In Memoriam: Dr. Louis J. Swift
Louis J. Swift, an emeritus professor of Classics in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (MCLLC), passed away on Saturday, January 30, 2021.
Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies Launches With Address by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 1, 2021) — The new Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies (CIBS) at the University of Kentucky will host its official launch event this week with an address by American literary critic and scholar Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr.
UK Undergraduate Research Program Sparks Student Success
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 27, 2021) – Each year, the University of Kentucky’s Students Participating as Ambassadors for Research in Kentucky (SPARK) gives a select group of undergraduates from diverse backgrounds a unique, hands-on research opportunity to prepare them for graduate study in health-related fields. Student recipients include two in the College of Arts & Sciences.
Spotlight: Anastasia Curwood, Member of DEI Leadership Team
One of the most rewarding parts of my role as chair of the diversity, equity and inclusion implementation plan, is that I continue to meet outstanding individuals from UK who are devoted to their community – Dr. Anastasia Curwood is one of those leaders.
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Dissertation Defense
D Cole will defed his dissertation, “Metaphor and the Struggle Between Populism and Liberal Democracy”
Open to the public (contact eric.sanday@uky.edu)
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Universities, Youths, Race and Policing
This panel brings together community members and scholars to discuss best practices of youth and campus policing, and practices that need to be reformed. How can we promote racial equality and social justice in youth and campus policing? The speakers are Rebecca Ballard DiLoreto, Executive Director of the Institute for Compassion in Justice, Chief of Police Eric Scott of the Berea Police Department, Marro Inoue, a UK anthropologist who will speak about his field work as an intern at the UK police department, and Dwayne Mack, a historian at Berea College, whose scholarship focuses on race and policing.
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UK Appalachian Center to Showcase Student Research on Appalachia
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 22, 2021) — The University of Kentucky Appalachian Center will showcase the work of student researchers through its Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress series this semester.
This series will feature presentations from graduate and undergraduate students covering topics ranging from poetry to cancer research to education to local foods.
Gary Ferland Named American Astronomical Society Fellow
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 9, 2021) — Gary Ferland, a professor in the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been named a fellow by the American Astronomical Society (AAS). Ferland is one of 31 members recognized by the organization for his innovative and significant contributions to astronomy.
UK Mathematics’ Stapleton Named Sloan Research Fellow
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 17, 2021) — Nathaniel Stapleton, an assistant professor of mathematics in the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a 2021 Sloan Research Fellow by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The award honors early-career researchers.