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Graduate & Professional Student Appreciation Week Wrap-Up Celebrating Community

by Harper Propst for The Graduate School

Apr 21, 2025

Professional Enhancement, General

The University of Kentucky’s Graduate & Professional Student Appreciation Week (GPSAW), held from April 9–16, 2025, was jointly hosted by The Graduate School and the Graduate Student Congress (GSC), and by GSC President Tori Stanton. The week brought together hundreds of students, faculty, and campus partners to recognize the incredible contributions of our graduate and professional students. With a jam-packed calendar of events, the week highlighted both gratitude and community spirit, culminating in impressive engagement across campus.

Baseline graduate stipends for fiscal year 2026 announced

Dani Jaffe

Apr 9, 2025

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 9, 2025) — After reviewing data and working closely with colleges and leadership across campus, the University of Kentucky Graduate Stipend and Benefits Committee has updated baseline graduate stipends for fiscal year 2026.

Ph.D. student named 2025 CPS Rising Star

College of Engineering

Mar 28, 2025

Afsaneh Mahanipour, a graduate student in the Pigman College of Engineering, was one of 30 scholars from across the nation selected as a 2025 Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) Rising Star. Selected scholars attend the Rising Stars Workshop, hosted by Vanderbilt University.

Education doctoral student champions building resilience for Kentucky youth

Amanda Nelson

Feb 28, 2025

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 28, 2025) — Throughout her educational journey at the University of Kentucky, Hannah Edelen has gained valuable perspective from embracing unique roles along the way.

Education doctoral student named among top rising literacy leaders

Amanda Nelson

Feb 27, 2025

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 27, 2025) — University of Kentucky doctoral student Zachary Milford has been recognized as one of the top rising literacy leaders across the globe, as part of the International Literacy Association’s 2025 class of 30 Under 30. Read the full story here >>

Umenweke, a doctoral candidate in chemistry in the University of Kentucky’s College of Arts and Sciences, has published the primer along with his adviser, Eduardo Santillan-Jimenez, Ph.D., adjunct assistant professor of chemistry and associate director of UK’s Center for Applied Energy Research. The e-book is published by the American Chemical Society (ACS) as part of its In Focus series of digital primers.

UK doctoral student and advisor publish hydrocarbon biofuels primer Potentially helping humans turn waste into renewable energy

Richard LeComte

Feb 21, 2025

Research

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- “Hydrocarbon Biofuels” will not top the New York Times’ best-seller list for nonfiction books, but for Great C. Umenweke, it’s quite an opportunity, and one that could help humans turn waste into renewable energy.

Master of Public Health student creates rabies awareness curriculum for elementary students

Stephanie Ramsey

Feb 6, 2025

Research

Faith Fursman, a Master of Public Health student at the University of Kentucky College of Public Health, took on a critical public health challenge during her practicum with the Kentucky Department for Public Health: how to teach children about the risks of rabies.

Graduate research assistant earns top award in national brain video contest

Jan 21, 2025

Research

UK College of Medicine student earns top award in national brain video contest | UKNow “I really want to give an opportunity to those people who may be a little intimidated,” he said. “I want to them know that the science that we do is for them, we want you to be able to understand and anyone can do it. That’s the impact that I want to have.”

UK Graduate School hosts Lyman T. Johnson Certificate Ceremony Builds community of LTJ Fellows

Dec 12, 2024

UK Graduate School hosts Lyman T. Johnson Fellowship Ceremony, builds community of fellows | UKNow LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 11, 2024) — Eighty University of Kentucky graduate students were honored during the inaugural Graduate School Certificate Ceremony for Lyman T. Johnson Fellows last month.

UK Graduate School welcomes local colleges, universities for inaugural 'Grad Day at UK'

Dec 3, 2024

“Is graduate school for me?” “What is it like being a graduate student at UK?” “What can I do with a master’s degree?” The University of Kentucky Graduate School set out to help answer these questions by hosting the inaugural “Grad School Day at UK” regional event. Undergraduate students from six area Kentucky colleges and universities, curious about attending UK to earn a graduate degree, were welcomed on campus by UK staff, faculty and students. MORE>

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Graduate & Professional Student Appreciation Week Wrap-Up Celebrating Community

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