DaMaris Hill Reading an Excerpt From Her Novel Willows in the Spring
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MLK Center(Student Center)
Regeneration Bonus: Randal Voss
When we talked to the four biologists that make up the unofficial regeneration "cluster" at the University of Kentucky, we learned too many interesting things to cram in the group video. So we made a short video for each of them. Here's more on Randal Voss and axolotls.
Produced by Research Communications at the University of Kentucky.
Read more: http://uknow.uky.edu/content/regeneration-bonus-randal-voss
Welcome to Greenhouse: A UK Living, Learning Community
Greenhouse is a new living-learning community that engages students in learning about many aspects of the local environment, all in the context of sustainability, by bringing together students and faculty interested in understanding and actively supporting the development of a healthy environment for all residents.
Upward Curve: UK's Physics and Astronomy Faculty
UK Physicist Sumit Das discusses the unprecedented 70 percent acceptance rate of the department’s top-choice graduate students this spring — 16 of the 22 students accepted will enroll in the fall.
Rotation Fascination: Keh-Fei Liu
After being awarded a highly-competitive grant to perform Advanced Scientific Computer Research, UK physics professor Keh-Fei Liu and his collaborators hope to resolve what has been dubbed the Proton Spin Crisis.
An Evening with Shale: Conversations on UK's Literary Arts Journal
Shale is the University of Kentucky's own undergraduate literary arts journal. Comprised of fiction, poetry, and visual art from talented UK students, Shale is published once a semester to much fanfare. Part of that fanfare is the traditional reception, an event that is free to attend to an art-loving public. Students published in Shale, fans of the magazine, and a number of faculty members meet to celebrate another successfully assembled issue, as well as share their work in a public reading.
CAROLINE, THE THERMODYNAMIC MIRACLE
"In each human coupling, a thousand million sperm vie for a single egg. Multiply those odds by countless generations, against the odds of your ancestors being alive, meeting, siring this precise son; that exact daughter...until your mother loves a man ...and of that union, of the thousand million children competing for fertilization, it was you, only you...(it's) like turning air to gold... a thermodynamic miracle."
Those words, from Alan Moore’s “Watchmen,” indicate that despite the common features of all members of our species, the biological laws and relationships that apply to us all, each of us is unique in some way. I am reminded on this on the occasion of the birth of my first grandchild, Caroline Harper Phillips, yesterday.
Caroline Harper Phillips, age <1 day
The Inception of the Solar System
Have you ever wondered how the solar system formed? Why are there rocky planets close to the sun while the giant planets reside farther away? What kinds of environments are suitable for the formation of our sun? In this talk we will investigate the current theories of solar system formation and evolution. We will also see different kinds of planetary systems around stars other than the sun and discuss abnormalities and their possible formation.
The University of Kentucky Department of Physics and Astronomy is pleased to welcome the public to our astronomical observatory. Part of our program of public outreach is a presentation on an interesting topic in astronomy followed by a visit to the observatory. The Kentucky SkyTalk is held on the second Thursday of every month. A 45 minute program on astronomy will begin at 8:00 PM in Room 155 of the Chemistry-Physics Building. After the presentation, you are invited to view the sky through our 20-inch telescope, weather permitting.
Free parking is available on the top floor of parking structure #2, next to the observatory. With the exception of paid parking, without a valid parking permit, leaving your vehicle somewhere other than next to the observatory will result in a parking citation.
All are welcome and there is no charge. Tell your neighbors. Bring your kids.
A flyer in pdf format and a link to a campus map are available here: https://pa.as.uky.edu/observatory
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CP155
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INFINITE SAND GATORS
This unusual bedform was created by the self-organizing dynamics of ocean waves, wind, sand, and shells a couple of days ago.
OK, it wasn’t. It is the work of a vacationer at Myrtle Beach. But it got me to thinking, not only about what an awesome sand sculpture it is, but about uniqueness and probabilities in Earth surface systems.
In theoretical physics, the “many worlds in one” (MWO) concept holds that, with unlimited space and time, any outcome not forbidden by the first and second laws of thermodynamics (laws of conservation of mass and energy) will eventually occur (Vilenkin, 2007 is the standard source for MWO; I encountered it via Koonin, 2012). Thus, on some beach, somewhere, some time, waves and wind have independently sculpted a sand alligator.
Regeneration Bonus: Jeramiah Smith
When we talked to the four biologists that make up the unofficial regeneration "cluster" at the University of Kentucky, we learned too many interesting things to cram in the group video. So we made a short video for each of them. Here's more on Jeramiah Smith, salamanders and sea lampreys.
Produced by Research Communications at the University of Kentucky.
Read the full story here: uknow.uky.edu/content/regeneration-bonus-jeramiah-smith