This Living Learning Program gives freshmen a mentored head start on the way to majoring in the sciences and mathematics

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Growing up in Hazard, Kentucky, Brittany Martin was familiar with diabetes. Many of her older relatives had been diagnosed with the chronic condition, and her younger family members were starting to develop it as well. In a state with one of the highest rates of diabetes — 11.3 percent of adults had a diagnosis in 2014 —Martin’s family wasn’t out of the ordinary, but she found the status quo unacceptable.

Two seems to be a lucky number for graduating senior Sibi Rajendran, of Frankfort, Kentucky.

In the fall of 2014, a group of 235 incoming students became the first class of STEMCats at the University of Kentucky. This week, they are not only wrapping up their first year at UK

The realm of science in the United States — education, research and career opportunities — is always a hot topic, but especially so in the last several years.