CESJ - A Conversation with Mayor Jim Gray
In the Fall of 2017, Lexington made the national news when debate started around moving the Confederate statues in downtown Lexington. Mayor Gray poignantly highlighted Kentucky’s history as a border state with both Confederate and Union soldiers. This dichotomy and polarization is not simply in the past, but continues to be reflected in our current dialogue in the state and nation. Further, the perceptions of Kentucky do not always reflect the complexity of Kentucky.
A&S Students Get Glimpse of Home While Watching the Winter Olympics
By Blair Hoover Conner
Over the past two weeks, millions of people worldwide have gathered around televisions to watch athletes across the world compete for their respective countries in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. For University of Kentucky students Beeson Shin and Wonjin Kim, watching the games is getting a glimpse of home.
AIN’T I A PERSON?/TOUT’ MOUN SÉ MOUN: IDENTITY, SELF, AND PERSONHOOD IN THE AMERICAS
Ain’t I a person? : Tout moun sé moun!“ is a mini-symposium that deploys Caribbean/Black studies as a platform to explore how “diasporic” communities in the Americas see others and envision themselves. This symposium considers theories associated with construction of self, personhood, and resistance as ways of conceiving and analyzing the construction of intercultural and diverse communities.
VIDEO: A&S Political Science Alumnus Completes Marathon on Every Continent
By Gail Hairston, Amy Jones-Timoney, and Kody Kiser
Many people can say they’ve been “around the world,” but only a few of those have actually set foot on all seven continents.
Stanton's 'Wide as the Wind' Wins Another Award
By Gail Hairston
Watch the trailer for "Wide as the Wind" by Edward Stanton above.
A third international book award has been presented to University of Kentucky Professor Emeritus Edward Stanton for his young adult, prehistorical fiction novel “Wide as the Wind” (2016, Open Books Press).
A&S Center for Equality and Social Justice Hosts Conversation With Lexington Mayor Jim Gray
By Kathy Johnson
The Center for Equality and Social Justice at the University of Kentucky is hosting a conversation with Lexington Mayor Jim Gray as part of its Keys to Our Common Future conversation series. He speaks at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, in the Boone Center in UK's campus.
Córdova Scores Additional Funds for El Salvador Research
Dateline: Lexington, KY
By D. Stephen Voss, Political Science Department Publicity Director
The American Political Science Association contacted Prof. Abby Córdova on Wednesday to announce that she and a coauthor will be receiving APSA's Centennial Center grant for their research on female representation in El Salvador.
UK Biology Research May Lead to Treatment for Blinding Disorders, Including Glaucoma
By Jenny Wells
Jakub Famulski, an assistant professor of biology in the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences, has received a grant for over $1.8 million from the National Institutes of Health to study the early formation of the anterior segment of the eye. The research has the potential to lead to more treatment options for patients with blinding disorders.