Sophomore Aleksey Graboviy and junior Nolan Jackson have been awarded Henry Clay Internships in Public Policy by the Kentucky Society of Washington. The internships will give Graboviy and Jackson the opportunity to work in an office of a member of the Kentucky congressional delegation or an office of the executive branch in Washington, D.C.
Kim Woodrum introduces us to "Molecular Science for Citizens," an A&S Summer 2012 Online Education course.
Spring is on its way! Gardens will be growing, and fruits and vegetables will be ready to eat - or preserve, pickle, freeze or dry! Lisa Conley is a graduate student in the Department of Sociology, and has been working on a documentary film about home food preservation methods in Appalachia since 2009.
The upcoming UK Libraries Annual Dinner will feature guest speaker and UK history alumnus Alan C. Lowe, director of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. The annual dinner will also feature the 2012 presentation of the UK Libraries Medallion for Intellectual Achievement to UK chemist John Anthony.
WHO: Dr. Karen Tice, Department of Gender and Women's Studies
WHEN: Wednesday, March 21, 4:00p.m. - 5:00p.m.
This bodes to be one of the most interesting chats of the season! Ever-enthusiastic Dr. Tice will be discussing her recently published book Queens of Academe: Beauty Pageantry, Student Bodies and College Life, which looks at campus beauty/body politics on both predominantly white (including UK) and black campuses. Dr. Tice is a professor in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies. Her areas of teaching include gender and education; popular culture and education; race, ethnicity, class, gender and sexuality in student cultures; and feminist theory. FREE hot chocolate and snacks!
Sara Ailshire is a senior majoring in Anthropology. Sara is also a mechanic at Wildcat Wheels, UK's community bike shop and bicycle library. Wildcat Wheels allows students and faculty rent bikes, or use the shops work stands, tools, and expertise to maintain their own bicycles. Arts & Sciences' Cheyenne Hohman recently sat down with Sara to discuss her work at Wildcat Wheels, and how it has informed her ambitions after she graduates from UK.
The conference, titled, "Learning the Ropes: Black Girlhood, Identity and the Power of Play," will center specifically on the lives and expressions of African-American girls. Incorporating expert speakers, performances, panels and activities both on campus and in the community, the conference will reveal the significance of play in the lives of African-American girls.
Paul Steinhardt's lecture will focus on natural quasicrystals. He is a professor of physics and astrophysical sciences at Princeton University.
The Arab Spring: Are the Islamists Coming?
The Arab Spring with its largley civil, peaceful, and immensely popular character surprised many experts and lay observers. But an intense debate continues about the ideological underpinnings of the Arab Revolutions. Are they liberal, democratic, religious, or simply non-ideological revolutions? The recent remarkable success of religious parties in the polls in Morocco, Tunisia, and Egypt has begun to cause anxiety among those who feared of these revolution as spearheading an Islamist takeover of the Arab world. Do these revolutions herald the entrenchment of Islamist politics in the Middle Eastern societies and states? The lecture attempts to answer this question.
Featuring
Professor Asef Bayat, Department of Sociology, University of Illinois
Agha Kan, Visiting Chair of Islamic Humanities, Brown University
Ihsan Bagby, Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Kentucky
Hsain Ilahiane, Department of Anthropology, University of Kentucky
Diane King, Department of Anthropology, University of Kentucky
Sponsored by the College of Arts & Sciences and the Muslim World Working Group
Download the flier here.
WHEN: Friday, March 23, 3:00p.m.
By Kathy Johnson
A'dia Mathies has been an outstanding guard for the University of Kentucky women's basketball team, even being named the Southeastern Conference Player of the Year by Associated Press this year.
