The 36th annual Kentucky Women Writers Conference opened on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014 at the Lyric Theatre, with The Sonia Sanchez Series featuring Asha Bandele, author of the best-selling memoir, The Prisoner’s Wife, a second memoir, Some Kind of Beautiful, a novel, Daughter, and several volumes…

The keynote event of this year’s Kentucky Women Writers Conference took place on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, at Memorial Hall.

Brave New Words: A poetry reading and conversation with Tracy K. Smith, Pulitzer Prize winner in poetry for Life on Mars, and Tina Chang, poet laureate of Brooklyn.…

Now in its third year, FastTrack is a residential academic program designed to prepare first-year students for rigorous undergraduate course work before the start of the fall semester.

FastTrack students also have the opportunity to move in early, giving them a head start on building…

The new Greenhouse program engages students in learning about many aspects of the local environment, all in the context of sustainability - and what better way to do that then having our students on bikes! Each new Greenhouse student was entered into a drawing to receive a brand new bike -…

Champions Court II is a brand new residence life building on UK's campus, and the new home to Wired. We captured some of the move in activity as these students gear up for their first semester at UK.

Wired offers first-year UK students a 2020 education today. Students of the 21st century…

This August marks the creation of Greenhouse on UK's campus. Greenhouse is a new living-learning community that engages students in learning about many aspects of the local environment, all in the context of sustainability, by bringing together students and faculty interested in understanding…

Our visitors from Ecuador and the Go Teacher program had a closing ceremony in August of 2014 on the campus of the University of Kentucky.

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Regeneration is one of the most tantalizing areas of biological research. How are some animals able to regrow body parts following injury? Why can't humans do the same thing? Can scientists learn the secrets that imbue certain animals with this amazing ability? Could that knowledge someday be…

Regeneration is one of the most tantalizing areas of biological research. How are some animals able to regrow body parts following injury? Why can't humans do the same thing? Can scientists learn the secrets that imbue certain animals with this amazing ability? Could that knowledge someday be…

Regeneration is one of the most tantalizing areas of biological research. How are some animals able to regrow body parts following injury? Why can't humans do the same thing? Can scientists learn the secrets that imbue certain animals with this amazing ability? Could that knowledge someday be…

Regeneration is one of the most tantalizing areas of biological research. How are some animals able to regrow body parts following injury? Why can't humans do the same thing? Can scientists learn the secrets that imbue certain animals with this amazing ability? Could that knowledge someday be…

On May 2nd, 2014, the Department of Anthropology held their year-end awards ceremony in Lafferty Hall. Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, Mark Kornbluh, gave the opening remarks, and awards were distributed including inductions into Lambda Alpha, the National Collegiate Honors Society…

Kevin Yeager, a sedimentary geologist and environmental radiochemist in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, leads a group of graduate and undergraduate research assistants in SER2L - the Sedimentary, Environmental and Radiochemical Research Laboratory. The lab - described by…

On May 9, 2014, the Department of Chemistry held its annual Graduation Celebration & Student Awards Ceremony. UK President Emeritus Lee Todd delivered the opening address. He was introduced by Chemistry Department Chair Mark Meier. Spring 2014 graduates were recognized, including students…

The Kentucky Foreign Languages Conference hosted a special presentation of “Coser y Cantar” in Honor of Brian Dendle. On Friday April 11, 2014 at the Center Theater of University of Kentucky, “Coser y Cantar” (Sewing and Singing) – a one-act play by Cuban-American playwright Dolores Prida --…

The UK Junior was recently named a fellow for the Schomburg-Mellon Humanities Summer Institute in New York City, and as one of only 10 recipients to be bestowed that honor, it is helping to further define who Nathan Moore is and who he is quickly becoming as an academic. “Being accepted into…

Keeneland Hall on UK’s north campus has been home to Wired, an A&S Residential College, since it launched in 2011. So many friendships and memories have been made in Keeneland over that time period, as well as offering first-year students a unique opportunity to be steeped in the traditions…

MathExcel is a special program designed to help first-year students succeed in Calculus I and II. MathExcel students attend three 90-minute problem-solving workshops each week to build problem-solving and group study skills. MathExcel problem-solving workshops are led by our best graduate…

On Friday April 18 the Chemistry Department at the University of Kentucky hosted the annual Regional Undergraduate Research in Chemistry Poster Competition. This event, organized by Prof. Edith Glazer, was sponsored by the UK Department of Chemistry and the regional chapter of the American…

April 30, 2014 - Poetry was in the air once again this spring as students and faculty from the University of Kentucky participated in a 12-hour open air poetry reading. The event, organized by English professor and published author Julia Johnson, was held outside of the Student Center welcoming…

On April 14th, 2014 students and faculty from UK A&S WRD gathered in the Hilary J. Boone Center to recognize the award winners of the Kelly Feinberg Memorial Essay Contest; Outstanding TA and instructor; Outstanding Writing Center Peer Tutors & Award-Winning Essays and Digital Projects…

Finding Our Place: A Conference in Honor of the Work and Writing of bell hooks This year is the 20th convening of the Annual Black Women’s Conference. In its history, there are few subjects of interest and important to the lives of Black women the conference has not explored. As we celebrate…

Undergraduate Anthropology major Chi Woodrich presents research and analysis of his wife's family's biennial reunion on April 3, 2014 at the National Council for Undergraduate Research 2014 conference held on the UK campus. The session drew an audience of 55 and much applause for all three…

Introductory Chemistry can be a challenge, but Lisa Blue, an instructor within the Department of Chemistry, eases students' transition to college chemistry with the Chemistry Learning Center. It will serve students of General and Organic Chemistry: answer their questions, provide tutoring, and…