LEXINGTON, Ky. ) — The University of Kentucky Materials Science Research Priority Area has selected 11 researchers as recipients of multiple funding awards. The area offers a variety of funding mechanisms to support materials research across UK and expand the RPA’s breadth and depth of work.
Lexington’s Freedom Train committee, along with Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, invite the public to a community event this Juneteenth, where they will unveil a sculpture of two significant historical figures.
“Towards Freedom” is the centerpiece and first phase of a monument dedicated to Lewis and Harriet Hayden, two of Lexington’s enslaved who became famed abolitionists. The monument also remembers the stories of other enslaved persons in Lexington and commemorates their paths to freedom via Lexington’s Underground Railroad. Learn more at https://www.lexfreedomtrain.org/.
The committee includes UK faculty members Vanessa Holden, associate professor of African American and Africana studies; Frank X Walker, professor English; and Garry Bibbs, professor of art studio, metal arts and sculpture.
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By Francis Von Mann
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 10, 2025) - The College of Arts and Sciences has a number of students selected for the 2025 Summer Undergraduate Research Award program. This year’s SURA recipients represent a an array of academic disciplines and will engage in immersive, faculty-mentored research across the University of Kentucky campus.
The SURA awards provide $5,000 to support Arts and Sciences undergraduate students pursuing summer research full-time.
By Jenny Wells-Hosley and Dan Knapp
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 9, 2025) — James “Jimmy” Dunne, a 1977 University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences graduate, has built a successful and wide-ranging career in entertainment — as a songwriter, composer, television and film producer and entrepreneur.
Approximately 2,008 students have been named to the spring 2025 Dean's List in the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences. For a complete Dean's List, click here.
To earn Dean's List honors, students must earn:
A least 12 earned credit hours in graded coursework. Earned credit hours taken as Pass/Fail are excluded.
