Center for Undergraduate Research honors students, mentors | The University of Kansas ku.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ku.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Mon, 04/26/2021
LAWRENCE The University of Kansas Center for Undergraduate Research has announced the winners of two annual awards given to recognize undergraduate research mentors who make a difference in the lives of their students at KU.
James Blakemore, associate professor of chemistry, and Jiakun Jack Zhang, assistant professor of political science, are the recipients of the 2021 K. Barbara Schowen Undergraduate Research Mentor Award. This faculty award is named after the professor emeritus of chemistry, whose efforts to promote undergraduate research at KU led to the development of the Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Blakemore has mentored over a dozen undergraduate researchers since he arrived at KU in 2016. In his nomination packet, Blakemore’s students noted his hands-on approach to mentoring students that pushed them to develop their own voice as writers and their own ideas as researchers. The independence that his students develop as a result of his mentorship i
Center announces 2021 Undergraduate Research Mentor Award winners ku.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ku.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.