Djibouti Leaders "see blue." While Visiting UK
During a recent visit to the Commonwealth of Kentucky, a delegation from the East African nation of Djibouti visited the University of Kentucky and experienced what it means to "see blue."
7th Annual Thomas Hunt Morgan Lecture Series
This lecture is titled: Genetic Pathways to Understanding Human Sleep Disorders
Dr. Michael W. Young is the 2015 Thomas Hunt Morgan Lecturer. Dr. Young is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology. He is a recipient of the 2013 Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine, the 2013 Wiley Prize in Biomedical Science, the 2012 Canada Gairdner International Award, the 2012 Massry Prize, the 2011 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize for Biology or Biochemistry and the 2009 Neuroscience Prize of the Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation.
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W.T. Young Library Auditorium
UK's Robert Cass Named Astronaut Scholar
The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) has selected University of Kentucky senior Robert Cass, of Lexington, as one of this year's 38 recipients of the prestigious $10,000 scholarship. The ASF Scholarship is presented annually to outstanding college students majoring in science, technology, engineering or math.
Socially Integrated Multidisciplinary Epidemiology, Prevention, and Care in Public Health
Dr. Friedman’s lecture will show how social network analysis has been used to understand how HIV and other infections spread through communities and how public health interventions might better be organized. Dr.Friedman will also discuss how social network interventions can assist in “treatment as prevention” through helping to locate recently infected people to get them into care but also to prevent them from transmitting HIV to others during the highly-risky first year of infection. Dr. Friedman will also discuss whether this aggressive social network intervention leads to harm for people who take part. Finally, he will discuss how these thoughts relate to other infections and conditions.
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West End Conference Room,18th Floor Patterson Office Tower
Meet Joe Lewis
Joe Lewis
Academic Advisor
A&S Advising
1. In my spare time I read, enjoy movies and love to travel. I’m willing to go almost anywhere I’ve never been before.
2. I don’t have a favorite movie, there are just too many to pick from, but my favorite book is “The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglass Adams.
3. I’m kind of a “foodie” so I like to try new things. When we travel, we’re always using Tripadvisor and Yelp to find local, out of the way places. My wife and I also do a lot BBQ as well. We have a BBQ smoker and she has created her own dry rub recipe.
4. I make short films on the side. I’ve never made a dime doing it, but it’s always a pleasure to create something that didn’t exist before. I also collect movie memorabilia.
Psychology Faculty Member Featured in NYT Article
Rachel Farr, an assistant professor in developmental psychology at the University of Kentucky, was recently featured in a New York Times article.
The article focuses on Dr. Farr’s research on adoptive children with either two fathers or two mothers. Her study has involved following 49 children over the past eight years.Dr. Farr has many goals for this study which include trying to determine whether children of gay parents are more likely to be teased in school.
U.S. Senate Historian Donald Ritchie to Deliver Prichard Lecture at UK
Donald A. Ritchie will deliver the University of Kentucky Libraries 2015 Edward F. Prichard Lecture, sponsored by the Wendell H. Ford Public Policy Center.