A&S Students Among 2018 Gaines Center Scholars
By Stephanie Swarts
A Discussion of "Partisan" Gerrymandering
The Federalist Society at the UK College of Law is hosting Jason Torchinsky for a discussion of partisan gerrymandering. Torchinsky represents the Republicans in Pennsylvania's gerrymandering case.
Commentary afterward by Prof. Stephen Voss, a specialist in voting behavior and congressional representation with UK's Political Science department, followed by brief Q&A with the audience.
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Woodward Hall (Gatton)
Sigma Tau Delta info session about Graduate school
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Whitehall Classroom Building 234
UK Students Participate in Global Health Case Competition
By Allison Cooper
Six students from the University of Kentucky will compete in Emory University’s Global Health Case Competition (GHCC) in Atlanta, Georgia, Saturday, March 17. This is the fourth year that UK will compete in Emory’s competition. Students from three teams that participated in UK’s GHCC were selected to form a new team for the competition.
Global Position Systems
Introduction to the concepts and applications of global positioning systems (GPS) for field mapping. Students will develop skills to collect, calibrate and analyze data collected with GPS equipment. Lectures are supplemented with field exercises in the use of GPS equipment. Lecture, two hours per week for five weeks; laboratory, four hours per week for three weeks.
Topics In Urban Design
specific topics will be analyzed through case studies of historical and contemporary urban spaces. Lecture, two hours; laboratory, two hours.
Master's Thesis Research
Half-time to full-time work on thesis. May be repeated to a maximum of six semesters.
Community And Communication
This course will explore the inextricable link between community and communication by examining the social structure of communities and the media residing within them. Particular emphasis will be placed on the availability of information to citizens and in turn how this information environment facilitates/thwarts social interaction.
A&S Statistics’ Pittard Receives Award From ASA
By Jenny Wells
Melissa Pittard, a senior lecturer in the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Statistics, has received an award from the American Statistical Association. The Best Speed Session Award, which was given out as part of the 2017 Joint Statistical Meeting Conference, was given to Pittard for her presentation on statistics education. More than 480 presenters participated in the speed sessions.