Morehead State University :: Undergraduate Research

Welcome to the Office of Undergraduate Research

The primary mission of this office is to promote the academic and intellectual culture of the campus through the support of student and faculty research, where research is broadly defined to include the scholarly and creative activities of all disciplines. Student research is promoted through several programs including:

Our Undergraduate Research Fellowship program, in which students are encouraged and financially-supported to work as junior colleagues with faculty mentors engaged in all types of disciplinary scholarship;

Our Annual Celebration of Student Scholarship which showcases the research, scholarly, and other creative activities of all faculty-mentored student projects;

Our enhanced institutional memberships in the Council for Undergraduate Research (CUR) and the Kentucky Academy of Science (KAS) which provide free individual memberships to all interested faculty, staff, and students;

Our matching Travel Fund which provides support for students presenting their scholarly works at professional meetings; and

Our provision of a free large format poster printing service for all students presenting their scholarly work at both on- and off-campus professional meetings.

Our office and the MSU faculty are committed to providing students with high quality research and creative opportunities. We welcome your input and suggestions.

Michael C. Henson, Ph.D.
Professor, Associate Vice President for Research
& Dean of the Graduate School

Brenda DeHart
Administrative Assistant

2013 Celebration of Student Scholarship

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs

901 Ginger Hall

Morehead, KY 40351

Phone: 606-783-2010

Fax: 606-783-2130

E-mail: b.dehart@moreheadstate.edu or re.alfrey@moreheadstate.edu

Undergraduate Research News

The 8th Annual Celebration of Student Scholarship was held in the Adron Doran University Center on Wednesday, April 24 and spotlighted Morehead State University as a premier destination for all who desire the world-class education catalyzed by the dedicated mentorship of world-class faculty. President Wayne Andrews has said the celebration "is a time when we can all pause to reflect on the outstanding efforts of the community of scholars that empowers our diverse population of students to reach their educational goals." The 2013 Celebration featured 196 presentations that demonstrated the research and creative endeavors of 285 students and their 132 faculty mentors. This year, awards were given for student presentations of special merit. Click here for the photo gallery.

Nineteen MSU students participated in the 2013 Posters-at-the-Capitol Thursday, Feb. 21, presenting a variety of research projects produced in collaboration with MSU faculty. Click here for the official press release; click here to view the photo gallery.

Congratulations to MSU Psychology grad student Katy Hauris! She took first place for her Psychology paper presentation at the Kentucky Academy of Science: Sex differences in complex learning after repeated METHtreatment in adolescence.Co-authors were Jessica Pita and Faculty Mentor Dr. Ilsun White.

Congratulations to MSU Psychology senior Gianni Maione! He took first place at the Kentucky Academy of Science for his undergraduate poster: Morphine administration during adolescence leads to learning deficits in adulthood. Co-authors were Rachael Whitley and Dr. Ilsun White.