LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 8, 2022) — David Weisrock, professor and chair of the Biology Department in the University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences, has received one of the the 2022 Excellent Undergraduate Research Mentor Award. The award recognizes exceptional leadership and support of student researchers.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 8, 2022) — Julia Bursten, associate professor in the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Philosophy, works together with scientists to help improve scientific methods for their experiments.
By Meredith Weber
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By giving students both the understanding and skills necessary to create engaging artistic experiences, AAD 560: Teaching Artistry for School- based Programs provides students preparation for reaching out to people and communities of diverse backgrounds. Participants will learn the essential skills, strategies, and processes of teaching artistry and arts education for arts organizations. Building from a historical perspective, students will practice teaching artistry by learning how to "open up works of art" and create interactive performances and art exhibits.
A study of American family experience and values from its pre-industrial Anglo-European roots to the present. Using an interdisciplinary focus, the course will examine the shifting boundary between family and community and the interaction between domestic life and demographic, religious, and economic influences in American history.
An examination of the development of modern American women through the life span. The course emphasizes how female biology and socialization, as well as demographic, political and economic forces, help to create important differences in female development from that of males. Consideration is given to uniquely female events such as menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth, motherhood, and menopause.
Principles, techniques, and resources relevant to working with parents as individuals, couples, and families. Survey of related literature on parent effectiveness and parent education is included with relevant field experiences. Lecture, two hours; laboratory, two hours.
This course illuminates the major moral considerations of public policy issues concerning agriculture and the environment. The course will provide an overview of major moral theories, as well as opportunities to apply these theories to critical analysis of the major contemporary moral issues associated with agriculture and the environment.
Study of the concept of seed vigor, methods for seed vigor testing, and the relationship of seed vigor to seedling emergence and crop performance.
