The UK Office of Undergraduate Research, along with SPUR (the Society for the Promotion of Undergraduate Research), and the UK Student Government Association, will host the eighth annual Showcase for Undergraduate Scholars.
The University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections will highlight the projects of its first full cohort of Learning Lab interns with an undergraduate panel presentation, exhibition and reception.
President Eli Capilouto's blog addresses immigration reform as an opportunity to seize our heritage and find an alternative method for engaging a vibrant part of our global community in our future.
For nearly two decades, the Jewish Studies program has drawn students and faculty from all over UK to teach and learn about Jewish culture, language, history, and beyond. In this podcast, I spoke with up-and-coming Jewish Studies Director, Jan Fernheimer, about what’s in store for Fall 2013, including a visiting scholar from Israel, a film series, and opportunities to connect with communities within and beyond the Commonwealth.
Students from Shanghai University (SHU) will get a taste of the bluegrass this week as the UK American Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences will host a summit for SHU students on Monday, April 22.
By Ellyce Loveless
For graduate students Christie Pavey and William Little, paleography is an exciting and fresh field of study. The two Classics students, who also participate in the Institute for Latin Studies here on campus, have been recently awarded fellowships to study abroad in an aim to practice deciphering ancient and medieval scripts.
The African American and Africana Studies Program (AAAS) at the University of Kentucky and the Department of Modern & Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures (MCLLC) have combined forces to organize a special event, In Search of our Hearth: Reinventing the Odyssey, which will take place April 19-20 at various campus locations.
The University of Kentucky Department of Theatre in collaboration with UK's Russian Studies Program and the Department of History will present Bulgakov's Dreams, a drama on the life of the Soviet writer.
Invisible War (2011), an Academy Award-nominated documentary, will be shown for free this Saturday morning, April 20, 2013, at 10 AM at the Kentucky Theater. This film documents the lives of women and men who have been sexually assaulted while serving in the U.S. military. Several of the survivors have roots in Kentucky, and some of them will be at the screening to answer questions. Come out, see the film, hear their stories.
Sponsored by UK Arts and Sciences, Anthropology, English, History, WRD (Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Media), American Studies and the Center for research on Violence Against Women (CRVAW)
