The College of Arts & Sciences welcomed more than 1,000 new students for the 2015-16 academic school year. Along with all of the normal K Week activities for freshman, A&S held their own events in order for freshman to meet and mingle with each other and faculty members. These students…

After finishing a week of learning before class even started, members of the FastTrack program attended a graduation ceremony that focused on their dedication for a more successful college experiences. Members of the program received certificates and T-shirts to show their participation. …

(August 15, 2015) - The University of Kentucky and the College of Arts & Sciences welcomed new students and members of FastTrack to campus. These students arrived a week early and get to participate in newly developed programs in math, biology, chemistry and other majors. This early start…

(August 15, 2015) - Members of the A&S Living Learning Program STEMCats moved into Woodland Glen IV residential hall. STEMCats is a freshman academic, research, and professional-development residential program sponsored by HHMI (Howard Hughes Medical Institute) intended for first-year…

Our visitors from Ecuador and the Go Teacher program had a closing ceremony on August 7, 2015, in the LexMark Room of the Main Building on the campus of the University of Kentucky. This is the fourth cohort of GTPE students that have some through CESL - Congratulations!

(August 6, 2015) - University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences, together with its design and construction partners, JRA Architects and Messer, hosted a “topping off ceremony” today to mark the securing of the last and uppermost beam atop the new Academic Science Building (ASB). The…

CESL students made a trip to Fort Harrod and Shakertown on Saturday, July 18th. It was a beautiful day and we had dinner at Cracker Barrel.

Amongst of all the CESL students, Saudi and Brazilian students were especially fascinated with the guns displayed, while female students enjoyed all…

The Kentucky Young Writers Summer Colony held its inaugural program this June with great success. The week-long program, which was open to incoming high school freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors, and incoming college freshmen, welcomed an eager group who were interested in advancing their…

The College of Arts & Sciences' Staff wrapped up their summer retreat by heading to Woodland Park for a picnic and games - complete with competitive verve, loads of laughter, and plenty of high-fives, the staff enjoyed the beautiful afternoon and the chance to bond with co-workers outside of…

The Department of Geography held its first MapCamp – led by Boyd Shearer, the week long day camp featured exercises in map making and outdoor geo-challenges. Attendees participated in the ancient craft of cartography, built digital interactive maps to share with the world, and conducted campus…

The Center for English as a Second Language traveled to Berea, Kentucky to take in the sights and the sounds of that city's craft festival. The group visited different student workshops and learned from regional experts about different musical instruments like the dulcimer as well as Appalachian…

A lot of hard work is going into renovating the long time student center. Luckily even through all the chaos it still bleeds blue!

On Saturday, June 20, 2015, Lina Crocker, Senior Lecturer at the Center for English as a Second Language, and her husband led a group of 40 CESL students on a trip to the Cincinnati Zoo. The visit was a special experience for the students, many of whom had not previously been to a zoo.

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On Saturday, May 30, the Morris Book Shop hosted the first installment of the African American & Africana Studies Reading Series and welcomed DaMaris B. Hill to share poems from her latest publication.

About the book: \ Vi-zə-bəl \ \ Teks-chərs \ (Visible Textures) is…

On Tuesday, June 2, 2015, the College of Arts & Sciences hosted its annual Outstanding Staff and Years of Service awards program. All A&S staff and student employees were invited to participate in the program held in Memorial Hall.

A new student employee specific award was…

By Lori Johnson

On Friday, May 8, 2015, The Department of Chemistry hosted its second annual Graduation Celebration & Student Awards Ceremony in Dawson Lecture Hall of the Chemistry-Physics Building. The ceremony recognized graduating students from both the undergraduate and graduate…

The University of Kentucky Office of Undergraduate Research and the Society for the Promotion of Undergraduate Research (SPUR) hosted the Showcase from 3-6 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, in the Student Center Grand Ballroom. Each year, the Showcase brings together undergraduates from all disciplines…

The 2015 conference focuses on Black women’s bodies in motion. Dance, both sacred and secular, has been a critical space for expression and community building. This year the conference included dancers, scholars of dance and dance workshops as ways to explore the importance of dance in the lives…

On Friday, May 1, 2015, the Department of English at the University of Kentucky held their Thirty-Fourth Annual Awards Ceremony in the Lexmark Public Room in the Main Building. The keynote address, “That and a Quarter Will Buy You a Coke,” was delivered by Kip Cornett, UK English Department…

The College of Arts and Sciences honored distinguished faculty and teaching awards winners for the past year on April 22, in the WT Young Library Auditorium.

The recipients of this year's College faculty awards are:

19 students affiliated with the Greenhouse living-learning community participated in a cleanup along Town Branch Saturday afternoon, April 25. April is Earth Month and the activity was part of the Great American Cleanup, which is organized locally by Keep Lexington Beautiful (part of LFUCG). We…

18 April 2015 - The Army ROTC held their Military Ball at The Grand Reserve in Lexington, KY with LTC Aire C. Richards as the Guest Speaker.

On Friday, April 17th 2015, the Department of Chemistry hosted the Eighteenth Annual Lyle Ramsay Dawson Lecture. The Lecture was given by Geoffrey Coates of Cornell University on the topic of New Polymers from Old Monomers: Advances Enabled through Catalyst Design.

This year, the Dawson…

The University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences Department of Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Studies presented its Excellence in Writing Awards to UK undergraduates, faculty and community writers. Hosted graciously by the outstanding staff of the Boone Center. Four excellent writers…