GWS Symposium: Dr. Nordstrom
Gender Women Studies Symposium on War and Gender
S.T. Roach Community Conversations: 99 Problems
Legal scholar, Melynda J. Price, speaks and moderates a panel discussion between police officers and young black men.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
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Lyric Theater
S.T. Roach Community Conversations: The Power and the Pain of Empowered Black Men
Black Panther scholar, Jakobi Williams, discusses men of the Black Power Movement and their actions and missions that were linked to the uplift of their community.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
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Lyric Theater
S.T. Roach Community Conversation - The Enemy Within: Black Male Health and Healing
Lexington physician, Jai Gilliam, discusses health concerns specific to black men.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
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Lyric Theater
S.T. Roach Community Conversations: So Black I'm Blue
Psychologist, Lynda Brown Wright, discusses the mental health consequences of racial oppression and its impact on ideas of black masculinity and manhood.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
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Lyric Theater
S.T. Roach Community Conversations: Dr. King's Dream for Black Men, What's Next?
MLK Cultural Center scholar-in-residence, professor Arnold Farr and co-host professor Vershawn Young, African American Studies and English, will discuss the promise of black manhood in America by examining MLK's actions, philosophies, and speeches.
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Lyric Theater
Math is Poetry: Ben Braun
Ben Braun is an assistant professor in the Mathematics Department. In the summer of 2011, he led a research program for undergraduate mathematics students.
In this podcast, Ben talks about his own research interests, discusses what the program was like for students, answers the two questions every mathematician gets asked and says that math is a liberal art.
Produced by: Stephen Gordinier
UK Appalachian Center Hosts AMI Film Showcase
Young people from the Appalachian Media Institute (AMI) will be showcasing three films on campus this week that give a realistic look at Appalachia.
Students Tackle Physics With iPads
Mike Cavagnero's experimental A&S Wired research course on the science of measurement takes undergraduate physics to a whole new level.
S.T. Roach Community Conversations - Rebuilding The Block: A Celebration of Black Male Excellence
UK’s African American & Africana Studies Program in a partnership with the Lyric Theater & Cultural Arts Center, will kick-off Rebuilding the Block, the 2011-2012 S.T. Roach Community Conversations, on Saturday, December 10th with a Celebration of Black Men at 11 am. As the kick-off to the Community Conversation series, poet, professor and community activist Frank X Walker leads a salute to adult Men Making a Difference, young Men of Excellence & Promise.
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The Lyric Theater