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Day 1, Shanghai

 

I woke up this morning in the most populous city (proper) in the world expecting more noise. At 7:30 AM (7:30 PM, Kentucky time), Sunday morning, only tiny intermittent sounds of bicycle bells, a whoosh of a moped every few seconds, and sneezes from walkers along the street below. My husband, Kevin, and I are staying at a nice, simple, hotel at Shanghai University, on one of the many campuses.

At breakfast in the hotel, there was a choice of American breakfast or Chinese. We both chose the American--fried eggs, toast, and coffee. Tomorrow I’ll have the Chinese one, a hard-boiled egg, congee, (porridge), and another dish that I couldn’t make out from where we were sitting.

WRD Symposium

For the full length versions of the WRD symposium student work you can visit these links: Group - Give Us the Right wix.com/ch9774/penswithoutcaps Taylor Blair - Backstory: The Kentucky Kernel youtube.com/watch?v=OldLLB7NyF8 Zachary Norton - Inside Joe youtu.be/wOWlUohRz_Y Benjamin Norton - Just One Night Homeless youtu.be/ONML-Rt9pZw Candice Messer - Final WRD Coal youtube.com/watch?v=zkC3cxFZpUE (Part 1) youtube.com/watch?v=IcWTUScfE7M (Part 2) youtube.com/watch?v=9Ny5lxvhPbU (Part 3)

The Ten Commandments of Twitter for Academics

As the Internet and social media are growing and changing, the idea of of what is proper nettiquete has been debated by many professionals and academics. While there is no one widely accepted canon of guidelines for online behvior, there seem to be a few generally accepted do's and don'ts.  I've recently been reading The Chronicle of Higher Education, a great source for all things higher ed. I came across this article, 10 Commandments of Twitter for Academics. The author, Katrina Gulliver, goes over a few commonly asked questions about social media interaction for academics as well as frequent mistakes academics make in the Twitterverse. It's a pretty interesting read.

If you don't have a Twitter account, you should get one. Follow A&S @UKarts_sciences and we'll be your first follow! Join the Conversation!

Early American Illness: Narratives of Disease with Sarah Schuetze

Sarah Schuetze, a Ph.D. candidate in the English Department, recently recieved the prestigious Mellon Fellowship from the McNeil Center for Early American Studies in Philadelphia. The fellowship is a 14-month research grant that allows scholars access to the center's and surrounding areas prodigious libraries of early American documents. In this podcast, Sarah describes her research focused on Early American narratives about disease and illness and how she felt recieiving the Mellon fellowship.

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