LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 6, 2020) — Five University of Kentucky alumni are putting their degrees to work by showing support for front-line workers and local restaurants. With backgrounds in business and medicine, Michael Zhu, Jodi Llanora, Kyle Luo, Logan Jones and John Stein refused to feel helpless in the fight against COVID-19. Llanora and Luo are alumni of the College of Arts & Sciences.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 4, 2020) — The University of Kentucky has honored two senior students with the Otis A. Singletary Outstanding Senior Award at the virtual Lead Blue: Student Organizations Celebration and Award Ceremony on April 28. This year’s recipients were Michael Hamilton and Joe Walden.
By Richard LeComte
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 5, 2020) — Sydney Sayre appreciates the history she’s making in May as she graduates as the University of Kentucky's first African American and Africana Studies (AAAS) major in the College of Arts & Sciences.
By Richard LeComte
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Thirteen University of Kentucky students were on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., as they pursued political science classes and internships with legislators this spring. Then, the pandemic hit.
By Madison Dyment
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The University of Kentucky takes pride in providing a space for all students to succeed and feel at home. Sahana Holla, a junior biology major and College of Arts & Sciences ambassador, has contributed to providing such an environment by starting an organization that benefits a specific set of students – the Candid Colon group.
History Professor Melanie Goan, in conversation with A&S Dean Mark Kornbluh, will discuss how germ theory changed American life in the late nineteenth century and will consider what past pandemics teach us.
Join faculty from across the College as we discuss the processes and effects behind increases in violence and racism in our communities during this pandemic. Faculty panelists will discuss and answer questions about anti-Asian bias, Latinx experiences, and economic, political, and social conditions that facilitate the rapid spread in Black communities. Panelists will also discuss public health campaigns aimed at marginalized communities, violence and the informal sector, and violence in the home during times of pandemic.
Dr. Sauer-Zavala is an assistant professor of clinical psychology and licensed psychologist in the Department of Psychology in the University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences.
