Finney Named National Book Award Finalist
UK English professor Nikky Finney has been named a finalist for the 2011 National Book Award in Poetry.
Poets Highlight Third Installment of James Baker Hall Series
This week the series will feature poets Erik Reece and Maureen Morehead.
Dean's List Reception Fall 2011
Each semester, the College of Arts and Sciences honors its students which have made the Dean’s List. This semester, we talked with some of the honored students about their experiences at UK and how UK and a liberal arts education have helped them in their career goals. Their varying majors, academic experiences, and plans for after college showcased the diversity of opportunities within the College of Arts and Sciences.
A Founder of UK's Committee on Social Theory Returns for Lecture
By Erin Holaday Ziegler
The University of Kentucky's Committee on Social Theory will welcome a former faculty member and active debater in spatial science and geographic thought to campus for its Fall Distinguished Speaker and Founders Forum this week.
African American and Africana Studies Hosts Tailgate Event
The African American and Africana Studies Program (AAAS) will co-sponsor this year's homecoming activities under the banner of the Village Experience. The activities include an AAAS open house and tailgate with the Lyman T. Johnson Alumni committee on Saturday, October 22nd. This daylong event will consist of a series of formal and informal events including an awards presentation, poetry, live music and stepping in the Breckinridge courtyard as well as tailgating activities inside large tented areas surrounding the quad. Predominantly Black Greek Letter organizations and other student groups like the Black Student Union, the Black Voices, and the African Student Association will be provided with tent space to host alumni during the weekend in the village.
Tailgating starts at 10am
Football game at noon
Lyman T. Johnson Awards program at 1:30pm
Jazz Musician Benny J plays at 4pm
The Greek Stroll competition begins at 6pm
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Breckenridge Courtyard
Symposium on Affrilachia: Black Banjo Gathering - "West End Blues"
Dom Flemons of the Carolina Chocolate Drops performing "West End Blues"
Foriegn Language Majors Event
Have you thought about what you want to do when you graduate? Do you know why employers vaule students with knowledge of a foreign language? Do you know how to market yourself in this tough economy?
Come learn the answers to these question and more! Wednesday, November 9 @ 2:00p.m. in the Young Library Auditorium. Refreshments will be served.
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Young Library Auditorium
Ramesh Bhatt Awarded NSF Grant to Study Autism
Congratulations are in order for Ramesh Bhatt, who has recently won a three-year National Science Foundation grant worth $432,751. Bhatt, a professor in the Department of Psychology, will use the support to expand his research on the development of social functioning in infancy. For example, Bhatt will analyze how infants from 3 to 9 months of age react to systematic changes to body and face images, documenting which aspects of bodies and faces infants scan. The results will help Bhatt determine whether babies know as much about bodies as about faces.
In addition to supporting the university’s mission to contribute to basic scientific knowledge, Bhatt’s NSF grant may also help answer questions about Autism, a developmental disability that has had a great impact on our society.
Dean's Channel: Keiko Tanaka and Huajing Maske on Year of China
Keiko Tanaka and Huajing Maske share the excitement centered around this year’s Passport to the World initiative on China.
Nuestro Rumbo
NUESTRO RUMBO is an informal forum where graduate students and faculty share their research interests and work in progress. This is a recurring event in the department of Hispanic Studies. All are welcome.
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18th Floor Patterson Office Tower