Francis Su to Present J.C. Eaves Lecture
By Jenny Wells
Francis Su, a mathematician from Harvey Mudd College, will deliver a talk on how math helps people flourish at the University of Kentucky next week.
Expanding Your Horizons Conference Returns to UK
By Susan Odom and Jenny Wells
A&S Students Among 2018 Gaines Center Scholars
By Stephanie Swarts
A Discussion of "Partisan" Gerrymandering
The Federalist Society at the UK College of Law is hosting Jason Torchinsky for a discussion of partisan gerrymandering. Torchinsky represents the Republicans in Pennsylvania's gerrymandering case.
Commentary afterward by Prof. Stephen Voss, a specialist in voting behavior and congressional representation with UK's Political Science department, followed by brief Q&A with the audience.
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Woodward Hall (Gatton)
Sigma Tau Delta info session about Graduate school
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Whitehall Classroom Building 234
UK Students Participate in Global Health Case Competition
By Allison Cooper
Six students from the University of Kentucky will compete in Emory University’s Global Health Case Competition (GHCC) in Atlanta, Georgia, Saturday, March 17. This is the fourth year that UK will compete in Emory’s competition. Students from three teams that participated in UK’s GHCC were selected to form a new team for the competition.
A&S Statistics’ Pittard Receives Award From ASA
By Jenny Wells
Melissa Pittard, a senior lecturer in the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Statistics, has received an award from the American Statistical Association. The Best Speed Session Award, which was given out as part of the 2017 Joint Statistical Meeting Conference, was given to Pittard for her presentation on statistics education. More than 480 presenters participated in the speed sessions.
A Passion for Science Earns A&S Biology Junior Astronaut Scholarship, NIH Internship
By Whitney Hale
A desire to become a physician-scientist has led University of Kentucky biology junior Joshua Preston to not only excel in the classroom and lab, but also garner one of the nation’s most coveted STEM scholarships as well as entry into several undergraduate research programs during his college studies.