The UK Office of Undergraduate Research, along with SPUR (the Society for the Promotion of Undergraduate Research), and the UK Student Government Association, will host the eighth annual Showcase for Undergraduate Scholars.

Biology senior Taylor Lloyd, of Union, Ky., has been named one of this year's 26 Astronaut Scholars and has received a $10,000 scholarship she will put toward her studies. While at UK, the agricultural biotechnology and biology senior has been active in research related to the germination of seeds.