Academy award-winning Arts and Sciences alumnus visits campus to screen documentary
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 22, 2025) — The University of Kentucky will welcome Academy Award-winning alumnus Paul Wagner on Thursday, April 24, for a screening of his film “Georgia O’Keeffe: the Brightness of Light,” a documentary about American art icon Georgia O’Keeffe. The film stars Claire Danes as the voice of O’Keeffe with narration by Hugh Dancy and features interviews with leading experts on the artist.
Ryson Neeley: First-gen student finds community and cultivates a calling to medicine
By Francis Von Mann
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 21, 2025) — As a first-generation college student, Ryson Neeley didn’t know what to expect from a place as big as the University of Kentucky. What he found in the College of Arts and Sciences is a community that believed in him, one that helped him become a future doctor.
Piano Ensemble and Poetry Concert
A Piano Ensemble and Poetry Concert organized by Irina Voro of the School of Music in the College of Fine Arts and Anna Voskresensky of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures in the College of Arts and Sciences will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, in the Singletary Center for the Arts Recital Hall. This event is free and open to the public.
Twenty students from the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literature and Cultures will recite poetry in Russian and English, followed by 20 students from the School of Music performing piano ensemble compositions. This event features a diverse range of authors and composers and combines music and language to engage the audience in the experience of beauty through works of literature and music.
"Every note played, every lyric sung, is a testament to the dedication and passion of our students," Voskresensky said. "And by combining language and music, we hope to engage the audience in a beautiful experience and ultimately unite them through the poetry and music and the music of poetry."
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UK’s Omicron Delta Kappa Circle inducts Arts and Sciences students
By C. Lynn Hiler and Ryan Girves
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 18, 2025) — The University of Kentucky's Nu Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, commemorated its 100th anniversary on campus at a ceremony March 30.
Maurice A. Clay Awards
Chellgren Center announces new student, faculty fellows
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 17, 2025) — The Chellgren Center for Undergraduate Excellence at the University of Kentucky has selected the 2025 Class of Chellgren student fellows and the 2025-26 Chellgren faculty fellows. Dedicated to advancing the University of Kentucky’s commitment to student, teaching and program excellence, the center works toward that mission through several programs.