UK Hosts Kentucky Academy of Science Annual Meeting
The 94th Kentucky Academy of Science Annual Meeting will be hosted by the University of Kentucky Oct. 31-Nov. 1. This meeting provides a venue for Kentucky’s scientists and student scientists to publicly present their research. The annual meeting will feature an Undergraduate Research Competition, awards banquet, symposia and lectures. 2008 presenters include Roger Quinn, director of the Biologically Inspired Robotics Lab at Case Western Reserve University and Hazel Barton, Ashland Endowed Professor in Integrated Science at Northern Kentucky University. To register for the meeting or obtain more information visit www. kyscience.org.
UK has recently become an enhanced KAS affiliate, meaning that effective immediately UK faculty, staff, administrators and students are entitled to become KAS members without paying any annual membership fees. Academy members are eligible to apply for numerous KAS research grants and to submit manuscripts for publication in the peer reviewed Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science (JKAS). KAS members also receive complimentary electronic access to the JKAS, a free KAS newsletter subscription containing news from the Kentucky science community, as well as discounted registration fees to KAS annual meetings.
University of Kentucky faculty, staff and students who are current KAS members and who have provided an e-mail address ending in "uky.edu" to KAS should see their membership automatically updated. Those who are not members but wish to be should visit the KAS Web site at www.kyscience.org for information on how to join. For more information contact Robin Cooper, KAS president-elect and UK associate professor of biology at rlcoop1@email.uky.edu or contact KAS at directly at executivedirector@kyscience.org.
The Kentucky Academy of Science is a nonprofit organization committed to advancing science in our Commonwealth. Established in 1914, KAS has served as the “Voice of Science in Kentucky” for nearly a century. Today, KAS continues its dedication to science by encouraging scientific research, advancing science education based on the standards of our scientific community, and promoting the use of sound science in policy initiatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Membership in the academy is open to anyone with an interest in science including educators, other professionals and students. KAS brings together scientists from all disciplines facilitating a synergistic approach to accomplish its goals.
Allison Elliott - UK Public Relations