Faculty Awards and Recognition Ceremony 2018
The College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Awards and Recognition Ceremony.
Political Science Department’s Investment in Undergraduate Research Starting to Pay Dividends
The Political Science Department’s investment in undergraduate research started paying major dividends this semester, with students producing and presenting scientific research to an unprecedented degree.
Prius or Pickup? Explaining America's Great Divide
"Prius or Pickup? How the Answers to Four Simple Questions Explain America's Great Divide" Talk by renowned expert on American polarization, presenting his forthcoming followup to an influential book on authoritarianism. Reception to follow.
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King Alumni House
Chana Akins Chosen for Prestigious ACE Fellowship
By Lindsey Piercy
The American Council on Education has announced that Chana Akins, professor of psychology at the University of Kentucky, has been named an ACE Fellow for the 2018-19 academic year.
Sociology Doctoral Student Receives P.E.O. Scholarship for Women
By Lindsey Piercy
Amanda Bunting, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Kentucky, is one of 100 doctoral students in the U. S. and Canada selected to receive a $15,000 Scholar Award from the P.E.O. Sisterhood. She was sponsored by Chapter AO KY of Lexington.
Honoring Outstanding Teaching and Inclusive Excellence
The University of Kentucky recognized exceptional faculty and teaching assistants at the Outstanding Teaching Awards at the 2018 University of Kentucky Awards Ceremony on Thursday, April 19, in the Lexmark Room at the Main Building. Recipients of Inclusive Excellence Awards, in partnership with the Office for Institutional Diversity, were also recognized.
UK Provost David Blackwell presented the William B. Sturgill Award, the Albert D. and Elizabeth H. Kirwan Memorial Prize, the Outstanding Teaching Faculty and Teaching Assistant Awards.
Honoring Outstanding Teaching and Inclusive Excellence
By Blair Hoover Conner
The University of Kentucky recognized exceptional faculty and teaching assistants at the Outstanding Teaching Awards at the 2018 University of Kentucky Awards Ceremony on Thursday, April 19, in the Lexmark Room at the Main Building. Recipients of Inclusive Excellence Awards, in partnership with the Office for Institutional Diversity, were also recognized.
UK Provost David Blackwell presented the William B. Sturgill Award, the Albert D. and Elizabeth H. Kirwan Memorial Prize, the Outstanding Teaching Faculty and Teaching Assistant Awards.
Math Professor Paul Eakin Wins 2018 Lyons Award
By Lindsey Piercy
Paul Eakin has been named the 2018 recipient of the William E. Lyons Award, co-sponsored by the University of Kentucky’s Martin School of Public Policy and Administration and the Department of Political Science, in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Kirwan Prize Awarded to Physics Professor Keh-Fei Liu
By Lindsey Piercy
Two University of Kentucky faculty members were honored for their outstanding contributions to teaching and scholarship at the 2018 Provost Awards ceremony held April 19.
Keh-Fei Liu, professor of physics and astronomy, was presented the 2018 Albert D. and Elizabeth H. Kirwan Memorial Prize, given each year to a faculty member in recognition of outstanding contributions to original research or scholarship, with an emphasis on work produced four years prior to the award.