In Other News...

Usually in these blog posts, I like to focus on something related to Online Ed or Instructional Design. But today I want to write about something a little more personal and fun…. I recently got a hamster! I just moved into a new apartment two weeks ago, after living for four years in various places where I wasn’t allowed to have a pet. I really love animals and was excited to have a pet of my own, but wasn’t willing to pay the expensive deposits and extra rent to own a dog or a cat at my apartment, and wasn’t quite sure if I was ready for the responsibility of owning an animal that requires frequent walks and vet trips, especially when I work part time and take classes. That left me to look at the world of little critters, and after reading up on the differences between gerbils, hamsters, and guinea pigs, decided I was pretty sure I wanted a gerbil. Then, I went to the pet store, held a gerbil…. and wasn’t all that impressed. He was adorable, of course, but I just wasn’t sure. So I asked to hold a Black Bear Hamster, and the store clerk picked out the fattiest, fluffiest little guy in the bunch. As soon as I held him and he looked up at me, I knew I just had to have him. Could you resist this little ball of fluff??

Meet Tony Stallins: New Faculty 2011

At the beginning of the Fall 2011 semester, we met with all of the new faculty hires in the College of Arts and Sciences. This series of podcasts introduces them and their research interests. Tony Stallins is an associate professor in the Department of Geography. He focuses his area of research on biogeography--specifically biogeomorphology--and climatology.

China in the American Imagination - Jeffrey Wasserstrom

WHAT: China in the American Imagination: From the Days of the Boxr Rising to the Age of the Internet

WHO: Dr. Jeffrey Wasserstrom, University of California-Irvine

WHEN: Tuesday September 20, 2011 3:00 p.m.

Where: Niles Gallery, Lucille Caudill Little Librarye

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About Jeffrey Wasserstrom

 

Jeffrey Wasserstrom is a professor of history at the University of California-Irvine. Wasserstrom specializes in Chinese history and is interested in numerous topics, including the gendered symbolism of revolutions, patterns of student protest, the way that globalization affects urban life and popular culture, and American images of Asia. He is the co-founder and consulting editor of Irvine, Calif., based blog/electronic magazine, “The China Beat: Blogging How the East is Read.” Wasserstrom has contributed to many academic periodicals, general interest news magazines, newspapers and websites. He is the author of “China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know” from Oxford University Press, 2010, and is currently the editor of the Journal of Asian Studies. He received his doctorate from the University of California-Berkeley in 1989.

 

For more information on the seminar and other events visit china.as.uky.edu to learn more about Year of China: Awaken the Past, Discover the Future

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Niles Gallery, Lucille Caudill Little Library

Vibrational and Electronic Spectroscopy of Gas Phase Carboxylic Acid Dimers - Chemistry Seminar

Dr Joseph Knee of Wesleyan University will be presenting a seminar entitled, "Vibrational and Electronic Spectroscopy of Gas Phase Carboxylic Acid Dimers."

For more information about Dr. Knee and his research, click here.

Faculty Host: Dr. Yang

Date:
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Location:
CP-137

Kentucky Sky Talk - The Age of the Universe

WHAT: Kentucky Sky Talk Series - How Do We Know the Age of the Universe

WHEN: Thursday October 13, 2011 8 p.m.

WHERE: Chem-Phys 155

WHO: Dr. Moshe Elitzur

This talk is presented by the UK Department of Physics and Astronomy and the MacAdam Student Observatory. Free and open to the public.

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Location:
Chem-Phys 155
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