A&S Physics Researchers Highlighted by American Physical Society
By Jenny Wells
Three University of Kentucky professors and a postdoctoral researcher in the UK College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Physics and Astronomy were featured in the American Physical Society's (APS) "Physics Highlights of the Year" for 2017.
Human Rights and the Cultural Politics of Empathy in the Colombian (post) Conflict
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"Ain't I a person? - Tout moun sé moun: Identity, Self, and Personhood in the Americas."
"Ain't I a person? : Tout moun sé moun" is a mini-symposium that deploys Caribbean/Black studies as a platform to explore how communities see others and envision themselves. This symposium considers theories associated with construction of self, personhood, and resistance as ways of conceiving and analyzing the construction of intercultural and diverse communities.
Session 1- 3:30-4:30: This panel examines the question of performance and construction of identity, outside of the performing arts, in the US and in Haiti. The first paper will examine the relationship between Irish and African-American people living in New-York during the antebellum period. The second paper will concentrate on the relationship between the Haitian government and Jewish refugees during WWII.
Session 2- (Diasporic Dance) 4:45-6:45 :The second panel focuses on gwo ka and bèlè (dance and music) central to the traditional repertoire of the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique (mini dance workshop offered with drummer ). One paper and one dance workshop/discussion.
Learn more here:
https://mysymposia.wordpress.com/2018/01/26/aint-i-a-person-tout-moun-se-moun-identity-self-and-personhood-in-theamericas/ and https://mysymposia.wordpress.com/2018/01/26/abstracts-and-bios/
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Taylor Education Building Auditorium, room 158
Undergraduate Students: Take Advantage of Summer Research Opportunities
By Gail Hairston
Rachel Pagano studied snake fungal disease in Kentucky's ecosystem.
Without the added pressure of daily classes, summer research can be especially rewarding for University of Kentucky underclassmen.
A&S Senior Believes Education Abroad Heals World's Divisions
By Amaya DeVicente
While on a University of Kentucky Education Abroad and Exchanges (UK EA) program, UK student, Natalie St.Clair, immersed herself in her new community in Mexico, and giving back any way that she could.
St.Clair, a senior from Louisville, Kentucky, is a foreign language and international economics major and political science minor who studied abroad in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Major in Geological Sciences - Bailee
Founded in 1892, the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Kentucky offers the B.S., B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in geology, and a minor in geology. For more information visit: http://www.ees.as.uky.edu
Expanding Your Horizons Seeks UK Students to be STEM Role Models
By Carol Lea Spence
Amelia Baylon, NRES student, helps middle-school students measure a tree during 2017 Expanding Your Horizons STEM workshop. Photo by Carol Lea Spence.
Chemistry & Biology Majors Among Six UK Students to Win Kentucky Academy of Science Awards
By Dominique Page
Six University of Kentucky students took honors at the Kentucky Academy of Science (KAS) Annual Meeting held Nov. 3-4, at Murray State University. With more than 500 scientists and students in attendance, hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students from Kentucky and regional colleges and universities participated in the research competitions.
The UK students who won awards in the KAS student competitions are as follows:
Coveted Creative Writing Residency to Benefit UK Students, Published Authors
By Gail Hairston
Artist's rendering of Mill House at Glendower, the setting for new UK creative writing residency program.
Built more than 225 years ago, the Mill House at Glendower is a secluded, pastoral location to escape the bustle of daily life, a place to reflect, to create.