University of Kentucky's Abby Schroering, a theatre and English junior from Louisville, Kentucky, has been awarded an English-Speaking Union (ESU)Scholarship presented by the English-Speaking Union Kentucky Branch. The scholarship will cover Schroering's expenses for summer study at the University of Cambridge.
STEMCats, sponsored by HHMI, is designed to help students succeed at UK. The program prepares students both academically and socially through participation in FastTrack or FOCUS, research opportunities, and special seminar courses. Students participating in STEMCats will build confidence, enthusiasm, satisfaction and a sense of belonging to UK, and experience a smoother transition to college coursework. This leads to improved performance and higher academic achievement.
Learn more at: stemcats.as.uky.edu
Conference Theme: Technology Today
Keynote Speaker: Professor Iain Thomson, University of New Mexico, will give his talk "Phenomenology, Technology, and the Political"
By Whitney Hale
(Feb. 16, 2016) — The University of Kentucky Confucius Institute (UKCI) is currently taking applications for faculty grants that help fund China-focused academic endeavors. Applications for 2016 spring and summer grant proposals are due Monday, Feb. 22.
This talk demonstrates how plant remains can be used to trace food pathways in the modern day. The plant is peaches and the talk will examine pits recovered from a Mission period archaeological site located on Sapelo Island, one of the Georgia Sea Islands, where UK Dept of Anthropology archaeologist Dr. R. Jefferies is conducting excavations and research.
Absolutely Safe is a documentary film by Carol Ciancutti-Leyva (2007, approximately 90 minutes). The screening will be followed by a discussion and Q&A with Director Ciancutti-Leyva and Judy Norsigian, co-founder and former Executive Director of the nonprofit, public interest organization, Our Bodies Ourselves (OBOS). Absolutely Safe “takes an open-minded, personal approach to the controversy over breast implant safety. Ultimately, it is the story of everyday women who find themselves and their breasts in the tangled and confusing intersection of health, money, science, and beauty.”
By Catherine Hayden, Gail Hairston
(Feb. 12, 2016) — Braving the colder temperatures of the northern Midwest, the University of Kentucky Forensics team said “ya sure, you betcha” to a win at the Icebox Classic hosted by St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
On Tuesday, February 16, 2016 from noon-1 p.m. at the Carnegie Center for Art and History in New Albany, Indiana, Jay Stottman, Staff Archaeologist with the Kentucky Archaeological Survey, will present the program "Underground History: The Archaeology of African Americans", as part of the Carnegie Center’s Lunch & Learn series.
