Reading of selected major Russian plays as a basis for perfection of language skills involving class discussions compositions and translation practice. May be repeated under different subtitles to a maximum of six credits.
32 competitors will have the change to vie for the title of champion of Tetris, the Russian video game! The top two finishers will be awarded prizes. Come on out and show off your skills!
For more info or to register: http://www.as.uky.edu/tetris-tournament
The course, designed for first-year students, aims to facilitate high-level discussion in a nonpartisan manner and to explore how elections really work. The focus will span across historical data from past elections, such as voter demographics, important cultural issues such as religion, women's rights and civil rights, to the key challenges that the nation faces for the 2012 election.
2012 A&S Hall of Fame Inductee Jim Duff visited the Currents class on Thursday, October 18, to give a lecture "Presidential Campaigning in Historical Perspective."
The Center for English as a Second Language organized a discussion and viewing of the 2012 Vice Presidential debate, which gave students an opportunity to practice conversation and express their political opinions. In this podcast, students share some political insight, comparisons to politics in their home countries, and reactions to the debate. View the photos from this event here.
Indirect detection of dark matter is extremely important because it probes the same physics that took place in the early universe leading to the observed relic abundance. I will focus on the current state of dark matter annihilation searches, and latest results. In addition, I will discuss on how these results fit in the broad picture of dark matter physics and what are the key outstanding issues in this endeavor.
Reports and discussions on recent research and current chemical literature in seminar format; literature searching methods; resume construction; preparation of effective presentations abstracts and visual aids. May be repeated for a total of two credits. Students taking CHE 572 for the fist time should register for CHE 572-001. Students who are taking CHE 572 fort he second time should register for CHE 572-002.
Instruction and experience in nonfictional writing. The emphasis is on clarity conciseness and effective form in abstracts in case studies and in literature reviews for special audiences. Assignments include research and oral presentations. Note: ENG 205 fulfills no requirements of the English major.
