What's New in Science - Questions and Discussions Continue
What's New in Science Christia Brown
Part 4 of 4: In the realm of learning, societal and cultural differences are vastly more important to address than the few true gender differences.
Great Lakes Strings Conference
The 7th annual Great Lakes Strings Conference brings together researchers in fields related to string theory from the Midwest region and beyond. The program of 44 talks over 3 days will feature applications of string theory to condensed matter systems.
Sponsored by the Department of Physics & Astronomy and the College of Arts & Sciences.
Visit the conference website for more information - https://sites.google.com/site/greatlakesstrings2013/ .
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Chemistry-Physics Building Room 155.
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Emancipation, New Sensibility, and the Challenge of a New Era: Arnold Farr
This November, scholars and activists from around the world will gather at UK to attend the 5th Biennial Conference of the International Herbert Marcuse Society. Arnold Farr, a philosopher and social theorist here at the University of Kentucky, is organizing the conference, which seeks to examine “Emancipation, New Sensibility, and the Challenge of a New Era.”
The Science Behind What We Drink
Visiting Lecturer Dr. Rita Basuray teaches a course on the history of alcohol, and how the processes of fermentation and distillation tell the story of humanity. Watch as we take a video tour of the Alltech Lexington Brewing Company in Lexington, Kentucky to talk with the Master Brewer Ken Lee and Master Distiller Mark Coffman as they show off exactly how beer and bourbon are made.
Geography Guest Speaker: Sarah Whatmore
Sarah Whatmore is a Professor and Head of School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford in Oxford, United Kingdom. Her research is in the field of political ecology, examining policy and the actions of humans impact the environment. She is author of Hybrid Geographies: Nature Cultures Spaces (Sage London, 2002). She is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) and collaborates with researchers around the world.
Gatton's Kalam Scholars Gathering Is a Success
The 2013 Kalam Scholars Conference for Indian Business and Economic Research recently hosted by the University of Kentucky's Gatton College of Economics is drawing rave reviews from participants and observers.
What's New in Science - What are actual gender differences?
What's New in Science Christia Brown
Part 2 of 4: This segment includes a discussion of actual gender differences. We examine 3 of the most common gender difference myths. This is followed by discussion of where true gender differences exist (in terms of biology, behavior, and psychology) and how these differences may vary based on context and experience.
UK Students Win Kentucky Chapter of the American Planning Association’s Student Paper Award
Their paper dealt with a Small Area Plan, an intense, in-depth study of a specific area within a city, of the Georgetown Triangle and the various implications that will result when BCTC opens its Newtown Pike campus in that area.
Disturbing The Peace With Poetry: Julia Johnson
There is word on the page and then there is word given breath. This past April, students and faculty from the University of Kentucky brought words to life thanks to a 12-hour open air poetry reading. The event, organized by English professor and published author Julia Johnson, was held outside of the Student Center welcoming anyone and everyone to come read their favorite poems aloud.