The Gatton Academy's News Archive

Mar 4th, 2022

Nineteen seniors from the Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky have been recognized as finalists in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Competition. “I applaud these students for their academic accomplishments during these unprecedented

Mar 1st, 2022

Gatton Alum Whitney Heard (Bowling Green HS, ’16) won the 3MT Competition at WKU on Wednesday, February 23rd. A graduate student in the biology department, Heard is conducting research on bacteriophages and antibiotic resistance.

Feb 22nd, 2022

Six Gatton Academy seniors recently learned they are candidates for the 2022 United States Presidential Scholars Program.

Feb 16th, 2022

Gatton Alumni Trivan Menezes, Camuel Hart and Donald “D.J.” Price recently had their research, “A Complete List of Minimal Diagrams of an Oriented Alternating Knot,” published the Journal Knot Theory and its Ramifications.

Nov 23rd, 2021

Two alumni of The Gatton Academy recently received two of the country’s most prestigious graduate study awards. Elvin N. Irihamye received the Rhodes Scholarship and Samuel C. Kessler received the George J. Mitchell Scholarship.

Sep 15th, 2021

Twenty-six seniors from The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky have been recognized as semifinalists in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Competition, breaking the 2019 record of the most students recognized in a single school year i

Jun 7th, 2021

Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky students are continuing summer learning in modified internships and reimagined programs. While some are happening virtually, many are in-person at WKU, around the Commonwealth, and even g

Jun 1st, 2021

Eighteen students at The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky at WKU have been offered nationally-competitive National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) Scholarships for immersive, critical language study this summer. This

May 25th, 2021

The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky has selected 101 Kentucky sophomores for the Class of 2023.

May 17th, 2021

The 78 members of The Gatton Academy Class of 2021 were offered $21,960,872 in college scholarships and accepted $7,580,818 to fund their undergraduate study.