Braceros Photo Exhibit Depicts Experience of Mexican Emigrants
By Adrian Ho
The Braceros Photo Exhibit at the University of Kentucky’s William T. Young Library depicts the experience of Mexican laborers’ emigration as rendered by photographers who were uprooted. Featuring 18 images about the Bracero Program, the exhibit is free and open to all until May 1, 2019.
Geography Alum Launches Open Source Pilot Project with Hardin County Water District No. 1
By Hannah Edelen
Charles Altendorf, a 2011 University of Kentucky alumnus, is using the skills he developed and honed as a geography student in the College of Arts & Sciences to help improve the mapping system at his current job with the Hardin County Water District No. 1. Working on a pilot project, Altendorf is attempting to convert the water district’s data analysis from traditional digital mapping to an open source method.
Stanley Brunn Named Fellow of American Association of Geographers
By Rebecca Longo
Stanley Brunn, professor emeritus in the Department of Geography at the University of Kentucky, has been named a fellow in the American Association of Geographers (AAG) 2019 class.
Black in Blue Premiere
Student Activities Board, Gatton Student Center, and the College of Arts & Sciences invites students, faculty, staff and community members to the Black in Blue film premiere. The free, public event will be held at 6:30 pm on Thursday, Feb. 21 in the Worsham Theater to look back at how the University of Kentucky’s football team broke the color line in the Southeastern Conference. Frank X Walker, will moderate a panel discussion following the film with the co-producers Paul Wagner and Paul Karem, Houston Hogg, Wilbur Hackett, Nate Northington, Mel Page and Jeremy Jarmon.
Special thanks to the Office for Institutional Diversity, Martin Luther King Center, and Black Student Union
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Anthropology Professor Wins Prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award
By Aaron Porter
Richard Jefferies, a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Kentucky, was honored with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2018 meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC).