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
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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The Assembly Food Hall Agave Maria Bar 5055 Broadway | Nashville
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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