How to edit profiles
This video explains the current process of how to update your profile on the new College of Arts & Sciences website. Please remember to login with your linkblue id in order to access your profile.
A&S Website - Basic Walk-through (Login/Profile/Comments)
An intro to the new website and how to log in to edit your profile and post comments.
Arts and Sciences researchers selected for awards from Materials Science Research Priority Area
LEXINGTON, Ky. ) — The University of Kentucky Materials Science Research Priority Area has selected 11 researchers as recipients of multiple funding awards. The area offers a variety of funding mechanisms to support materials research across UK and expand the RPA’s breadth and depth of work.
Unveiling of ‘Towards Freedom’ sculpture by Basil Watson
Lexington’s Freedom Train committee, along with Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, invite the public to a community event this Juneteenth, where they will unveil a sculpture of two significant historical figures.
“Towards Freedom” is the centerpiece and first phase of a monument dedicated to Lewis and Harriet Hayden, two of Lexington’s enslaved who became famed abolitionists. The monument also remembers the stories of other enslaved persons in Lexington and commemorates their paths to freedom via Lexington’s Underground Railroad. Learn more at https://www.lexfreedomtrain.org/.
The committee includes UK faculty members Vanessa Holden, associate professor of African American and Africana studies; Frank X Walker, professor English; and Garry Bibbs, professor of art studio, metal arts and sculpture.
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Lexington Traditional Magnet School, 350 North Limestone
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College of Arts and Sciences names 2025 Summer Undergraduate Research Award recipients
By Francis Von Mann
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 10, 2025) - The College of Arts and Sciences has a number of students selected for the 2025 Summer Undergraduate Research Award program. This year’s SURA recipients represent a an array of academic disciplines and will engage in immersive, faculty-mentored research across the University of Kentucky campus.
The SURA awards provide $5,000 to support Arts and Sciences undergraduate students pursuing summer research full-time.
From UK to Hollywood: Alum’s career spans hit songs, TV, film
By Jenny Wells-Hosley and Dan Knapp
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 9, 2025) — James “Jimmy” Dunne, a 1977 University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences graduate, has built a successful and wide-ranging career in entertainment — as a songwriter, composer, television and film producer and entrepreneur.