EES Breaks Ground With Pioneer Gift
UK's Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences (EES), in partnership with UK alumnus Tom Spalding (’80, ’82), accepted a $600,000 gift from Pioneer Natural Resources Company.
WRD 205: Screen/Writing with Joshua Abboud
Have you sent an email, written a text, or posted on a social media site today? If you have, then you have communicated via the medium of a screen. From the way televisions have shaped family dynamics in the home, to the way cell phones and computers have influenced grammar and penmanship, the screen pervades our ways of communicating. Joshua Abboud will address the interrelationship between the screen and writing in "Screen/Writing" (WRD 205/ENG 305), one of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Media's groundbreaking course offerings for Spring 2012.
WRD 205: Rhetorics of Violence and Non-Violence with Beth Connors-Manke
Did you know that there is a new certificate in the works for Peace Studies? Beth Connors-Manke is teaching "Rhetorics of Violence and Non-Violence" (WRD 205/ENG 205) in Spring 2012, and it will be a component of that certification program. The class is one of Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Media's groundbreaking course offerings for Spring 2012.
This podcast was produced by Cheyenne Hohman.
UK Core Class Opens Doors of Communication
UK's revamped UK Core Composition and Communication classes combine historically-united concepts, while giving students the interactive skills they need for the future.
Visiting Professor Gives Youthful View of Egyptian Uprisings
UK's Department of Anthropology welcomes a renowned political reporter to campus to discuss the struggle between a confident future and controversial history for contemporary Egyptians.
Isaac Murphy Bike Club Ride/Walk
African American and Africana Studies Program’s UK chapter of the Isaac Murphy Bike Club (IMBC) will be hosting an adult ride/walk and membership drive on October 30th at 2pm on the Legacy Trail. Registered members will receive long sleeve shirts featuring the IMBC logo as well as the new AAASP logo. Those interested in registering with the bike club can visit the AAAS offices in Breckinridge Hall on UK’s campus or email Neena Khanna at nkhan2@uky.edu for a registration form.
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The Legacy Trail
An Evening with Talib Kweli
Hip-Hop and Economic Recovery: Real Talk with Talib Kweli
Thursday, Oct. 27th
7pm | Memorial Hall
General Admission: $7
Co-sponsored by African American and Africana Studies Program (AAAS), WRFL-FM, The Stuckert Career Center, the Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Media Program and the National Association of Black Accountants
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Memorial Hall
Overview of WIRED Residential College
This video is an overview of the new A&S WIRED Residential College.
Confucius Institute Opens Virtual Hub
UK's Confucius Institute celebrates its one-year anniversary on campus with the opening of its first virtual Chinese cultural hub
From Antiquity to the Present: The Jewish Studies Program with Jeremy Popkin
Jeremy Popkin is the T. Marshall Hahn, Jr. professor of History for the College of Arts and Sciences, and the director of the Jewish Studies Program, an interdisciplinary minor.
He has been named one of six finalists for the 2011 Cundill Prize in History, the world‘s largest nonfiction history book award, for his recent publication of "You Are All Free: The Haitian Revolution and the Abolition of Slavery."