Session to Give Grads Upper Hand on Impressing New Employers
Just in time for graduation, the University of Kentucky James W. Stuckert Career Center aims to give soon-to-be graduates the knowledge to succeed in their chosen workplace.
"It’s not just a drawl, y’all: Fact vs. fiction in Kentucky speech" (student documentary film on Kentucky English)
Rough cut viewing about a half hour in length of a UK-student-created documentary film, followed by a panel discussion. Viewing and discussion are open to the public, so bring a friend or two!
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Center Theater (Old Student Center)
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CRE's 2015-16 Choice, 'Picking Cotton,' Comes With Trigger Warning
At seeblue. U orientations this summer, new and transferring University of Kentucky students will receive a copy of the 2015 Common Reading Experience (CRE) book, “Picking Cotton” by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino, Ronald Cotton with Erin Torneo.
Office Hours: Spirit of Radio with Kakie Urch
This week on Office Hours, Brian and Sarah are joined by media guru Kakie Urch, a professor in the School of Journalism and Telecommunications and a leading voice in the founding of our own WRFL! Learn all about radio past, present, and future as Professor Urch takes on a wild ride through the world of broadcasting thought over the airwaves.
Myrup Book Focuses on Portuguese Empire
In a masterful reconceptualization of the functioning of empire, Erik Lars Myrup’s “Power and Corruption in the Early Modern Portuguese World,” to be published in July 2015 by Louisiana State University Press
WUKY's 'UK Perspectives' is All About the Poet
WUKY's "UK Perspectives" focuses on the people and programs of the University of Kentucky and is hosted by WUKY General Manager Tom Godell.
65 UK Student-athletes on SEC Academic Honor Roll
Sixty-five University of Kentucky Wildcats earned a place on the 2015 Winter Sports Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll announced by SEC Commissioner Mike Slive.
Four Japan Studies students earn honors during speech contest
They participated in the annual Kentucky Japanese speech contest that took place in Norsworthy Auditorium, located next to the Fayette County board of education building, on Saturday, April 18, 2015.
Persian Jewish Music
This lecture will introduce attendees to the Judeo-Persian musical tradition through recorded music, performed examples, and musical analysis. Dr. Dardashti's grandfather, Younes Dardashti, was one of the most famous singers of Persian classical music; this family history and her own artistic work (www.galeetdardashti.com) are central to this presentation.
Sponsors: Year of The Middle East, Jewish Studies, The Division of Musicology and Ethnomusicology of the School of Music, College of Fine Arts
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Niles Gallery, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library
Flooding, Drought, Urban Design: Nate Millington's Studies in Brazil
University of Kentucky doctoral student Nate Millington recently received the U.S. Department of Education's Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship