UK Professor Chosen for One of Only Seven Whiting Fellowships Nationwide

By Gail Hairston and Kathy Johnson

Karen Rignall of the University of Kentucky has received a $50,000 Whiting Foundation Public Engagement Fellowship to pursue her research “Stories of Place in a Changing Appalachia,” a project in Eastern Kentucky, to bring “stories of place” and other traditions to bear on local land-use planning.

The Whiting Foundation announced yesterday (Tuesday) a new cohort of seven Whiting Public Engagement Fellowships, including Rignall’s, to showcase how the humanities enrich our lives.

VIDEO: After Serving in the Army, UK Student Veteran Focuses on Passion for Philosophy

By Amy Jones-Timoney and Kody Kiser

 

After deployments that took him from North Carolina to Afghanistan to Alaska, Andrew Fadley, a University of Kentucky student veteran, discovered he had a passion for philosophy.

Since he started his degree at UK before joining the United States Army, the native of Marquette, Michigan, decided to return to Kentucky to finish what he started.

Black Women's Conference

The 24th annual Black Women's Conference:  "The New Jane Crow; Black Women, Mass Incarceration, and Police Violence"

Events in the Alumni Gallery:

8:30-9:45am: Breakfast

10:00-11:30am:  Workshop with Enchanta Jackson

11:30-12:45pm: Lunch

Events in Young Library Auditorium:

1:00-2:30pm: Rep. Attica Scott

3:00-4:30pm:  Andrea Ritchie

4:30-5:00pm:  Book signing and sale

 

Date:
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Location:
Young Library Auditorium & Alumni Gallery

Black Women's Conference

The 24th annual Black Women's Conference:  "The New Jane Crow; Black Women, Mass Incarceration, and Police Violence"

Featuring Tayna Fogle and Nicole Porter. 

Reception to follow. 

Date:
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Location:
JSB 321

UK Women's Forum Celebrates Sarah Bennett Holmes Award Nominees

By Kristie Law

The University of Kentucky Women's Forum announces 14 women have been nominated for the 2018 Sarah Bennett Holmes Award, one of UK's most prestigious awards for women. Women's Forum, who established the award in 1994, is currently celebrating over 26 years of open discussion and creativity while providing leadership development for all women employed at UK.

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