Dr. Andrew Byrd Traces The Roots Of Language on WUKY 91.3
This episode of UK Perspectives, aired on November 22nd 2013, featured the linguistic work of UK professor Andrew Byrd, who has traced language back to its prehistoric roots in what is known as Proto-Indo-European. This reconstructed language would have been spoken on steppes north of the Black Sea 7,000 years ago. The interview was conducted by Tom Goddell of WUKY 91.3.
Gardner Named Fellow of American Physical Society
Physics professor Susan Gardner is being honored for her "pioneering work in strongly interacting physics and its interplay with weak decays and for numerous insights into important tests of CP violation and the Standard Model of particle interactions."
UK Board Accepts More Than $6 Million in Gifts, Pledges
The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees today accepted nearly $6.5 million in gifts and pledges, with a sizable portion directed toward two A&S departments.
Gaines Center Opens Search for Next Director
UK invites nominations and applications for the position of director of the Gaines Center for the Humanities and John R. Gaines Endowed Chair in the Humanities.
Discovery of New and Old Thermoelectrics using First Principles Methods
Dr. David Singh Oak Ridge National Labs
Megan's "see blue." Story: Unique Undergraduate Research at UK
Megan Riley, who's from Centerville, Ohio, says UK offers so many opportunities to love. In this video she shares her undergraduate research experience.
Govenor Jon Huntsman Lecture
Governor Jon Huntsman of Utah, the former US Ambassador to China, will deliver a lecture at UK on Thursday, February 20th, 2014, at 7:30 pm in Memorial Hall. This lecture will address the possibilities and challenges represented by the current US relationship with China. A Q&A period will follow the lecture. Please encourage your students to attend if the topic is relevant to your courses or the workplace for which we are preparing our students.
The lecture will be free of charge, and is sponsored by the Office of the President, UK International Center, and the UK Confucius Institute. The lecture title and complete information will be forthcoming in January.
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Lisa Zunshine on Why Fiction Does it Better
An essay by Lisa Zunshine, a University of Kentucky professor of English, appears in the Dec. 13 edition of The Chronicle Review.
UK Confucius Institute Director Wins International Award
Huajing Maske, director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Kentucky, has received a 2013 Confucius Institute Individual Performance Excellence Award.