The 2011 Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame ceremony was a family affair, as the husband and wife duo of Dr. Joseph Jones and Dr. Margaret Jones were both inducted. The videos below include pieces about the inductees lives and also their speeches on the night of the induction. Congrats to both for their wonderful careers and endless contributions to UK!
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DATE:Friday, April 20, 2012 - 3:30pm to 9:00pm
LOCATION: Varies
The Appalachian Center and University Press of Kentucky are hosting three events to celebrate Appalachia on Friday, April 20th:
3:30 p.m. @ Memorial Hall - Helen Lewis and Judi Jennings will give an Appalachian Forum based on their new book, Helen Matthews Lewis: Living Social Justice in Appalachia
5:30-6:30p.m. @ The UK Appalachian Center will host a dinner reception and book-signing for Helen and Judi; editor Robert L. Ludke with authors published in Appalachian Health and Well-Being; Ted Olson, editor of The Hills Remember: The Complete Short Stories of James Still; and
By Whitney Hale
Two University of Kentucky students have been recognized by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program for 2012. Sophomore Josiah Hanna, of Lexington, and junior David Spencer, of Paducah, Ky., received honorable mention recognition from the scholarship program.
This year’s Goldwater Scholars were selected on the basis of academic merit from a field of 1,123 mathematics, science, and engineering students who were nominated by colleges and universities nationwide.
Josiah Hanna, son of David and Sarah Hanna, is a Paul Laurence Dunbar High School alumnus. He is pursuing majors in computer science and mathematics and a minor in
Since the 2012 Winter Intercession, A&S has been offering a series of courses called "IT IQ," which engages students and introduces them to a variety of technologies at their disposal. The courses are generally six weeks long, are worth one credit hour, and provide students with a technological framework for academics. In this short podcast, three key players in IT IQ (Derek Eggers, Carly Germann, and Christian Ecker) talked about what students get in a typical course, what sorts of technologies are taught and how they're applied in an academic setting.
This podcast was produced by Cheyenne Hohman.
By Robin Roenker
UK alumna Stephanie Spires—who earned a B.A. in Secondary Education Social Studies in 2003—recently found herself in the interesting position of being awarded a second UK major years after graduation day, without having to step foot in a single additional undergraduate class.
While she had never officially declared political science as a major, Spires’ lifelong love of the social and political aspects of government and international relations kept her signing up for class after class within the Department of Political Science during her undergraduate tenure.
While unaware of it at the time, Spires actually earned enough Political Science credits while at UK to have rightly earned an Arts & Sciences major alongside her UK Education degree.
While belated, the degree award is
By Sarah Geegan
Jakobi Williams, professor in the UK Department of History and in the African American and Africana Studies Program, will present the next lecture in the "Rebuilding the Block," S.T. Roach Community Conversation series, at 11 a.m., on Saturday, April 14, at the Lyric Theatre.
The "Rebuilding the Block" series is a seven-month sequence of public lectures, led by UK experts and focused around the theme of African-American males. Held at the Lyric Theatre in east Lexington, the conversations are broken into sub-themes, each presenting relevant issues in
Date: Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 3:30pm
Location: Memorial Hall
Staged reading in Memorial Hall with talk-back for Q&A with playwright (Silas House), director (Adanma Barton), cast, crew and the band Sugar Tree at the Memorial Hall Amphitheater (rain room Gatton BE 148 for talk back session).
By Sarah Geegan
The University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences will present the Distinguished Professor Lecture, featuring History Professor Ron Eller at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 12 in the William T. Young Library auditorium.
Eller's lecture, "Seeking the Good Life in America: Lessons From the Appalachian Past," will discuss what the future holds for Appalachia, using the history of the region as a foundation.
Eller, a professor in the Department of History, is originally from West Virginia. Having spent more than 40 years teaching and writing about the Appalachian region, he also served as the director for the UK Appalachian Center for 16 years. Eller has also served as
By Guy Spriggs
UK Geography professor Daehyun Kim was recently named the recipient of the J Warren Nystrom Award, a prize presented every year by the Association of American Geographers (AAG).
The award, funded by geographer and former AAG Executive Director John Warren Nystrom, is given for the best dissertation paper presented by a recent doctoral graduate in geography.
Judging for the award began back in August of 2011. Kim was named a finalist for the Nystrom Award, and presented his paper at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers in February 2012.
“To be honest, I was not very confident,” Kim explained. “During the presentation I saw a lot of good research, so I was not sure
By Whitney Hale
Chemist and educator John Anthony will receive the 2012 University of Kentucky Libraries Medallion for Intellectual Achievement. The award will be presented to the medallion recipient at the University of Kentucky Libraries Annual Dinner scheduled for April 13, at the Hilary J. Boone Center on the UK campus. This year's dinner will also feature a talk by guest speaker and UK alumnus Alan C. Lowe, director of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum.
The UK Libraries Medallion for Intellectual Achievement recognizes high intellectual achievement while encouraging education and promoting creativity throughout the Commonwealth. Candidates must have been born in Kentucky or studied, worked or lived in Kentucky for at
By Torie Johnson, Kathy Johnson
The Southeastern Conference (SEC) today announced the winners of its first ever Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Awards. The awards honor professors from SEC universities with outstanding records in teaching and scholarship who serve as role models for other faculty and students. The University of Kentucky's recognized professor is Steven W. Yates, professor of chemistry, physics, and astronomy in the UK College of Arts and Sciences.
In presenting the awards, the SEC becomes the only Division I conference within the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) currently recognizing university faculty for their achievements, unrelated to athletics or student-athletes
By Sarah Geegan
The UK Appalachian Center and Appalachian Studies Program will host the author, director, full cast and technical crew of Silas House's new play, "This is My Heart For You," fresh from its world premiere at Berea College. The cast will do a staged reading, accompanied by projected images of the world premiere event, at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, April 15, in Memorial Hall.
House, a Kentucky author whose novels have attained major prizes and spanned across national best-seller lists, sold out the first three performances of his play on the night of the world premiere.
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By Guy Spriggs
Joe Sutliff Sanders is a professor at Kansas State University specializing in children’s literature. But according to Sanders, he found his way into children’s literature – and eventually into a job at one of the field’s leading programs – by accident.
As he was finishing his dissertation at the University of Kentucky in 2005 and preparing to enter the job market, Sanders took note of a series of interesting job offers.
“I kept coming across all these children’s literature positions,” he explained. “I kept saying, ‘It’s too bad that I don’t do children’s literature.’”
Then, Sanders says, he realized that his whole project was directly related to his future field.
Sanders started applying for those positions and found himself in the middle of
On Veterans Day, 2013, we were pleased to rededicate Buell Armory in memory of Colonel Lawrence A. Floro, Jr. This rededication marked the official end of phase two of the Buell Armory and Barker Hall renovation project we started in 2011. The project began with a vision to bring the Armory on par with the rest of the buildings on campus and provide a learning and training environment conducive for proper Cadet development. Senior leaders in the university and an extensive community of generous alumni and supporters of the program believed in our vision. Together, they teamed to contribute more than $500,000 for the renovation. With that money we were able to recreate a professional space that welcomes Cadets, athletes, faculty, and
By Katy Bennet, Student Activities Board
Kentucky-bred writers Hope Johnson and Bianca Spriggs will share their stories of the transition from student to writer and establishing their names and work within the community at the James Baker Hall Writers Series at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 10, in Student Center's Center Theater. This event is free and is sponsored by the Student Activities Board.
The evening will begin with an open mic opportunity for creative writers, students, faculty and community members to share their work followed by a reading and talk by each author.
Johnson finds influence for her work by growing up in Lexington. Johnson received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Kentucky and is currently a post-baccalaureate student. Johnson’s work has been
By Ann Kingsolver, Sarah Geegan
Author bell hooks will give the final lecture in the "Place Matters" series, sponsored by the University of Kentucky Appalachian Center and Appalachian Studies Program. The lecture, "Reclaiming Place: Making Home," will take place from 3:30-5 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, in the Worsham Theater, with a reception following at the Appalachian Center (624 Maxwelton Court).
Writing as bell hooks, Kentucky-born Gloria Jean Watkins received her doctorate in literature from the University of California Santa Cruz and has taught at a number of universities across the country. She has published more than 30 books; her forthcoming book of poetry, "Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place," will be
Award-winning poet and A&S Creative Writing Professor Nikky Finney is featured on NPR's program Arts & Life. Finney was recently awarded the National Book Award in poetry for her collection of poems entitled, Head Off & Split. At the award ceremony, her acceptance speech received a standing ovation and almost as much acclaim as her poems themselves. The speech went through thirty nine drafts before it was finalized. To listen to the full story and read more, click here.
Gary King Lecture I
Date: Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 4:00 to 5:30pm
Location: Whitehall Classroom Builfing room #110
Who: Gary King (Harvard, Political Science)
When: 4 – 5:30 pm, Thursday, April 19th
Where: Whitehall Classroom Building room #110
What: “How Censorship in China Allows Government Criticism but Silences Collective Expression"
Gary King Lecture II
Date: Friday, April 20, 2012 - 2:30 to 4:00pm
Location: Mining & Mineral Resources Building Room #102
Who: Gary King (Harvard, Political Science)
When: 2:30 – 4 pm, Friday, April 20th
Where: Mining & Mineral Resources Building room #102 (next to the Boone Center Faculty Club)
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Date: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 4:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: President's Room, Singletary Center
Gender & Women's Studies Spring 2012 Lecture Series presents Queens:
Karen Tice, Professor of Education and Gender and Women's Studies, will present "Queens of Academe: Campus Pageantry and Student Life"
Lecture begins at 4:00pm with a reception to follow.
GWS Symposium: Tamara Mose Brown, "Building a Community of Mothers: Under the Watchful Eye"
Date: Friday, April 13, 2012 - 1:00pm to 3:30pm
Location: 18th Floor Patterson Office Tower
GWS Symposium:
A gathering of people from the university and the community who will speak to various issues with regard to motherhood, including but not limited to: Mothering the elderly
Queer Parenting
Mothering while in the academy
Mothering, class, and reproduction
Tamara Mose Brown, author of Raising Brooklyn: Nannies, Childcare, and Carribeans Creating Community, will lead the discussion around the idea of "Building a Community of Mothers: Under the Watchful Eye".
18th Floor of Patterson Office Tower, 1:00pm
Tamara Mose Brown: "Nanny Networks: A