Please, join the UK Appalachian Center for an Appalachian Forum in our Speaker Series on Civil Rights, Labor and Environmental Social Movements in Appalachia. This event is free and open to the public and will be held on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in room 213 of Kastle Hall. This event will feature a screening of the film Up the Ridge, a documentary about the American Prison system. There will be a discussion of the film after the viewing. Our guests for the film discussion are Amelia Kirby, filmmaker and Development Director at the Appalachian Citizens Law Center and Melynda Price, UK Law faculty and Director of the African American & Africana Studies Program.

Joe Goodkin's Odyssey is a 30-minute original musical composition for solo acoustic guitar and voice, a folk opera that tells the story of Homer's Odyssey in a series of 24 short songs.

Mr. John Hurak, an academic and pre-med advisor here at UK, will be coming to talk about what makes a competitive pre-professional student and to answer any questions you may have.

Dr. Peter Mirabito has a Ph.D in Genetics from the University of Georgia and has been an Associate Professor in the Biology department here at UK since 1993. Come to hear him discuss everything you need to know about General Biology and Genetics!