Message from the Dean

Dear Alumni and Friends, 

It has been an engaging and productive fall semester in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and at the University of Kentucky (UK). We started the semester strong by welcoming almost 1,700 new first-year undergraduate students into our A&S family as part of UK’s largest incoming class of 6,100 students. The semester ended with our December Commencement, where we celebrated over 400 undergraduate and graduate students completing their degrees 

A&S Faculty Member Recognized by American Library Association

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Rainbow, a Round Table of the American Library Association, has recognized author-illustrator Rachel Elliott, lecturer in the Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies Department of the University of Kentucky’s College of Arts & Sciences, for her debut graphic novel, “The Real Riley Mayes.” 

The novel, published in May 2022 by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of Harper Collins, was named a Stonewall Honor Book for 2023. The Stonewall Book Awards recognize English-language books that relate to the LGBTQIA+ experience.  

2023 SEC Tournament Happy Hour

Join us in Nashville for an SEC Tournament Happy Hour with UK College of Arts & Sciences alumni & friends!

Thursday, March 9, 2023

5:30 – 7:30 pm (CST)

The Assembly Food Hall Agave Maria Bar

5055 Broadway | Nashville

Date and time are subject to change

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The event is free to alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the College of Arts & Sciences.

This event will be held in partnership with UK’s College of Engineering, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, and College of Communication and Information.

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How are we saved from complete annihilation

Historically it was both a surprise and a theoretical triumph to find out that anti-matter exists at all. As we learnt more about the Universe, we are surprised by something very different - why do we almost exclusively see matter. The fact that throughout most of human history, we were oblivious to the existence of anti-matter is a testament to the dominance of matter over anti-matter. Looking at the earliest light and earliest elements in the Universe, we find that this imbalance goes back to at least when the Universe was a mere second old. However, inflation would wipe out any difference between matter and anti-matter and all processes we know of cannot create such an asymmetry. I will review the three main answers physicists have given to this fundamental question and what challenges face the community trying to shed light on this issue.
 
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The Project 8 Neutrino Mass Experiment

Although the existence of neutrino mass is firmly established, the precise neutrino mass scale remains unknown.  To directly probe this property, measurements of the endpoint of the tritium beta spectrum have achieved the greatest sensitivity, recently reaching the sub-eV scale.  In this talk, I will present Project 8, an experimental concept based on the novel Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy (CRES) technique.  Project 8 has recently released its first measurements of the tritium beta spectral endpoint and demonstrated its high precision spectroscopy using krypton calibration.  An R&D campaign is now underway to demonstrate scalability of the CRES technique and to develop the atomic tritium source required.  Building on these successes, a next-generation experiment is envisioned with neutrino mass sensitivity down to 40 meV.

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Appalachian Center to host student, faculty research presentation series

By Jenny Wells-Hosley

The University of Kentucky Appalachian Center is showcasing the work of student and faculty researchers through its Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress (SWAP) series this spring.

The presenting researchers represent four colleges and seven departments from across UK’s campus, as well as a faculty guest presentation from Maynooth University in Ireland.

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