A&S students participated in a short workshop on how to build an altar for the Mexican holiday, Day of the Dead which was facilitated by Jacobo and Janice Aragon. Students learned how to make paper flowers, cut paper flags, and prepare an altar. At the end of the workshop, they used their…

In celebration of National Chemistry Week, the University of Kentucky Department of Chemistry presented a demonstration show on Friday October 25, 2013. This fun-filled evening has become a much-anticipated annual event. Students of the department inform, entertain and amaze the audience of all…

FastTrack for Calculus and FastTrack for Bio-Calc are residential academic program designed to prepare students for rigorous undergraduate mathematics and biology classes before the start of the fall semester. Through FastTrack, students get acclimated to college-level coursework, and have the…

A&S100-021 "Community 101: Learning Lexington" students were "treated" to a Halloween visit by Lexington Mayor Jim Gray in class Thursday. Mayor Gray provided a first-hand account of proposed renovations to Rupp Arena, which is owned by the city and serves as the arena for Big Blue…

A GLIMPSE INTO ANCIENT MEXICO: WRITINGS OF THE AZTECS, MIXTEC AND MAYA This is an exhibit of facsimile codices housed in UK Libraries Special Collections. Codex pages described by Dr. Chris Pool and Mr. Barry Kidder, UK Department of Anthropology. Digital Images by Crystal Heis, Image Management…

Photos taken by Ceci Amador for Viva Mexico.

UK Physics & Astronomy alum Bill Roark successfully worked in the aerospace industry for many years, and started his own company, Torch Technologies. On October 10, 2013, he visited campus to discuss his work experience and how his science background has helped and affected his career path…

On October 10, 2013, the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences held a Recognition Ceremony in partnership with Pioneer Natural Resources. Tom Spalding and Donny Loughry, both UK alumni, represented the company and presented two checks - one from Pioneer Natural Resources for $300K for…

The College of Arts and Sciences inducted five new members into its Hall of Fame Oct. 11, 2013, with a ceremony at the Singletary Center for the Arts, bringing the current totals to 34 alumni and 11 emeritus faculty A&S Hall of Fame members.

Alumni Inductees:

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Photography by: Dana Rogers A&S is collaborating with The Living Arts & Sciences Center this year at the Dia De Los Muertos Festival in Lexington, KY. Here is a collection of photographs from previous celebrations. Join us on November 1st from 5 - 9pm at the Living Arts & Science…

Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, A&S students gathered on the student center patio for a celebration of our fourth year of the Passport to the World initiative - "¡Viva México!" Students enjoyed free food, free T-shirts, music and games. This was the start of our year-long celebration of art,…

The historic Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning in downtown Lexington was host to the 35th annual Kentucky Women Writers Conference. Writing workshops, craft talks, and panel discussions took place there on September 20-21, 2013. Featured presenters in this album include poet and essayist…

Taylor Shackleford and Sarah Whelan are the first awardees of the Ribble Undergraduate Summer Research Internship, a new program for outstanding biology majors supported by the Gertrude F. Ribble Fund. Photography by: Dana Rogers

October 4, 2013 – It was the College of Arts & Sciences' great honor to recognize our top-achieving students at a reception in the Grand Ballroom on the campus of the University of Kentucky. There were many proud parents and friends on hand to celebrate all the hard work of these exceptional…

Paul Hime was recently awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. This prestigious and highly-competitive award will provide Hime with three years of financial support while he completes his doctoral degree at the University of Kentucky. Read his story here: www.as.uky.…

The Wild Women of Poetry Slam, formerly the Gypsy Poetry Slam, was founded by Bianca Spriggs in 2005 and draws spoken word artists locally and from around the country to compete for the $500 Faith A. Smith Poetry Prize, established by Frank X Walker in honor of his mother. The 2013 Wild Women of…

In September, the Center for English as a Second Language welcomed a new group of students from Brazil to campus. They are participants in the Brazil Scientific Mobility Program which provides scholarships to undergraduate students for study in the Science, Technology, Engineering and…

Welcome A&S Wired Class of 2017! We had a great time helping meet many of our new students during move-in week - look at all the smiling faces!

A&S Wired is an exciting new residential college designed around the concept of a 21st century liberal arts education. Located in…

Photography by: Dana Rogers At the A&S back-to-school event on August 27, 2013, incoming freshman showed their Class of 2017 pride at our photo booth.

Hundreds of A&S students gathered to kick off the new school year at the Student Center on Tuesday, August 27th, 2013!

Photography by: Patrick O'Dowd

"Campus is filling back up at a rapid rate as K-week switches into top gear." -Patrick O'Dowd.

Students prepare for the beginning of the fall semester by attending K-week - Write Right events, pre-professional Study scoop Q&A, UK WRD Graffiti…

Photography by: Dana Rogers

The Department of Mathematics offered a calculus camp for incoming students two weeks before fall classes started. Dubbed FastTrack, first-year students came to campus in early August for an intensive, two-week, 8-hour a day study to help prepare them for their…

Our visitors from Ecuador and the Go Teacher program had a closing ceremony on July, 31, 2013 on the campus of the University of Kentucky.

Read more about UK’s unique international partnership that brought the students to campus: bit.ly/16Vix0S

Photography by: Dana Rogers

Photography by Dana Rogers

In summer of 2013, Andy McDonald, Scott Horn & Nicole Sand from A&S Hive, taught visiting Chinese high school students how to create 3D prints using the Makerbot. This class was a small part of the students larger visit hosted by the Confucius Institute…

Photographs By: Dana Rogers

Professor Bruce O’Hara in the Department of Biology is interested in the overall quality of your sleep. In his research laboratory in the Thomas Hunt Morgan Building, O’Hara investigates sleep patterns and circadian rhythms within the brain.

To read more…