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Ormsbee honored with lifetime achievement award

This month, Lindell Ormsbee, Ph.D., professor in the UK Pigman College of Engineering Department of Civil Engineering, was honored for his decades of dedication with an Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) lifetime achievement award at the EWRI Congress in Anchorage, Alaska.

Spring 2025 Dean's List includes 985 engineering students

The University of Kentucky recently released the Dean’s List for the Spring 2025 semester and 985 Pigman College of Engineering students were recognized for outstanding academic performance.

UK IEEE student branch shines at SoutheastCon 2025

Electrical and computer engineering students from the UK IEEE student branch place first, second and third at IEEE SoutheastCon 2025.

Biomedical Engineering teams sweep graduate division at 2025 PNC Wildcat Pitch Competition

Biomedical Engineering graduate students claim first, second, and third place in the 2025 PNC Wildcat Pitch Competition.

Goldsmith honored by National Center for Women & Information Technology

Judy Goldsmith, professor and associate chair in the Department of Computer Science, was named the 2025 Harrold and Notkin Research and Graduate Mentoring Award recipient by the National Center for Women & Information Technology.

From Eastern Kentucky to edge of space: UK grad is reaching for the stars

Asa O'Neal is a senior here at the University of Kentucky, and as his commencement comes closer, he sat down with us to reflect on his journey from his home in Eastern Kentucky, to his work that goes well out of our atmosphere.