UK Professor Chosen for One of Only Seven Whiting Fellowships Nationwide
By Gail Hairston and Kathy Johnson
Karen Rignall of the University of Kentucky has received a $50,000 Whiting Foundation Public Engagement Fellowship to pursue her research “Stories of Place in a Changing Appalachia,” a project in Eastern Kentucky, to bring “stories of place” and other traditions to bear on local land-use planning.
The Whiting Foundation announced yesterday (Tuesday) a new cohort of seven Whiting Public Engagement Fellowships, including Rignall’s, to showcase how the humanities enrich our lives.
A&S Psychology Alumnus Greg Parks Focuses on His Writing, Civil Rights
By Linda Perry
Having authored or edited more than 10 scholarly books and many articles, Gregory S. Parks ’01 ’04 (College of Arts and Sciences) often focuses on issues dealing with diversity on university campuses in the United States.
After Serving As a Paratrooper, UK Student Veteran Focuses on New Goal
In this student veteran spotlight, you'll meet Andrew Fadley, who served in the United States Army before becoming a Wildcat.
VIDEO: After Serving in the Army, UK Student Veteran Focuses on Passion for Philosophy
By Amy Jones-Timoney and Kody Kiser
After deployments that took him from North Carolina to Afghanistan to Alaska, Andrew Fadley, a University of Kentucky student veteran, discovered he had a passion for philosophy.
Since he started his degree at UK before joining the United States Army, the native of Marquette, Michigan, decided to return to Kentucky to finish what he started.
Black Women's Conference
The 24th annual Black Women's Conference: "The New Jane Crow; Black Women, Mass Incarceration, and Police Violence"
Events in the Alumni Gallery:
8:30-9:45am: Breakfast
10:00-11:30am: Workshop with Enchanta Jackson
11:30-12:45pm: Lunch
Events in Young Library Auditorium:
1:00-2:30pm: Rep. Attica Scott
3:00-4:30pm: Andrea Ritchie
4:30-5:00pm: Book signing and sale
Date:
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Location:
Young Library Auditorium & Alumni Gallery
Black Women's Conference
The 24th annual Black Women's Conference: "The New Jane Crow; Black Women, Mass Incarceration, and Police Violence"
Featuring Tayna Fogle and Nicole Porter.
Reception to follow.
Date:
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Location:
JSB 321
UPK Book Celebrates Group of Renegade Poets Who Started at UK
By Mack McCormick and Whitney Hale
Members of the Affrilachian Poets. Photos by Joseph Rey Au/Courtesy of the Affrilachian Poets.
UK Women's Forum Celebrates Sarah Bennett Holmes Award Nominees
By Kristie Law
The University of Kentucky Women's Forum announces 14 women have been nominated for the 2018 Sarah Bennett Holmes Award, one of UK's most prestigious awards for women. Women's Forum, who established the award in 1994, is currently celebrating over 26 years of open discussion and creativity while providing leadership development for all women employed at UK.