Family Farms or Big Agriculture? Rural Sociologist Examines Uses of Right-to-Farm Laws in Courts
By Richard LeComte
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Laws originally designed to protect family farm owners from frivolous lawsuits have, in some states, grown in scope to protect the practices of industrial agriculture – a phenomenon that’s drawn the interest of UK researcher Loka Ashwood.
Composition and Communication Conference Honors A&S Professors Book ‘Inconvenient Strangers’
By Richard LeComte
Shui-yin Sharon Yam, associate professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies and Gender and Women's Studies in the College of Arts & Sciences, has received the Outstanding Book Award from the Conference on College Composition and Communication.
Portrait of a Successful Tenure-Track Job Search: Helen Kras, Ph.D. 2021, M.A. 2020
By Julie Wrinn
Graduate students in political science are well aware of the importance of fieldwork for their dissertation research, but for Helen Kras (Ph.D. 2021, M.A. 2020), fieldwork also became a deciding factor in her academic job search.
“Every university I had interviews with asked about fieldwork and stated they would be interested in having me teach about fieldwork in methods classes,” she said.
An Intr To Horticltr Professions
A survey of horticulture as a profession; to inform students of opportunities and to develop an appreciation of horticultural science as it relates to the human environment. Offered on a pass/fail basis only.
Landscape Maintenance
Discussion of the protection, pruning, repair, and culture of plant material in landscape plantings as well as the diagnosis of plant-related problems and the management principles of landscape maintenance. Lecture, two hours; laboratory, three hours per week.
Fruit & Vegetable Prod
Commercial production practices for major fruits and vegetables.
Floral Design For Life's Events
Students will explore the use of flowers in life's events such as weddings, funerals, birthdays and various celebrations. Advanced floral techniques and styles will be taught and executed. The significance of flowers used in events of different cultures will be examined.