Gaines Center Fellow
Published on Mar. 22, 2018
Kate Cox, of Lexington, is majoring in agricultural and medical biotechnology.
UK honors outstanding advisor Fleming with a Freedman Award
By
Gail Hairston
Published on Mar. 2, 2018
The College of Agriculture, Food and Environment's Esther Fleming received the Freedman Outstanding Professional Advising Award.
UK professor chosen for one of only seven Whiting fellowships nationwide
By
Gail Hairston
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Published on Feb. 28, 2018
CLD's Karen Rignall has received a $50,000 Whiting Foundation Public Engagement Fellowship to pursue her research, Stories of Place in a Changing Appalachia.
With UK encouragement, Belfry High School team heads to India
Published on Feb. 14, 2018
After UK provided water testing equipment, a team of students from Belfry High School will travel to Kolkata, India, to present their research on groundwater quality in Pike County.
UK CAFE graduate student receives prestigious award for thesis
By
Carol Lea Spence
Published on Feb. 12, 2018
Heather Hyden will receive the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools’ 2018 Master’s Thesis Award in the Social Sciences, Education and Business category Feb. 24.
UK graduate student one of 10 selected by USDA to attend conference
By
Carol Lea Spence
Published on Feb. 1, 2018
Kenton Sena will be heading to Washington, D.C. to attend the 2018 Agricultural Outlook Forum as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Student Diversity Program.
2018 Great Teacher Award goes to CAFE's Robert Paratley
Published on Jan. 31, 2018
NRES teacher, Robert Paratley, has been named a recipient of the UK Alumni Association's 2018 Great Teacher Award.
UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment honors farm leader, researcher
Published on Jan. 22, 2018
Surendranath Suman and Warren Beeler were the recipients of this year's awards.