STEMCats Living Learning Program

STEMCats, sponsored by HHMI, is designed to help students succeed at UK. The program prepares students both academically and socially through participation in FastTrack or FOCUS, research opportunities, and special seminar courses. Students participating in STEMCats will build confidence, enthusiasm, satisfaction and a sense of belonging to UK, and experience a smoother transition to college coursework. This leads to improved performance and higher academic achievement.

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Peachy-Keen: Tracing the Introduction of Peaches (Prunus persica) into the Americas

This talk demonstrates how plant remains can be used to trace food pathways in the modern day. The plant is peaches and the talk will examine pits recovered from a Mission period archaeological site located on Sapelo Island, one of the Georgia Sea Islands, where UK Dept of Anthropology archaeologist Dr. R. Jefferies is conducting excavations and research.

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Whitehall Classroom Building Rm. 102
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Screening of Absolutely Safe

Absolutely Safe is a documentary film by Carol Ciancutti-Leyva (2007, approximately 90 minutes). The screening will be followed by a discussion and Q&A with Director Ciancutti-Leyva and Judy Norsigian, co-founder and former Executive Director of the nonprofit, public interest organization, Our Bodies Ourselves (OBOS). Absolutely Safe “takes an open-minded, personal approach to the controversy over breast implant safety. Ultimately, it is the story of everyday women who find themselves and their breasts in the tangled and confusing intersection of health, money, science, and beauty.” 

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Marksbury Building Theater

Carnegie Center Welcomes Jay Stottman, KY Archaeological Survey, for Lunch & Learn Program, "Underground History: The Archaeology of African Americans"

On Tuesday, February 16, 2016 from noon-1 p.m. at the Carnegie Center for Art and History in New Albany, Indiana, Jay Stottman, Staff Archaeologist with the Kentucky Archaeological Survey, will present the program "Underground History: The Archaeology of African Americans", as part of the Carnegie Center’s Lunch & Learn series.

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