Join the Department of Philosphy for the Fall 2022-23 "Meet a Philosopher Series." This series is aimed at undergraduate students of any major interested in topics surrounding philosophy.

Dr. Meg Wallace's talk will focus on the Odd Universe.

Abstract: "Here’s an implausible claim: there is an odd number of things in the universe. This claim isn't implausible because all evidence suggests otherwise, or because we have better reason to believe that the total number of things in the universe is even. Rather, it’s implausible because there doesn’t seem to be any reasonable way to defend it. Nonetheless, it can be shown to follow from just a few intuitive assumptions about parts and wholes. We look at how this is so and where things might have gone wrong."

More information about Meg can also be found on  her webpage  http://www.megwallace.org/

Abtract: Possibility of early stopping or interim sample size re-estimation lead random sample sizes. If these interim adaptations are informative, the sample size becomes a part of a sufficient statistic. Consequently, statistical inference based solely on the observed sample or the likelihood function does not use all available statistical evidence. In this work, we quantify the loss of statistical evidence using (expected) Fisher Information (FI) because observed Fisher information as a function of the likelihood does not capture the loss of statistical evidence. We decompose the total FI into the sum of the design FI and a conditional on design FI. Further, the conditional on design FI is represented as a weighted linear combination of FI conditional on realized decisions. The decomposition of total FI is useful for making a few practically useful conclusions for designing sequential experiments. In addition, this FI decomposition is used to derive a sequential version of the Cramer-Rao Lower Bound (CRLB) for estimators' mean squared errors. For a given sequential design, when the data are generated from one-parameter exponential family with canonical parameterization, the sequential CRLB is attained. Theoretical results are illustrated with a simple normal case of a two-stage design with a possibility of early stopping.

Link to speaker bio: 

https://www.mcw.edu/departments/biostatistics/people/sergey-tarima-phd&…;

Join us on the Appalachian Center Lawn (Bosworth Lawn) just off Limestone for a fun filled day of food, music, dance, and celebration of Appalachian and Latinx culture! Starting at 1:00pm and running until 5:00 pm, come enjoy some free food from Nathan’s Taqueria, visit booths from various organizations on campus, and listen to some amazing music!

1:00 pm: Dr. Sophia Enriquez, Mexilachian Music

2:00 pm: Fernando Moya and Yani Vozos, Andean Instruments Demonstration

2:45 pm: Carla Gover, Appalachian Flatfooting

3:15 pm: CornMaiz, String Band Music

4:00 pm: UK Bluegrass Ensemble

Cornbread & Tortillas is a collective of Appalachian and Latino artists whose mission is to build community by sharing art, music, dance, and cultural heritage. Through outreach events, educational shows, workshops, and performances they celebrate our similarities and differences to create unity in a diverse world.

The centerpiece of their work together is the CORNBREAD & TORTILLAS theatrical show, a dynamic bilingual production that features stories, music, and dancing. Audiences will journey from the Appalachian region of Eastern Kentucky to Mexico, Nicaragua, Ecuador, and beyond, exploring connections and celebrating our shared human experience all the while!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0gwxKSWMJU&t=1s

This event is part of the Many Mountains Fall Festival, check out our full calendar for other events!

Join dancers from the Salsa Center Dance Studio for a Salsa Dancing Workshop and demonstration! 

Open to UK Students, Faculty, & Staff with a Campus Recreation membership

On Tuesday, September 27^th at 6:00pm in the basement of Donovan Hall, join undergraduate students Alan Luc and Aryan Patel in a conversation about what it means to navigate cultural identities as Asian American Appalachians. This event is co-sponsored by the UK Asian American Association.

We're excited to host the Malina Brothers! An extraordinary fusion of Bluegrass and Baroque music from the Czech Republic.

In 2010 the three Malina brothers, namely banjo player Luboš (oftheaward-winning „Czechgrass“ group Druhá tráva), guitarist Pavel, and violinist Josef, formed their family band Malina Brothers, which was eventually joined by Pavel Peroutka on double bass. All four “Brothers” are natives of Náchod, a city on the Czech-Polish border. They have toured extensively in the USA, as well as on domestic and European stages, and they have collaborated with Czech and international musicians such as Peter Rowan, Charlie McCoy, Béla Fleck and others. The Malina Brothers honour their musical connections to the Eastern-Bohemian Bluegrass and “Tramping” traditions, which were their main influences during the stark years of the Communist regime. The three Malina brothers eventually developed their own, unique musical style based on their listening to American Country and Bluegrass recordings (which would occasionally make their way into Czechoslovakia through the Iron Curtain), combined with the musical influences of the local “Tramping” movement, Eastern European Folklore, and Classical music.

On their latest album, “Baroquegrass 1721-2021” the Malina Brothers introduced a fusion of Bluegrass and Baroque music with a series of original arrangements, creating a brand new musical style: Baroquegrass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mzW_9QWAtE

This event is part of the Many Mountains Fall Festival, check out our full calendar for other events!

Join us for a Work-In-Progress screening and discussion of The Mountain Fiesta: Bridging the Gap & Building Community in Rural Appalachia, featuring filmmakers Roderico Yool-Díaz and Emily (Gibson) Rhyne of Iximché Media at the Niles Gallery on Monday, September 26^th at 5:00pm.  

This event is part of the Many Mountains Fall Festival, check out our full calendar for other events!