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.
Study Abroad Fair 2015
Photos (c) Carlos Gutierrez
The Committee on Social Theory Hosts Dr. Mahmood Mamdani
The Committee on Social Theory at The University of Kentucky is hosting Professor Mahmood Mamdani as its Fall Distinguished Speaker.
Bluegrass Down Under Info Sessions
Info sessions September 30rd at 12pm (free pizza!) and 5pm in the Niles Gallery in the Fine Arts Library!
UK Education Abroad and The Education Abroad Network (TEAN) have partnered to design an innovative new program in collaboration with the College of Arts & Sciences and the College of Fine Arts: Bluegrass Down Under.
This 12-week program will allow students to earn 13 UK credit hours with courses in English, geography, history, photography, and music history, including an internship or independent research AND up to two UK Core courses.
Students will begin the program with six weeks in Sydney while completing two courses. The next three weeks, students will travel to Cairns to complete a third course. Students will conclude the program back in Sydney where they will complete the final course: an internship or independent research.
This program includes tuition, housing and some meals, and is offered at a discounted fee for UK students!
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Niles Gallery in the Fine Arts Library
Education Abroad - Shantou China
Recent A&S graduate, Austin Monnett, discusses his experience studying abroad in Shantou China.
For more information about education abroad experiences visit: as.uky.edu/education-abroad
UK Partners in Discussion on the African-American LGBTQ* Experience
In recent months, there has been much discussion of both the LGBTQ* and African-American experience in the nation. However, very little discussion to date looks at the experience of African-American members of the LGBTQ* community.
UPK Poet Jane Hicks Wins 2015 James Still Award
Writer Jane Hicks has been named the recipient of the Appalachian Writers Association (AWA) 2015 James Still Award for Poetry for her book "Driving with the Dead: Poems," published by University Press of Kentucky (UPK).