Did you know that there is a new certificate in the works for Peace Studies? Beth Connors-Manke is teaching "Rhetorics of Violence and Non-Violence" (WRD 205/ENG 205) in Spring 2012, and it will be a component of that certification program. The class is one of Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Media's groundbreaking course offerings for Spring 2012.
This podcast was produced by Cheyenne Hohman.
UK's revamped UK Core Composition and Communication classes combine historically-united concepts, while giving students the interactive skills they need for the future.
UK's Department of Anthropology welcomes a renowned political reporter to campus to discuss the struggle between a confident future and controversial history for contemporary Egyptians.
African American and Africana Studies Program’s UK chapter of the Isaac Murphy Bike Club (IMBC) will be hosting an adult ride/walk and membership drive on October 30th at 2pm on the Legacy Trail. Registered members will receive long sleeve shirts featuring the IMBC logo as well as the new AAASP logo. Those interested in registering with the bike club can visit the AAAS offices in Breckinridge Hall on UK’s campus or email Neena Khanna at nkhan2@uky.edu for a registration form.
Hip-Hop and Economic Recovery: Real Talk with Talib Kweli
Thursday, Oct. 27th
7pm | Memorial Hall
General Admission: $7
Co-sponsored by African American and Africana Studies Program (AAAS), WRFL-FM, The Stuckert Career Center, the Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Media Program and the National Association of Black Accountants
This video is an overview of the new A&S WIRED Residential College.
UK's Confucius Institute celebrates its one-year anniversary on campus with the opening of its first virtual Chinese cultural hub
Jeremy Popkin is the T. Marshall Hahn, Jr. professor of History for the College of Arts and Sciences, and the director of the Jewish Studies Program, an interdisciplinary minor.
He has been named one of six finalists for the 2011 Cundill Prize in History, the world‘s largest nonfiction history book award, for his recent publication of "You Are All Free: The Haitian Revolution and the Abolition of Slavery."
Have you heard of M.C. Escher? Origami? The widespread popularity of these and many other intellectual
staples of popular culture is largely due to one man: Martin Gardner is said to have turned on more mathematicians
than any other person in history, through his numerous books and long-running recreational math column in Scientific American.
The prolific author, columnist, amateur mathematician, puzzler, magician and philosopher popularized mathematical
themes around the world. Widely revered among mathematicians, many of whose first exposure to logical problems
came from his writings, Gardner passed away in 2010. However, with over 50 books in print and more still waiting to
be published, his influence and legacy continue to inspire us to approach seemingly intractable problems from unconventional angles.
The UK Math Club will celebrate Gardner's birthday on Friday, October 21, from 4 to 6 p.m. in POT 745.
Cake and pizza will be served, as well as confections for the mind. We will watch David Suzuki's "The Nature of Things"
1996 television documentary about Gardner.
For more information about the UK Math Club, please visit the website: http://www.math.uky.edu/~mathclub .
Did I mention that Toulouse is really old (i.e., 23 centuries)? One implication of that fact is that the streets are generally very narrow in centre ville (city center), where we live. Many of the streets are 1 lane wide and are paved with brick or stone. Another implication is that the streets are definitely not laid out as a grid or in any other systematic pattern that I can detect. When you combine these two observations, you can explain many of the differences between French and American culture. On the one hand, you have a French city with narrow streets that wind all over the place; on the other hand, you have the wide avenues laid out in grids in American cities. Many implications follow from these differences, including:
