Africana Saturday School Begins at the Lyric Theatre
By Richard LeComte
A new Africana Saturday School begins this weekend at the historic downtown Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center at 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 22.
A&S Majors Reach SEC Fall Sports Academic Honor Roll
By Tom Neely
A total of 82 University of Kentucky student-athletes earned a place on the 2019 Fall Sports Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll, announced last Friday by SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. UK had the third-highest number of honorees and the Wildcat volleyball team tied for first in that sport.
Biology's Eve Schneider Named 2020 Sloan Research Fellow
Eve Schneider, an assistant professor in the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Biology, has been named a 2020 Sloan Research Fellow by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The award honors early-career researchers.
Environmental and Sustainability Studies Program Explores Careers
The University of Kentucky’s College of Arts and Sciences' Environmental and Sustainability Studies program will host a speaker series to give students a realistic look at what they can do with their degrees. The three-part “What can I do with an ENS degree” Spring 2020 Speaker Series is set to begin Feb. 13.
A&S Professors Help Make UK a Top Producer of Fulbright Scholars
The University of Kentucky has been named one of the Top Producers of U.S. Fulbright Scholars among colleges and universities for 2019-20. The Chronicle of Higher Education publishes the list annually.
'Behind the Blue': Dean Mark Kornbluh Implements 21st Century Vision for A&S
Now in his 11th year at the helm of the University of Kentucky's largest college, Mark Kornbluh is currently the longest-serving of UK’s 19 deans. The College of Arts and Sciences spans the liberal arts and hard sciences, social science fields and new and emerging areas, such as dual degree programs that focus on world languages and so-called STEM areas (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).
Ron Spriggs Keeps Tuskegee Airmen History Alive at UK Event
By Aly Bourne
Ron Spriggs, a retired U.S. Air Force veteran and founder of the Ron Spriggs Exhibit of Tuskegee Airmen (RSETA), will speak on campus at an event presented by UK Air Force ROTC Detachment 290. The free public talk, which will begin 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, in the William T. Young Auditorium, will be focused on the historic military unit.
Shayla Lawson, Keith Wilson Bring Affrilachian Poetry to Visiting Writers Series at UK
By Whitney Hale
Shayla Lawson and Keith Wilson are among the esteemed writers known as the Affrilachian Poets.