Former English Professor Receives Honorary Degree
Two people with close ties to the University of Kentucky will be recognized for their achievements with honorary doctorates. The UK Board of Trustees approved awarding an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters to William Harry Clarke and an Honorary Doctor of Humanities to Nikky Finney.
Statistics Department to be Named for Alum, Generous Donor
By Jay Blanton
University of Kentucky faculty member Connie Wood accepted a collect call in 1989 from a student a world away who was in need of a connection and a path forward.
For Bing Zhang, the willingness of a director of Graduate Studies to accept that phone call and offer help in a time of need has made all the difference in a life’s work and, now, what has been a lifetime of giving back.
Africana Saturday School Begins at the Lyric Theatre
By Richard LeComte
A new Africana Saturday School begins this weekend at the historic downtown Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center at 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 22.
A&S Majors Reach SEC Fall Sports Academic Honor Roll
By Tom Neely
A total of 82 University of Kentucky student-athletes earned a place on the 2019 Fall Sports Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll, announced last Friday by SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. UK had the third-highest number of honorees and the Wildcat volleyball team tied for first in that sport.
Indep Work: Art History
Supervised and sustained individual research in the history of art leading to the discovery and demonstration of new knowledge. A formal learning contract between student and supervising faculty member required. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
The Age Of Jim Crow, 1880-1930
This course focuses on the causes, progression, completion and perfection of the color caste system popularly known as Jim Crow during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The course will examine the national and Southern milieu in which Jim Crow was born and justified as well as the impact of the system on the black community according to class and socio-economic status.
Developmental Anatomy
Human development is presented through lectures, visual aids, and occasional laboratory demonstrations in conjunction with laboratory exercise in ANA 511. The course deals entirely with intrauterine develop- ment, and includes some discussion of common abnormalities.