Four A&S Faculty are Finalists for Sarah Bennett Holmes Award
By Lisa Lockman and Kristie Law
STEM Night at Veterans Park Elementary
Representatives from the A&S Neuroscience program and Chemistry and Physics departments attended the first annual STEM Night at Veterans Park Elementary School. The night included many hands-on science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities for all ages.
History of the Universe from the Big Bang to Now
Professor Ganpathy Murthy from the Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Kentucky, will give an overview of our understanding of cosmology followed by a discussion. Emphasis will be placed both on what we know and on the evidence for what we know. The event is designed to be entertaining and accessible to all without sacrificing scientific accuracy. Everyone curious about science is welcome!
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UK, Local High School Students Celebrate World Languages Day
By Gail Hairston
For the second year, the University of Kentucky will observe World Languages Day Friday, Feb. 24.
The event is organized by UK College of Arts and Sciences Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Hispanic Studies and the college’s International Student and Programs represented by coordinator Megan Koshurba.
Welcome to the College of Arts and Sciences!
The College of Arts and Sciences offers 27 Majors in 19 departments! We currently have over 5,800 undergraduate students and 440 faculty!
For more information about what A&S can offer you visit: as.uky.edu
Geography Colloquium - Dr. Kathryn Newfont
For more information visit: geography.as.uky.edu/
Martínez Novo Receives ACLS Fellowship to Complete Her Book About Indigenous Rights in Latin America
By Gail Hairston
University of Kentucky Associate Professor of Anthropology Carmen Martínez Novo has been awarded an American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowship for the year 2017-2018.
She will use it to complete her new book, tentatively titled “The Decline of Indigenous Rights in Latin America.” Martínez Novo will address the following questions:
A&S Neurobiology Professor Brings Students, Faculty Together
By Tiffany Molina and Gail Hairston
Record Number of Students on UK Dean's List
By Lori Minter
A record number of students made the University of Kentucky Dean's List for the fall 2016 semester. The 7,408 students were recognized for their outstanding academic performance. That's an increase of more than 200 over the previous record reached in fall 2015 when the number of students on the UK Dean's List surpassed 7,000 for the first time. Last semester's Dean's List includes over 700 more students than the spring 2016 semester's list.