Julie Pendergast uncovers hidden health effects of disrupted sleep, circadian rhythms
By Erin Wickey
Work by Arts and Sciences alum selected for Big Blue Book Club
LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 7, 2025) — The Big Blue Book Club, hosted by Family and Consumer Sciences in the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service, is entering a new chapter for the club’s 10th book.
Department of Energy funds UK research on critical materials for commercial fusion energy
LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 4, 2025) — The University of Kentucky has been selected to lead a project with $2.3 million in funding over four years from the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to develop next-generation materials critical to commercializing fusion power.
UK’s SkyTalk series returns with three events for spring
By Richard LeComte
LEXINGTON, Ky, -- The University of Kentucky’s College of Arts and Sciences is presenting three SkyTalks in the upcoming weeks courtesy of the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the MacAdam Student Observatory.
SkyTalks feature UK faculty members delivering a 40-minute presentation followed by a chance to visit the MacAdam observatory, depending on the weather.
Here are three upcoming events:
Matthew Kim among 2025 Great Teacher Award winners
By Meredith Weber and Steve Shaffer
LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 5, 2025) — Through nominations and testimonials, the UK Alumni Association’s Great Teacher Award honors educators who inspire, challenge and support their students.
How I Wrote It Series
We will be discussing Dr. Akiko Takenaka’s new book, Mothers Against War: Gender, Motherhood, and Peace Activism in Postwar Japan, forthcoming from University of Hawaii Press. Dr. Carol Mason (Otis A. Singletary Professor of the Humanities and Prof. of GWS and English) will guide our conversation.
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Alumni Gallery
Arts and Sciences professor Matthew Kim wins 2025 Great Teachers Award
By Meredith Weber and Steve Shaffer
LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 5, 2025) — At the heart of every great university is great teaching. At the University of Kentucky, students play a vital role in recognizing faculty who make a lasting impact in their lives. Through nominations and testimonials, the UK Alumni Association’s Great Teacher Award honors educators who inspire, challenge and support their students.
Language Self-Placement Guide
Welcome to world languages at the University of Kentucky. This guide will let you explore options for studying languages at UK, and help you decide where to start based on your background, interests and experience.
It should only take you 2-3 minutes to complete this form. And, remember, you can return and start over to learn about other options.
Arts and Sciences professor's documentary about an artist to be screened at Kentucky Theatre
By Richard LeComte
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Tom Marksbury, professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Studies at the University of Kentucky’s College of Arts and Sciences, co-directed a documentary that was honored in 2024 at the San Francisco Docfest.