Join Bike Lexington Commuter Challenge
With Lexington Bike Month kicking off May 1, faculty and staff can get involved with the fifth annual Commuter Challenge.
faculty
Doubling Up
The University of Kentucky Chemistry department is excited to welcome two new faculty members, Professors Kenneth Graham and Peter Kekenes-Huskey, to the Bluegrass this summer.
Stargazing at MacAdam Observatory with Tim Knauer
The University of Kentucky's own MacAdam Observatory provides students with the opportunity to use the most powerful telescopic lenses on campus and see the universe. On clear nights, students are welcome to join director Tim Knauer and his graduate assistants as they look out into the stars and observe those celestial bodies.
Here, Tim and assistants Kyle and Aaron join us to talk about running the observatory and their experiences there.
Cultural Geographer Karl Raitz to Receive Award for Intellectual Achievement
Professor Karl Raitz of the Department of Geography has been award the 2014 UK Libraries Award for Intellectual Achievement.
Gaines Center Faculty Member Alex Brooks Named NEH Summer Scholar
Brooks is one of 16 educators who will participate in a seminar titled "Tudor Books and Readers: 1485-1603."
Ana Liberato Awarded Swiss National Science Foundation Grant
Additionally, she will be a visiting fellow at the Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies at the University of Neuchâtel (SFM) this summer as she works on a new book about Dominican immigrants in Switzerland.
Edward Morris' New Book Investigates Boys' Underperformance in School
One day while waiting at the dentist’s office sociology associate professor, Edward Morris, picked up a Newsweek magazine that depicted a group of elementary aged boys bleakly staring back at the camera.
Carmen Martinez Novo Elected to LASA Executive Council
UK Anthropology Professor Carmen Martinez Novo was elected to the executive council of Latin American Studies Association.
Mathews Garden's Deep Roots: Jim Krupa
UK Biologist Jim Krupa studies carnivorous plants and has long been the steward of an unusual patch of land on UK's campus: Mathews Garden. The Garden is a 0.6 acre woodland garden on the corner of Limestone Street and Washington Avenue that has been in existence since 1900 and is used by students for research and teaching.
March: the Season of Good Luck Charms
Assistant professor of psychology Will Gervais explores the psychology behind superstition.