The University of Kentucky lost one of its most dedicated and inspiring writing instructors to breast cancer last May.



The Division of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Media (WRDM) would like to honor Kelly Feinberg's memory with a call to UK undergraduates for personal essays exemplifying the qualities that Feinberg embodied as a writer.

Title: Brad Plaster's Department of Energy Grant Renewed

Contact: Brian Connors

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by Guy Spriggs

An exhibition on the results of the excavations by University of Kentucky faculty of an ancient Greek fort will debut at the Lexington Public Library - Central Library before moving to Italy, where it will remain on permanent display.

"A Greek Mountain Fort in Southern Italy. University of Kentucky Archaeological Investigations at Monte Palazzi (Passo Croceferrata, Grotteria, Calabria)" will be on exhibit March 26 through May 1, in the library’s gallery.

In response to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the Tohoku area of Japan, the UK Japan Studies program, in collaboration with the UK Asia Center, has organized a "Forum on the Great East Japan Earthquake" from 4:10- 6:10 p.m., Monday, March 28 in the William T. Young Library Auditorium.

Title: Former Black Panther Visits UK

Contact: Cheyenne Hohman

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 University of Kentucky students will have the opportunity to ask a nationally-renowned human rights activist, educator and former Black Panther Party (BPP) member questions of their own on campus this week.

Title: Sarah Lyon’s New Book: Coffee and Community: Maya Farmers and Fair Trade Markets

Contact: Cheyenne Hohman

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Anthropology professor Sarah Lyon’s New Book: Coffee and Community: Maya Farmers and Fair Trade Markets has just been released.

Title: 'The Art of Persuasion' in Wartime

Contact: Cheyenne Hohman

Page Content: by Whitney Hale and Dorothy Freeman

Title: Kelly Jo Feinberg Memorial Essay Contest

Contact: Cheyenne Hohman

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In May 2010, UK lost one of its most dedicated and inspiring writing instructors, Kelly Feinberg, to breast cancer. The Division of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Media would like to honor her memory with the Kelly Jo Feinberg Memorial Essay Contest.