14th Annual Thomas Hunt Morgan Lecture: "Human Evolution and Adaptation in Africa"
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Africa is thought to be the ancestral homeland of all modern human populations. It is also a region of tremendous cultural, linguistic, climatic, and genetic diversity. Despite the important role that African populations have played in human history, they remain one of the most underrepresented groups in human genomics studies. A comprehensive knowledge of patterns of variation in African genomes is critical for a deeper understanding of human genomic diversity, the identification of functionally important genetic variation, the genetic basis of adaptation to diverse environments and diets, and for reconstructing modern human origins. African populations practice diverse subsistence patterns (hunter-gatherers, pastoralists, agriculturalists, and agro-pastoralists) and live in diverse environments with differing pathogen exposure (tropical forest, savannah, coastal, desert, low altitude, and high altitude) and, therefore, are likely to have experienced local adaptation. In this talk I will discuss results of analyses of genome-scale genetic variation in geographically, linguistically, and ethnically diverse African populations in order to reconstruct human evolutionary history in Africa, African and African American ancestry, as well as the genetic basis of adaption to diverse environments.
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WT Young Library Auditorium
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2023 Festival del Espacio
The University of Kentucky’s Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Arts & Sciences recently held its third Festival del Espacio, an outreach event to the Hispanic community that’s funded by the National Science Foundation. The event on May 19 brought 37 children in grades 1 through 6 from Fayette County’s Cardinal Valley, Liberty and Maxwell elementary schools and 62 children overall to the Don & Cathy Jacobs Science Building on the UK campus.
Holler Back! Season 4 Episode 4: The Mountain Fiesta Cumberland Gap, TN
The HollerBack Podcast is back from the grave. this time with new hosts, new topics, and lots of laughs. In this episode, hosts Trinity Adams and Alan Luc introduce Zachary Greene to discuss a student led cultural project called the Mountain Fiesta celebrating cultural bridges of Appalachian and LatinX traditions, music, and food. Listen to the ground work and inspiration that led to this annual festival in Cumberland Gap, TN that welcomes community members to engage in an exciting way celebrating each other.
Holler Back! Season 4 Episode 3: Appalachian Studies Association and APP 399
The HollerBack Podcast is back from the grave. this time with new hosts, new topics, and lots of laughs. In this episode, hosts Trinity Adams and Alan Luc introduce Jacob Johnson and Kopana Terry to talk about personal experiences and presentations during the Appalachian Studies Association in Athens, Ohio at the Ohio University. We share thoughts and experience being students of APP399 taught by the director of Appalachian Studies Dr. Kathryn Engle.
Incubator Reading Series
Incubator Reading Series
Enjoy an evening of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from UK writers.
Featuring:
Kate Arden
Savannah Bowen
Jazmin Witherspoon
Faculty Guest Reader:
Hannah Pittard
Open mic for undergraduate students beforehand. Come early to sign up!
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Cat's Den, Gatton Student Center
Festival del Espacio 2023
The Arts & Sciences' Department of Physics and Astronomy invites local Hispanic and Latinx elementary school students from Cardinal Valley, Liberty and Maxwell elementary schools, to come explore outer space and learn about the amazing work that astronomers do! The celebration will include a fun-filled evening featuring activities, crafts, awesome speakers, and a chance to gaze into the beautiful night sky through our state-of-the-art space telescope housed inside UK's MacAdam Observatory. And to top it off, there will be free tacos, snacks and drinks!
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Jacob's Science Building