Chana Akins Chosen for Prestigious ACE Fellowship
By Lindsey Piercy
The American Council on Education has announced that Chana Akins, professor of psychology at the University of Kentucky, has been named an ACE Fellow for the 2018-19 academic year.
Sociology Doctoral Student Receives P.E.O. Scholarship for Women
By Lindsey Piercy
Amanda Bunting, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Kentucky, is one of 100 doctoral students in the U. S. and Canada selected to receive a $15,000 Scholar Award from the P.E.O. Sisterhood. She was sponsored by Chapter AO KY of Lexington.
Honoring Outstanding Teaching and Inclusive Excellence
The University of Kentucky recognized exceptional faculty and teaching assistants at the Outstanding Teaching Awards at the 2018 University of Kentucky Awards Ceremony on Thursday, April 19, in the Lexmark Room at the Main Building. Recipients of Inclusive Excellence Awards, in partnership with the Office for Institutional Diversity, were also recognized.
UK Provost David Blackwell presented the William B. Sturgill Award, the Albert D. and Elizabeth H. Kirwan Memorial Prize, the Outstanding Teaching Faculty and Teaching Assistant Awards.
Honoring Outstanding Teaching and Inclusive Excellence
By Blair Hoover Conner
The University of Kentucky recognized exceptional faculty and teaching assistants at the Outstanding Teaching Awards at the 2018 University of Kentucky Awards Ceremony on Thursday, April 19, in the Lexmark Room at the Main Building. Recipients of Inclusive Excellence Awards, in partnership with the Office for Institutional Diversity, were also recognized.
UK Provost David Blackwell presented the William B. Sturgill Award, the Albert D. and Elizabeth H. Kirwan Memorial Prize, the Outstanding Teaching Faculty and Teaching Assistant Awards.
Math Professor Paul Eakin Wins 2018 Lyons Award
By Lindsey Piercy
Paul Eakin has been named the 2018 recipient of the William E. Lyons Award, co-sponsored by the University of Kentucky’s Martin School of Public Policy and Administration and the Department of Political Science, in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Kirwan Prize Awarded to Physics Professor Keh-Fei Liu
By Lindsey Piercy
Two University of Kentucky faculty members were honored for their outstanding contributions to teaching and scholarship at the 2018 Provost Awards ceremony held April 19.
Keh-Fei Liu, professor of physics and astronomy, was presented the 2018 Albert D. and Elizabeth H. Kirwan Memorial Prize, given each year to a faculty member in recognition of outstanding contributions to original research or scholarship, with an emphasis on work produced four years prior to the award.
Backup Items in Downloads Folder
Overview
Your Downloads folder is located on your computer’s C: drive and is not automatically backed up to the College of Arts & Sciences file servers. In most cases, this isn’t an issue since the Downloads folder typically contains temporary items such as software installers, PDFs, and documents retrieved from the web.
However, if you’ve edited or created important files in your Downloads folder, those changes are stored only on your local computer and could be lost if the device fails.
A&S Grad Awarded Chicago Teacher Residency
By Stephanie Swarts
The University of Kentucky Office of Nationally Competitive Awards has announced alumna Elise McConnell was awarded the Academy of Urban School Leadership: Chicago Teacher Residency for the 2018-19 academic school year.
People Behind Our Research: Chad Risko Helps Colleagues, Students Across Campus Create New Materials Using Computational Chemistry
By Jenny Wells and Alicia Gregory
Chad Risko, an assistant professor of chemistry in the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences, didn’t always know there was a career to be had in doing research – until a mentor encouraged him to study chemistry as an undergraduate.