MCLLC Alumni: Professional Paths
MCLLC Alumni talking about how studying language has helped them in their career path. For more information visit: mcl.as.uky.edu
After Convocation, BITZH Students Show Strong Interest in UK
By Laura Brower
A convocation took place to signify the UK-BITZH partnership and provide an opportunity for College of Arts and Sciences and Gatton College representatives to meet with BITZH second-year students who were interested in attending UK.
Geography Alumna Receives National Youth Warriors Against Poverty Award
By Tatyanna Pruitt
Laura Greenfield, a UK College of Arts & Science geography alumna, was recently awarded the Sargent Shiver Youth Warriors Against Poverty Leadership Award by the Marguerite Casey Foundation. The award is presented to recognize and honor the vision, passion, and dedication of young people on improving the lives of families and communities.
Center for Equality and Social Justice Releases Policy Briefs
By Kathy Johnson
The University of Kentucky Center for Equality and Social Justice (CESJ) has released two policy briefs dealing with subjects of heightened interest nationally and in Kentucky — immigration reform and LGBTQ legal protections.
Historian Jane Calvert Shows the Human Side of Founding Father John Dickinson
By Gail Hairston and Alicia Gregory
Jane Calvert, associate professor of history in the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences, is committed to showing the human side of one of America’s Founding Fathers, John Dickinson, through the John Dickinson Writings Project.
Inside the Classroom - Chinese 101
By Nate Harling
Inside the Classroom - Chinese 101
By Nate Harling
The classroom can be a dismal place on a rainy Tuesday morning. For some students, hitting the snooze button may sound more appealing than walking across campus in the rain at 9 a.m. to attend class in the same place they do most of the week. Knowing this, Wei Jiang, a senior lecturer of Chinese studies at the University of Kentucky, decided to mix things up on a Tuesday this fall, opting to have her Chinese 101 class convene in Kennedy Book Store.
Timeless
Who wants to live forever? Four scientists have discovered the fountain of youth in a new stem cell procedure. Little do they know that the oldest member of the team is trying to destroy their project. In one night they question history, women’s place in science, and the value of time as they wrestle with the fate of an overcrowded earth.
Timeless: A Scientific Comedy, by Raegan Payne, won the biennial Prize for Women Playwrights and will have its world premiere on November 2-4 at the Farish Theater, Lexington Public Library, 140 East Main Street.
Innovations in stem cell technologies have long been a fascination for the playwright. Payne started college as a pre-med student at Sewanee: The University of the South, and only later discovered a love of playwriting. Her script was blindly chosen from over 180 entries from 31 states in the U.S. plus Canada and New Zealand. She lives in southern California but was born in Murray, Ky., and raised in Louisville. She will hold a conversation with the audience after the Saturday matinee.
- The play is produced and directed by Eric Seale and Jessica York, in collaboration with the University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences, and stars Debbie Sharp, Forrest Loeffler, Bailey Preston, and Darius Fatemi.
- Tickets are $15 general admission/$10 students/$8 students 15 minutes before curtain. Tickets may be purchased at the door or in advance at this link:
https://womenwriters.as.uky.edu/timeless-ticketing-form
- Press release from UKnow: http://uknow.uky.edu/uk-happenings/lexington-hosts-timeless-world-premiere-play-stem-cells-and-fountain-youth
- Playwright bio: https://womenwriters.as.uky.edu/presenters/raegan-
- November 2-4 at the Farish Theater, Lexington Public Library, 140 East Main Street.
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Four UK Faculty Members Named 2017-18 SEC ALDP Fellows
By Bryant Welbourne and Kathy Johnson
Four University of Kentucky faculty members have been named to the Southeastern Conference Academic Leadership Development Program (SEC ALDP) during the 2017-18 academic year, which also marks the program's 10-year anniversary.
