UK Awards More than $500K to Innovate Instructional Delivery
A&S Professors Matt Zook and Arnold Stromberg have been granted more than $200,000 to improve education, engagement and retention.
Analysis and PDE Seminar
Title: Well-posedness and ill-posedness issues for the Novikov-Veselov equation.
Abstract: In this talk I will describe some recent work on the Novikov-Veselov equation. Using the Fourier restriction method, I will talk about some well-posedness and ill-posedness results for this equation in certain Sobolev spaces. Finally I will discuss some similar results that apply to some related models.
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Location:
POT 745
Confucius Institute to Discuss on Chinese-American Educational Exchange
In an upcoming lecture titled "Chinese-American Educational Exchanges: A Window on the Bilateral Relationship," David Adams will explore the growing partnership between two of the world's largest powers.
Mathews Garden's Deep Roots: Jim Krupa
UK Biologist Jim Krupa studies carnivorous plants and has long been the steward of an unusual patch of land on UK's campus: Mathews Garden. The Garden is a 0.6 acre woodland garden on the corner of Limestone Street and Washington Avenue that has been in existence since 1900 and is used by students for research and teaching.
Conference on Political and Economic Inequality
The Conference on Political and Economic Inequality
Featuring Ellen Goodman, Dean Baker, & Kathy Stein
Free and open to the public.
Schedule of events:
Thursday March 27
7:30 Memorial Hall
Ellen Goodman, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist lecture: “Inequality: Working Moms, Designated Daughters, and the Risks of Caregiving”
Friday March 28
Worsham Theater, Student Center
9:30-10:15 a.m. Prof. Ron Eller, UK: Inequality in Appalachia (with attention to racial issues)
10:15-10:30 Comment: Jamie Lucke, Lexington Herald Leader
10:30-11:15 Prof. Bruce Laurie, UMass Emeritus, The Decline of Unions and the Rise of Inequality
11:15-11:30 Comment –Mike Matuszak, Former Secretary-Treasurer, Local 227 United Food and Commercial Workers of America
Noon-1:30 pm Lunch
1:30-2:15: Prof. David Courtwright, University of North Florida: The Culture War and the Rise of Inequality
2:15-2:30 Comment: Hon. Kathy Stein, Family Court Judge
3:15-4:00 Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research: Inequality, Causes, Consequences
4:00-4:30 Q & A and Remarks by Participants
7:00—Dinner
Questions? contact Ron Formisano, History, University of Kentucky rform2@email.uky.edu
Date:
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Location:
Memorial Hall
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UK Students Have Questions, East Kentuckians Have Answers
Students from UK and EKU are supporting local efforts to promote ecotourism in Eastern Kentucky.
Brewing Narratives: Craft Beer, Craft Writing, and Crafting a Symposium
University of Kentucky professor Jeff Rice assembled and hosted a symposium on UK's campus in February. The symposium, called "Craft Writing: Beer, the Digital, and Craft Culture" brought people from across the country to Lexington to discuss the forms of professional writing done in the craft beer industry.
In this podcast, Dr. Rice discusses what the symposium set out to accomplish, what it succeeded in accomplishing, and the culture of the craft beer industry.
UK Students Receive Scholarships to Study Critical Languages
Two UK students have been awarded Critical Language Scholarships to study Arabic and Turkish languages.
Political, Social Documentary Photographer to Lecture, Exhibit
Renowned photographer, writer, and filmmaker Eugene Richards will give the final presentation in the Robert C. May Endowment Photography Lecture Series at 4 p.m. on March 14, in Worsham Theater.