Gender and Women's Studies Presents Queen Lecture Series
Series kicks off this Thursday with Linguistics professor Rusty Barrett, with a lecture entitled "Sickening Queens"
Lecture and Concert to Focus on Place, Art and Music in Eastern Ky
Next lecture in "Place Matters" series to take place this Friday. The talk is entitled "Somewheres on the Track: Place, Art, and Music in Eastern Kentucky"
Soviet Propaganda in UK's Special Collections: Gordon Hogg
There are all sorts of rare materials in UK Libraries, including a huge collection of books and posters from the former Soviet Union. With the 2012-2013 academic school year's A&S Passport to the World initiative focusing on Russia and its neighbors, the collection will get some extra exposure.
Eugenie Scott to Deliver Darwin Lecture
The annual Darwin Lecture Series will feature Eugenie C. Scott, who will present a lecture titled "Darwin: Demon or Revolutionary?" Presented by the Kentucky Section of the American Institute for Professional Geologists, the lecture will be presented at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at Singletary Center for the Arts Recital Hall.
Students, Mid-semester Courses Can Give You A Few Extra Hours
Looking for some extra credit hours this semester? Don’t forget to check out our mid-semester, 2 credit-hour courses. This spring A&S is offering Passport to China, which is part of the larger Year of China programming, Community 101, Composing with Visuals, and the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.
These classes are a great way to explore new topics and gain extra credit hours – for more information, contact your advisor.
The Power of Music
Sunday morning I awoke to the news that Whitney Houston had passed away.
(Photo credit: Size Doesn’t Matter Blog)
12 Air Force ROTC cadets selected for flight positions
12 UK ROTC honored last Friday for being selected for training in a position that involves frequent flight.
The Price of Peace Education
A week ago I spent the morning meeting with an Israeli cultural anthropologist and education scholar well-known for his work on Peace education, Prof. Zvi Beckerman. As soon as I entered his office, I immediately felt at home, as the books from some of my favorite rhetoricians-- Kenneth Burke, Chaim Perelman, and others-- were sitting right there on his shelf, piled up and in plain view.

Studying DNA Thermodynamics and Base Composition in the Presence of Additives Utilizing Newly Developed Colorimetric Techniques - Chemistry Seminar
Jonathan Hart of the UK Chemistry Department will be presenting a seminar entitled Studying DNA Thermodynamics and Base Composition in the Presence of Additives Utilizing Newly Developed Colorimetric Techniques.
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Testa