<p>The <a target="_blank" href="http://www.as.uky.edu/academics/departments_programs/Psychology/Psychol…; department has been receiving a lot of recognition for its latest research from graduate student Holly Miller. She has been providing insight to the brain’s use of glucose to perform acts of self-control, by studying dogs in a UK psychology lab.
Earth and Environmental Science Graduate Student
Natalie Glover bears no material resemblance to Wassily Kandinski.
But the 23-year-old psychology graduate student has dealt with the abstract in ways that parallel this Russian abstract painter and art theorist.
The most obvious parallel is that Glover is a painter too. And like Kandinski, she realizes the intrinsic value of art in dealing with matters of human nature; of reflecting not only what is aesthetically pleasing, but also what is internally revealing.
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.as.uky.edu/academics/departments_programs/Biology/Biology/fa… Beattie</a>, a professor of Biology, travels with students to Australia to study the diverse ecosystems in different locations around the continent. Students get to swim near the Great Barrier Reef, visiting World Heritage Sites, and also get to experience cosmopolitan culture in Sydney.
<p>I would like to extend my congratulations to Hui Chu and Christine Smith, both graduate students in A&S. Hui is a doctoral candidate in developmental and social <a target="_blank" href="http://www.as.uky.edu/academics/departments_programs/Psychology/Psychol…;; Christine is working on her master's degree in the <a target="_blank" href="
Gender Woman Studies
Cindy Isenhour is featured currently on the Anthropology Department home page for her work studying the culture of consumption and how it relates to sustainability. She is interested in issues of social and environmental justice, which has informed her work with the UK Anthropology Department.
