Legal scholar, Melynda J. Price, speaks and moderates a panel discussion between police officers and young black men.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Black Panther scholar, Jakobi Williams, discusses men of the Black Power Movement and their actions and missions that were linked to the uplift of their community.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Lexington physician, Jai Gilliam, discusses health concerns specific to black men.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Psychologist, Lynda Brown Wright, discusses the mental health consequences of racial oppression and its impact on ideas of black masculinity and manhood.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
MLK Cultural Center scholar-in-residence, professor Arnold Farr and co-host professor Vershawn Young, African American Studies and English, will discuss the promise of black manhood in America by examining MLK's actions, philosophies, and speeches.
Ben Braun is an assistant professor in the Mathematics Department. In the summer of 2011, he led a research program for undergraduate mathematics students.
In this podcast, Ben talks about his own research interests, discusses what the program was like for students, answers the two questions every mathematician gets asked and says that math is a liberal art.
Produced by: Stephen Gordinier
Young people from the Appalachian Media Institute (AMI) will be showcasing three films on campus this week that give a realistic look at Appalachia.
Mike Cavagnero's experimental A&S Wired research course on the science of measurement takes undergraduate physics to a whole new level.
UK’s African American & Africana Studies Program in a partnership with the Lyric Theater & Cultural Arts Center, will kick-off Rebuilding the Block, the 2011-2012 S.T. Roach Community Conversations, on Saturday, December 10th with a Celebration of Black Men at 11 am. As the kick-off to the Community Conversation series, poet, professor and community activist Frank X Walker leads a salute to adult Men Making a Difference, young Men of Excellence & Promise.
UK Linguistics Club meeting will take place Thursday December 1st at 5pm in Student Center room 205. As with the last one, faculty will be talking about their research. Guest speakers will be Greg Stump, Jennifer Cramer and Mark Lauersdorf.
