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by Allison Elliott - UK Public Relations

University of Kentucky faculty, staff and graduate students are coming together to help one of their own as she enters her second bout with cancer. Writing instructor Kelly Feinberg, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2009 and with metastasized cancer in her liver in September, will be the beneficiary of a silent auction to be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, in the UK Student Center Small Ballroom.

The Feinberg Fund Silent Auction, hosted by the UK College of Arts and Sciences departments of English and Hispanic Studies, along with the Graduate Student Congress, will feature an array of interesting items on the auction block. Gift baskets, services from local businesses and UK Athletics items will be on the block, along with rare items such as an 1806 edition of the complete works of Samuel Johnson (donated from the personal collection of English department faculty member Richard Smith). Autographed books from authors as diverse as Nick Cave, Hulk Hogan Robert Joran, Paul Auster and Thomas Friedman will be available - as well as a sculpture commissioned for the event, artwork by UK faculty and students and items from local artisans.

Feinberg, described by English department doctoral candidate and teaching assistant Leah Bayens as “so dear - open, honest, and kind,” has won awards for her teaching of composition and writing at UK.

“She's the colleague who brings enthusiasm and fresh ideas to any project, from classroom innovations to conference presentations," said Bayens, who is co-organizing the Feinberg Fund Silent Auction with fellow English graduate student Rebecca Beach. "It's always a pleasure to work with such a bright yet unpretentious person, a person who has convictions about fostering healthy communities and who builds those ethics into her life at every level. Perhaps most humbling, though, is the positive spirit Kelly has maintained throughout her physical trials, keeping her chin up for herself, her son, her husband and her friends. For all of these reasons, it's important for us to support Kelly in any way we can as she works through this difficult time in her life.”

Following Feinberg’s initial diagnosis of breast cancer, she underwent a double mastectomy. Initially believing her cancer to be gone, doctors unfortunately discovered malignant tumors in Feinberg’s liver this fall. She is currently undergoing chemotherapy at UK Chandler Hospital. All proceeds from the silent auction – as well as a benefit concert to be scheduled in the future – will assist Feinberg and her family with the enormous medical and living expenses they face.

Feinberg and her husband Matt, a graduate student in the UK Department of Hispanic Studies, are the parents of a 16-month-old son, Ari. Feinberg is also known among her colleagues as an avid gardener, crafter and compassionate co-worker.

"From the first time I met Kelly at our Writing Program new instructor orientation, I admired her. She had so many good ideas for teaching, and I could tell that she is the type of teacher who draws students into the challenge and fun of writing," said Beth Connors-Manke, an English doctoral candidate and teaching assistant. "As a colleague of hers for several years now, I also know that she is the type of person to which many people are drawn because of her kindness and authenticity. We all need her to get better."

Event organizers are still seeking donations of items for the silent auction. Any local business owners or members of the UK community wishing to donate can contact Rebecca Beach at (931) 624-5939 or Leah Bayens at (859) 583-7796. Donations should be received by Nov. 30.

The Feinberg Fund Silent Auction will be open to the general public, and promises to provide guests the opportunity to pick up some top-notch gift items just in time for the holidays, while knowing they are helping a member of the UK family wage the fight of her life.

Summary: On December 3rd we will be raising money for our colleague Kelly Feinberg, who has been recently diagnosed with liver cancer.

Start Date: 12/3/2009

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All events at 3:00-4:00 pm

Friday, Oct. 30 - Alan Nadel, William T. Bryan Professor of English: “ ‘Wand me!’ Assuming the Subject Position of the Compliant Body in the Age of Terror,” Room 211 Student Center Addition

Friday, Nov. 13 - Jesslyn Collins-Frohlich, graduate student Dept. of English: “Negotiating Others: American Identity in Unca Eliza Winkfield’s The Female American,” Room 211 Student Center Addition

Friday, Nov. 20 - Christopher Reese, graduate student Dept. of English: “‘Laughing in Our Turn’: Humour as Moral Judgment in Pride and Prejudice,” Room 359 Student Center

Friday, Dec. 4 - Michael Trask, Associate Professor of English: “Elizabeth Bishop in the Valley of the Dolls: Or, Sex and the Single Lesbian,” Room 211 Student Center Addition

Friday, Dec. 11 - George Phillips, graduate student Dept. of English: “Narrative and Exhibition: Joseph Conrad, Imre Kiralfy, and London’s Fetishes,” Room 211 Student Center Addition

The talks (and refreshments) are free & open to the public and all are welcome.

Summary: Up next: Friday, Nov. 20 - Christopher Reese, graduate student Dept. of English: “‘Laughing in Our Turn’: Humour as Moral Judgment in Pride and Prejudice,” Room 359 Student Center

Start Date: 12/4/2009

Contact: Brian Connors

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Fridays 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. in Chem-Phys 155
Refreshments are served in Chem-Phys 179 at 3:15 p.m.

View all Fall 2009 Colloquia

Summary: Every Friday 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. in Chem-Phys 155

Start Date: 12/4/2009

Contact: Brian Connors

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Friday, October 16, 2009, 3:00 p.m.
Young Library Auditorium

Susan Stonich, Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, will be speaking on "Confronting Contradictions between Development and Conservation in a Time of Climate Change: the Mesoamerican Reef System." Susan is a UK alum (Ph.D. Anthropology, 1986).

Friday, November 20, 2009, 4:00 p.m.
Young Library Auditorium

Caroline B. Brettell, University Distinguished Professor, Southern Methodist University, will be speaking on her recent work on citizenship and civic engagement among Asian Indians in Dallas. Her talk title is "Modes of Immigrant Citizenship and Civic Engagement."

Friday, February 19, 2010, 3:00 p.m.
Young Library Auditorium

Susan J. Rasmussen, Professor, University of Houston, will be speaking on the anthropology of the body. Her talk title is, "Re-Sculpting Body Politics in Anthropology: Insights from the Tuareg Cultural Aesthetic of Female Fatness."

Summary: November 20 will bring Caroline B. Brettell to the Young Library Auditorium at 4:00 p.m.

Start Date: 2/19/2010

Contact: Brian Connors

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November 16-20, 2009

Monday, November 16, 12:00 p.m. - CP 179
Theory Seminar
None Scheduled

Tuesday, November 17, 12:15 p.m. - CP 179
Graduate Seminar
Dr. Nick Martin
“Atomic Experiment: Out-of-plane (e.2e) experiments on helium autoionizing levels” 

Thursday, November 19, 2:00 p.m. - CP 179
Nuclear Seminar
Dr. Aaron S. Chou, Fermilab National Accelerator Facility
“Searches for axions and other sub-eV mass particles via light-on-light scattering”

Thursday, November 19, 4:00 p.m. - CP 179
Astro Seminar
Timothy C. Beers, Michigan State University
“The Chem-Dynamical History of the Milky Way as Revealed by SDSS/SEGUE”

Friday, November 20, 3:30 p.m. - CP 155
Departmental Colloquium
Dr. Aaron S. Chou, Fermilab National Accelerator Facility
“Experimental probes of axions”

Summary: November 16th-November 20th

Start Date: 11/20/2009

Contact: Brian Connors

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All seminars will be held on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. in 303 Slone, preceded by refreshments at 3:30, unless otherwise noted.Aug. 27
Dr. Lahoucine Hanich, Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology - Marrakech, Cadi Ayyad University – Morocco, “Management of the irrigation in the Tensift Wastershed, Morocco”

Sept. 3
Drs. Frank  Ettensohn, Alan Fryar, David Moecher, Dhananjay Ravat, Christopher Romanek, and Edward Woolery, “Current Research at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences”

Sept. 10 (MMRB 102, 4:15 PM)
Drs. Jim Cobb, Jerry Weisenfluh, Dave Harris, Zhenming Wang, Drew Andrews, and Jim Dinger, “Current Research of the Kentucky Geological Survey”

Sept. 17
Dr. James Hower, Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, “Studies of coal fires:  Kentucky, Alabama, and Wyoming”

Sept. 24
NO LECTURE (American Association of Petroleum Geologists Short Course, Sept. 22) 

Oct. 1
Dr. Donna Jurdy, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, “Mars Magnetic Mystery” 

Oct. 8
Dr. John White, Dept. of Geography and Geology, Eastern Kentucky University, “The Geology and Petrology of the Volcanic Island of Pantelleria, Italy”

Oct. 15
Dr. Gary O’Dell, Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences, Morehead State University, “Developing Student Research in Karst Hydrology”

Oct. 22
NO LECTURE (Geological Society of America Annual Meeting)

Oct. 29, 4:00 p.m. (W.T. Young Library Auditorium)
Dr. Len Peters, Secretary, Energy and Environment Cabinet, "Intelligent Energy Choices for Kentucky's Future: Developing Our Energy Resources in a Carbon-Constrained World"

Nov. 4 (7 PM, W.T. Young Library Auditorium)
Dr. Seth Stein, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, “How new science gives a much less scary view of central U.S. earthquakes”

Nov. 5
Dr. Seth Stein, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, “Studying the Great December 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami with the Earth’s Normal Modes”

Nov. 12
Dr. Jeffrey Greenberg, Geology Department, Wheaton College, Title TBA

Nov. 19
Dr. Sunil Mehta, U.S. Dept of Energy, Hanford, Washington, “Modeling Transport in the Engineered Barrier System For the Proposed High-Level Radioactive Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain” 

Nov. 26
NO LECTURE (Thanksgiving Break)

Dec. 3 (Graduate Student Doubleheader)
Mr. John Warden, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, “The hydrology of Yalgorup National Park and its relation to Tuart (Eucalyptus gomphocephala) health”;

Mr. Suvankar Chakraborty, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Title TBA

Summary: All seminars will be held on Thursdays at 4 p.m. in 303 Slone

Start Date: 12/3/2009

Contact: Brian Connors

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Monday, November 16

12:00-12:50 p.m. - Physical Chemistry Seminar
Research Update—Dilrukshi Hewage

4:00-4:50 p.m. - Biological Chemistry Seminar
When Good Transporters Go Bad: The Importance of ZIP4 Homeostasis and Pancreatic Cancer—Jody Hawkes

Wednesday, November 18

9:30-10:30 a.m. - Interview Seminar
A Search for Signatures of Oxidative Damage in Alzheimer’s Disease Progression and Pathogensis: A Redox Proteomics Approach—Rukhsana Sultana

Refreshments will be served at 9 a.m. in CP-137.

Friday, November 20

12:00-12:50 p.m. - Organic Chemistry Seminar
Superelectrophiles—and their chemistry—Subrahmanyam Modekruttirg

1:00-1:50 p.m. - Analytical/Radio/Nuclear Chemistry Seminar
Live Single Cell Mass Spectrometry: A Method for Analyzing a Cell’s
Molecular Content—Kristen Grinstead

2:00-2:50 p.m. - Inorganic Chemistry Seminar
Ruthenium Complexes Based on Electron-Rich, Bulky, Tridentate
Ligands: Synthesis, Reactivity and Applications—Emad Aish

*All seminars held in CP-137 unless noted otherwise

Summary: All seminars held in CP-137 unless noted otherwise

Start Date: 11/20/2009

Contact: Brian Connors

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UK Physics & Astronomy, and the MacAdam Student Observatory, present Kentucky SkyTalk

This series of popular-level talks brings the wonder of scientific discovery to the central Kentucky Community. Some of UK’s leading researchers explain, in ways that are understandable to the general public, aspects of the world around us. Topics include how stars make energy, how we can measure what stars are made of, and how stars are formed. All talks are on the second Thursday of the month and are in the Chemistry-Physics Building room 155. They are free and open to the public. Weather permitting, the talks will be followed by viewing at the University’s new MacAdam Student Observatory.

Click here to view the full schedule and more on the MacAdam Student Observatory

Summary: Lecture and educational series presented by UK Physics & Astronomy and the MacAdam Student Observatory.

Start Date: 12/10/2009

Description: The Department of Biology announces special seminars it will host this Spring semester

Contact: Brian Connors

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All Seminars are at 4pm in TH Morgan Room 116 unless otherwise noted

FALL 2009

September 3, 2009
Dr. Michael Brands, Professor
Department of Physiology
Medical College of Georgia
"Approaches to Promote Active Learning and
Integrative Thinking in the Biological Sciences"
Host: Jeff Osborn

September 10, 2009
Raelynn Deaton, PhD
Department of Biological Sciences
Sam Houston State University
"Sexual Conflict in Mosquitofish, Gambusia spp."
Host: Craig Sargent

September 17, 2009
Dr. Hollie Swanson
Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology
University of Kentucky
"Development of Antagonists to the Aryl Hydrocarbon
Receptor for Chemoprevention"
Host: Grace Jones

September 24, 2009,
Coordinator: Pete Mirabito

October 1, 2009
Dr. Randal Voss
Department of Biology
University of Kentucky 
"Re-emergence of the Axolotl in the Age of Genomics"
Host: Vincent Cassone

October 8, 2009
Gertrude Ribble Foundation sponsored
T.H. Morgan Seminar Speaker:
Dr. Thomas Kaufman
Department of Biology
Indiana University at Bloomington
"The Evolution of the Hox Complexes: Their not so Constrained
Role and Genomic Organization in the Insects"
Host: Randal Voss

October 9, 2009   9:00AM Seminar
Public Lecture for: Gertrude Ribble Foundation sponsored
T.H. Morgan Public Seminar Series:
Dr. Thomas Kaufman
Indiana University at Bloomington
"From T.H. Morgan to Modern--The First 100 Years of Drosophila
Research & Why You Should Care"
Host: Randal Voss

October 15, 2009
Dr. Robert Dudley
Department of Integrative Biology
University of California, Berkeley
"From Gliding Ants to Andean Hummingbirds: The
Evolution of Animal Aerial Performance"
Host: BGSA

October 22, 2009
Dr. Joseph Ruiz, VP for Research
Transposagen, Inc.
"New Technologies to Create Genetically-engineered
Rats for Biomedical Research"
Host: Pete Mirabito

October 29, 2009
Dr. Brian Perkins, Assistant Professor
Biology Department
Texas A&M University
"Zebrafish Models of Hereditary Blindness"
Host: Vincent Cassone

November 5, 2009
Dr. Ethan Clotfelter, Associate Professor
Department of BIology,Environmental Studies
And Neuroscience
Amherst College
"Incubation in a Cavity-Nesting Bird: Costs and Consequences"
Host: Phil Crowley

November 12, 2009
Dr. Michael Menaker, Professor
Department of Biology
University of Virginia
"Who is Conducting the Circadian Orchestra?"
Host: Vincent Cassone

November 19, 2009
Dr. Eric H. Baehrecke, Professor
Department of Cancer Biology
University of Massachusetts Medical School
"Eating on the Fly:Regulation and Function of Autophagy in
Cell Survival And Death"
Host: Ed Rucker

December 3, 2009
Ellen Townes-Anderson, Professor
Neurology and Neuroscience Dept.
New Jersey Medical School-UMDNJ
"Synaptic Plasticity in Salamander Photoreceptor Neurons: A
Possible Substrate for Repair of the Retina"
Host: Liz Debski

December 10, 2009
Dr. Trudy F. Mckay, Professor
Genetics Department
North Carolina State University
"Systems Genetics of Complex Traits in Drosophila"
Host: Becky Kellum

 

SPRING 2010

January 14, 2010 
Reserved for Faculty Candidate

January 21, 2010
Reserved for Faculty Candidate

January 28, 2010
Dr. Beth Levine, Chair
'Jay P. Sanford Professorship in Infectious Diseases'
Southwestern Medical School of Dallas
"TBA"
Host: Ed Rucker

February 4, 2010
Reserved for Faculty Candidate

February 11, 2010
Coordinator: Shelly Steiner

February 18, 2010
Dr. Jianhang Jia
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
University of Kentucky
"Hedgehog Signal Transduction in Drosophila"
Host: Becky Kellum

February 25, 2010
Coordinator: Madhu Srinivasan

March 4, 2010
Dr. Lauren Chapman, Professor
Department of Biology
McGill University
Host: BGSA

March 11, 2010
Dr. Ingo Schlupp, Associate Professor
Department of Zoology
University of Oklahoma
"Stability of Gynogenetic/Hybridogenetic Mating Systems"
Host: Craig Sargent

March 22, 2010      MONDAY SEMINAR
Dr. Allan C. Spradling, Ph.D.
Director, Department fo Embryology,
HHMI Investigator
Carnegie Institution of Washington
"TBA"
Host: Brian Rymond

March 25, 2010
Coordinator: Grace Jones

April 1, 2010
Dr. D. Allan Butterfield, The Alumni Association
Endowed Professor of Biological Chemistry;
Director, Center of Membrane Sciences;
Chemistry Department
University of Kentucky
Title: TBA
Host: Brian Rymond

April 8, 2010
Dr. David Reed, Associate Professor
Wallace Chair of Conservation
Department of Biology
University of Louisville
Title: TBA
Host: Dave Weisrock

April 15, 2010
Coordinator: Robin Cooper

April 19, 2010       MONDAY SEMINAR
Dr. Virginia Zakian, Ph.D.
Harry C. Weiss Professor
Department of Molecular Biology
Princeton University
"TBA"
Host: Brian Rymond

April 22, 2010
Coordinator: Vincent Cassone

April 29, 2010
Coordinator: Robin Cooper

 

Summary: The Department of Biology will host these upcoming special seminars during the academic school year...

Start Date: 9/10/2009

Contact: Brian Connors

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Who: Raja Parasuraman, George Mason University
What: "Molecular Genetics of Individual Differences in Cognition"
When: Friday, November 13, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Where: Robotics Building, Room 323

People vary considerably from one another in their level of performance on different cognitive tasks, and a few perform exceptionally well. I outline a theoretical framework, based on molecular genetics, for understanding such individual differences in cognition. The approach links allelic variations in neurotransmitter and neurotrophic genes (such as CHRNA4, CHRM2, COMT, DBH, APOE, and BDNF) to underlying brain networks. I illustrate the approach by describing studies pointing to the interactive effects of nicotinic and muscarinic receptor genes on visuospatial attention and dopaminergic/noradrenergic enzyme genes on working memory. A plasma-based assay for dopamine beta hydroxylase, the enzyme encoded by the DBH gene, can also be linked to both normal variation and exceptional performance in working memory.  The results of these studies indicate that the molecular genetic approach holds considerable promise in explaining both the normal range of variability in a given cognitive function and in identifying exceptional performance (“cognitive superstars”).

Raja Parasuraman, Ph.D. is University Professor of Psychology at George Mason University. He is Director of the Graduate Program in Human Factors and Applied Cognition and Chair of the Neuroimaging Core of the Krasnow Institute. He received a B.Sc. (1st Class Honors) in Electrical Engineering from Imperial College, University of London, U.K. and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Aston University, Birmingham, U.K.

Parasuraman has long-standing research programs in human factors and cognitive neuroscience, focusing on attention, aging, and human-automation interaction.  His books include The Psychology of Vigilance, Varieties of Attention, The Attentive Brain, and Neuroergonomics: The Brain at Work. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. His awards include the Franklin V. Taylor Award for Lifetime Achievement from the American Psychological Association, the Paul M. Fitts Education Award from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, and the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council for Higher Education for the State of Virginia.

Summary: Friday, November 13, 2:00-3:00 p.m.

Start Date: 11/13/2009

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Fall 2009 Seminar Schedule

All seminars are held in CP-137 at 4:00pm on Fridays, unless noted otherwise.

Friday Aug 28	Klaus Muller-Dethlefs University of Manchester	ZEKE Rydberg molecules in a crowd:  A strongly-coupled, ultra-cold Rydberg plasma
Thursday, Sep 3 CP-287 4:00PM	Thad Hannel University of Kentucky Exit Seminar	Bootstrap Error-Adjusted Single-Sample Technique Integrated Sensing and Processing (BEST-ISP) for False Sample Identification
Friday Sep 4	Helen Zgurskaya University of Oklahoma	Two membranes are better than one:  mechanism of multidrug efflux in Gram-negative bacteria
Friday Sep 11	Faculty Poster Session
Friday Sep 18	Caryn Outten University of South Carolina	Intracellular Thiol Chemistry:  From Redox Control to Iron Sensing
Friday Sep 25	Andrew V. Teplyakov University of Delaware	Designing a well-defined interface between biomolecules and semiconductors for highly specific and self-calibrated JUGFET biosensors
Friday Oct 2 4:00PM CP-139	Tobin Marks (Dawson Lecture) Northwestern University	Self-Assembly Processes for Constructing Unconventional Organic, Organometallic, and Inorganic Electronic Circuitry
Friday Oct 9	Edward Yu Iowa State	Structural basis of bacterial protein machinery that mediates antibiotic resistance
Friday Oct 16	Jeff Peng University of Notre Dame	Protein Signaling and Motion:  A Joint Protein-Ligand View
Thursday Oct 22	Ying Shu University of Kentucky	Novel Solution Processable N-type Materials for Organic Photovoltaics
Friday Oct 23 2:30PM CP-137	George Sheppard (Abbott Symposium) Abbott Laboratories	Dual kinase inhibitors of the insulin-like growth factor and epidermal growth factor receptor families
Friday Oct 23 3:45PM CP-137	Paul Wender (Abbott Symposium) Stanford University	Some Global Problems in Chemistry, Biology and Medicine
Thursday Oct 29	Dongtao Cui University of Kentucky	15N solid-state NMR chemical shift tensor as a tool for studying modulation of flavin electronics by H-bonding in a model enzyme active site
Thursday Oct 29 4:00PM Young Library Auditorium Gallery	Len Peters (EES Rast-Holbrook Seminar) Commonwealth of Kentucky	Intelligent Energy Choices for Kentucky's Future:  Developing Our Energy Resources in a Carbon-Constrained World
Friday Oct 30	Scott Johnson Georgia-Pacific Chemicals	Pine Chemicals:  A Versatile and Sustainable Raw Material Source
Thursday Nov 5	Suresh Jayasekara University of Kentucky	Synthetic approach to the type B Polycyclic Polyprenylated Acylphloroglucinols:  progress towards the total synthesis of 7-epi-clusianone
Friday Nov 6	Chengde Mao Purdue University	DNA Supramolecular Chemistry
Friday Nov 13	Christine Keating Penn State University	Self- and Directed Assembly of Metallic Nanowires
Friday Dec 4	Santosh Khatwani University of Kentucky	Designing of Biosensing Systems and Smart Biomaterials Based on Genetically Engineered Binding Proteins
Wednesday Dec 9	Anjali Kumari Struss University of Kentucky	Biosensors for Quorum Chemical Signaling Molecules:  Implications of Bacterial Communication in Gastrointestinal Disorders
Friday Dec 11	Amol Date University of Kentucky	Fluorescent and Bioluminescent Biosensing Systems:  Strategies for their Preservation

Summary: All seminars are held in CP-137 at 4:00pm on Fridays, unless noted otherwise.

Start Date: 12/4/2009

Contact: Brian Connors

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November 6th - Mitchell Miller, Professor of Philosophy, Vassar College, "Plato's Philebus on the Immanence of the Forms" (Philebus 16c-18d, 23c-23d), 228 Student Center, 4pm.

November 13th - Charles Mills, John Evans Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy, Northwestern University, "Racial Justice", West End of 18^th floor, Patterson Office Tower, 4pm.

November 20th - Wendell Berry, Author & Essayist, "Inverting the Economic Order", Center Theatre, Student Center, 4pm.

For all the Department of Philosophy's Public Events click here. 

Summary: November 6th - Mitchell Miller, Professor of Philosophy, Vassar College

Start Date: 11/20/2009

Contact: Brian Connors

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What: The A&S Staff Council would like to invite you to the A&S Annual Fall Potluck Luncheon
When: Friday, November 13, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Where: The Armory in Barker Hall

Click here to see what dish you should bring. If you wish to make a $5.00 donation, please bring it to Stacey Wilks in 271 POT by November 10.

Summary: Friday, November 13, 12:00-1:30 p.m.

Start Date: 11/13/2009

Contact: Brian Connors

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All spring 2010 lectures will be held between 2:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. in the West End Board Room on the 18th floor of Patterson Office Tower. We will be announcing the details when they are available.

2/5:  Marianne Noble (Literature, American University)
2/26: Eithne Luibheid (Gender & Women’s Studies, U of Arizona)
3/26: Durba Ghosh (History, Cornell University)
4/23:  Maxine Eichner (Law/ Political Science, UNC)

Summary: All spring 2010 lectures will be held between 2:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. in the West End Board Room on the 18th floor of Patterson Office Tower.

Start Date: 2/5/2010

Contact: Brian Connors

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Who: Nancy Armstrong
What: Colloquim - discussing her most recent book "How Novels Think: The Limits of Individualism 1719-1900"
When: Thursday, November 5, 4:00 p.m.
Where: 318 POT

Who: Nancy Armstrong
What: Lecture - "A Gothic History of the British Novel"
When: Friday, November 6, 2:00 p.m.
Where: West End Room on the 18th Floor of POT 

Nancy Armstrong is among the most distinguished feminist literary critics working today. Before moving to Duke this past year to become the Gilbert, Louis, and Edward Lehrman Professor of English, Armstrong was the Nancy Duke Lewis Professor of Comparative Literature, English, Modern Culture & Media, and Gender Studies. Her 1987 book, Desire and Domestic Fiction: A Political History of the Novel (Oxford UP), is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential texts in literary studies of the last 25 years. In addition to Desire and Domestic Fiction and How Novels Think, Armstrong is the author of two other books: Fiction in the Age of Photography: The Legacy of British Realism (Harvard UP, 1999) and (with Leonard Tennenhouse) The Imaginary Puritan: Literature, Intellectual Labor, and the Origins of Personal Life (U of California P, 1992). She is also the editor of the journal Novel: A Forum on Fiction.

Summary: Thursday, November 5, 4:00 p.m. in 318 POT and Friday, November 6, 4:00 p.m. in the West End Room on the 18th Floor of POT

Start Date: 11/5/2009

Contact: Brian Connors

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Mark your calendars!

Monday, November 9, is the date for the ROTC Fall Fun Run/Walk with the Dean. Once again we invite all Arts and Sciences faculty and staff (and families) to join us for this fun event. Please see the attachement for details and a map of the route for both the run and the walk.

Please RSVP to Amy Hisel akhisel@uky.edu by Monday, November 2, if you plan to participate and let her know if you will be a runner or a walker.

Summary: Monday, November 9, at 6:00 a.m.

Start Date: 11/9/2009

Contact: Brian Connors

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What: Pokrov - traditional Russian harvest holiday
When: Sunday, November 8, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Where: Gaines Center Bingham-Davis House on Maxwell St.

Please bring a dish to share: harvest theme, Russian theme or just something you like to eat! We will be eating and singing and listening to Russian music, so join us.

What: Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 film "Stalker"
When: Thursday, Novermber 12, 7:00 p.m.
Where: W.T. Young Library Auditorium

Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, an alien place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers. Over his wife's numerous objections, a man rises in the dead of night: he's a stalker, one of a handful who have the mental gifts (and who risk imprisonment) to lead people into the Zone to the Room, a place where one's secret hopes come true. That night, he takes two people into the Zone: a popular writer who is burned out, cynical, and questioning his genius; and a quiet scientist more concerned about his knapsack than the journey. In the deserted Zone, the approach to the Room must be indirect. As they draw near, the rules seem to change and the stalker faces a crisis.

What: Time for t-shirt designs! Each year the Russian Club produces a t-shirt. If you have an idea for a design (you do not need to be an artist, just have a good idea) , please submit it to Professor Rouhier-Willoughby (j.rouhier@uky.edu) or to one of the Russian Club officers Hannah.Ferguson@uky.edu, kayjay8300@aol.com, bopflute08@aim.com, ross.cowling@uky.edu, se.dyer@yahoo.com. The owner of the winning design will receive a free t-shirt!

Summary: Celebrate Russian harvest holiday of Pokrov, view the 1979 Andrei Tarkovsky film "Stalker" and submit designs for our new t-shirt.

Start Date: 11/12/2009

Contact: Brian Connors

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Who: Cynthia Jacobs, EdD, QSR International, Americas Division
What: "NVivo 8 Fundamentals: Starting to Work with your Material"
When: Saturday, November 7, 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Where: W.T. Young Library, Room B108A

Who: David J. Maume, University of Cincinnati, Director of the Kunz Center for Research on Work, Family and Gender
What: "Sleep Disruption of Parents in Working Families"
When: Friday, November 13, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Where: West End Room, 18th Floor of POT

Summary: Saturday, November 7, 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. - W.T. Young Library Friday, November 13, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. - West End Room, 18th Floor of POT

Start Date: 11/13/2009

Contact: Brian Connors

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Fall 2009 Poster

"The Proof"
NOVA documentary about Andrew Wiles and Fermat's Last Theorem
Friday, September 11
7:30 p.m. CB 118

"Infinite Secrets: The Genius of Archimedes"
NOVA documenatry about a book lost for eight centuries
Friday, October 9
7:30 CB 118

"A Brilliant Madness"
A documentary about the Nobel prize winning mathematician John Nash
Friday, November 6
7:30 p.m. CB 118

Directions to Classroom Building 118 (CB 118)

We would like to thank Tom Hecker of the Science Library, Clay Gauce of AV Services, and the University of Kentucky Library System for their support in acquiring materials for this movie series.

The Math Movie of the Month is organized by Professor Richard Ehrenborg and Professor Margaret Readdy with assistance from graduate students Eric Clark and JiYoon Jung.

Summary: Films shown in room 118 of Classroom Building

Start Date: 11/6/2009

Contact: Brian Connors

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The DGS of Hispanic Studies and HIGSA (Hispanic Graduate Student Association) invite you to attend a lecture by Terrell Morgan, professor for Hispanic Linguistics (Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Ohio State University) on Friday, November 6, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. in Room 230 of the Student Center. The title of the lecture is “An electronic catalog of the sounds of Spanish” which is one of Morgan's digital projects. This linguistic lecture is very important for the teaching of Spanish and will provide audiovisual possibilities to apply in the classroom. 

Sponsored by Department of Hispanic Studies, the Linguistics Program and the Graduate School Enrichment Fund.

Summary: Friday, November 6, 3:00 to 4:30 p.m., Room 230 Student Center

Start Date: 11/6/2009

Contact: Brian Connors

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Who: Tamara Beauboeuf
What: "The Strong Black Woman: A Half-Told Tale of Voice, Racialized Gender, and the Body"
When: November, 20, 2:00 p.m.
Where: Young Library Gallery

Tamara Beauboeuf holds a joint appointment in the departments of Sociology and Anthropology, and Education Studies at Depauw University. She offers courses in the sociology of education, women and education, girls’ and women’s development, lifespan development, and feminist inquiry. Her published work examines teachers’ negotiations of race and gender in their identities and pedagogy, and the impact of racialized femininities on women’s embodied experiences of health, wellness, and distress. A current project investigates perceptions of strength and womanhood among African American women.

Free and Open to the public.

Sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences

Summary: November 20, 2:00 p.m. - Young Library Gallery

Start Date: 11/20/2009

Contact: Brian Connors

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Vincent Carretta, esteemed scholar of the black Atlantic, will be giving a talk at the Niles Gallery on Tuesday, November 10th, at 4:30 p.m. The title of his lecture is "The Challenge of Writing a Biography of the Autobiographer Olaudah Equiano."

Vincent Carretta, Professor of English at the University of Maryland, specializes in eighteenth-century transatlantic historical and literary studies. Author of more than 100 articles and reviews, Carretta has also written and edited eleven books, most recently Equiano, the African: Biography of a Self-Made Man (2005) and The Life and Letters of Philip Quaque The First African Anglican Missionary, forthcoming in 2010. Carretta’s current project is a biography of Phillis Wheatley. He has recently held fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Library Company of Philadelphia, the John Carter Brown Library, the Massachusetts Historical Society, the University of London, the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research at Harvard University, and the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton. 

Summary: Vincent Carretta will be giving a talk at the Niles Gallery on Tuesday, November 10th, at 4:30 p.m. The title of his lecture is "The Challenge of Writing a Biography of the Autobiographer Olaudah Equiano."

Start Date: 11/10/2009

Contact: Brian Connors

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Celebrate your Arts and Sciences roots and Wildcat spirit!  Come home for the College of Arts and Sciences Homecoming celebration. Encompassing three days of events, there truly isn’t a better time to visit campus!

The Paul G. Blazer Lecture Series in the Humanities
The Blazer Lecture Series was started in 1950 by Paul G. Blazer, founder of Ashland Oil, Inc., and his wife, Georgia Blazer, the first woman to serve on the UK Board of Trustees. It was their wish that the series enlighten the thinking and challenge the assumptions of faculty, students and the community. To ensure their vision became a reality, the College of Arts and Sciences has hosted more than 100 individuals as Blazer Lecturers including an American President, several Pulitzer Prize winners, a Nobel Laureate, two ambassadors and dozens of distinguished scholars, authors and researchers.

2009 Paul G. Blazer Lecture
Series in the Humanities
Thursday, October 29, 2009 | 7:30 p.m.
Memorial Hall
Manil Suri - "The Mathematics of Fiction"
Free and open to the public
Click here for more information on Manil Suri. 

Join us as we welcome Manil Suri, author of "The Death of Vishnu" and "The Age of Shiva" and mathematics professor at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Suri's mathematical research is in the field of numerical analysis, but he also spends time devising ways to bring mathematics to the general public.  

Hall of Fame Induction and Scholarship Ceremony
Annually, the College of Arts and Sciences recognizes outstanding alumni and students whose foundation for success is Arts and Sciences. Please join the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, as we recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of our A&S family.

Hall of Fame Nomination Form 

2009 Hall of Fame Induction and Scholarship Ceremony
Reception 5:30 p.m. | Dinner 7:00 p.m.

Lexington Convention Center Thoroughbred Ballroom
(Registration and fee required.) 

Arts & Sciences Tailgate Party
Visit with friends and celebrate your Wildcat spirit in a casual, family- friendly atmosphere.  Enjoy live music and Billy’s BBQ!

2009 Arts & Sciences Tailgate
4:30 p.m. tailgate - 7:00 kickoff against Mississippi State

Tent located next to the E.S. Good Barn at 1451 University Drive across from Commonwealth Stadium. Only 175 football game tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Limit four tickets per alum.

Tickets still available (Registration and fee required). Contact Nancy Smith - nsmit2@email.uky.edu

Online registration available at www.UKalumni.net/AStailgate. 

Summary: Blazer Lecture at Memorial Hall on Thursday, October 29 will kickoff the weekend's events.

Start Date: 10/31/2009

Contact: Brian Connors

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Who: Dr. Bruce Holle
What: "Perspectives of Jesus the Christ from the Gospel of Mark to the Gospel of Mel Gibson"
When: Tuesday, November 3, 7:00 p.m.
Where: Classroom Building 102

Sponsored by the Undergraduate Student History Organization and the Herodotus Fellows

Summary: Tuesday, November 3, 7:00 p.m. - Classroom Building 102

Start Date: 11/3/2009

Contact: Brian Connors

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Who: Alan Nadel
What: “‘Wand Me!’: Assuming the Subject Position of the Complaint Body in the Age of Terror”
When: Friday, October 30, 3:00 p.m.
Where: Room 211, Student Center Addition

Summary: Friday, October 30, 3:00 p.m., Room 211 Student Center Addition

Start Date: 10/30/2009