<p>The <a target="_blank" href="http://www.as.uky.edu/academics/departments_programs/Psychology/Psycholo... 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&rsquo;s use of glucose to perform acts of self-control, by studying dogs in a UK psychology lab. Holly&rsquo;s examination of dog behavior has been featured on the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wray-herbert/dog-tired-what-our-hounds_b_5... Post</a>, as well as the journal <a target="

Graduate Student

By Megan Neff
Photos by Mark Cornelison

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.

“The older I get, the more I study, the more confident I become,” said Glover. “And I find that in my art. More and more I’m starting to do original work, most of it abstract. I’m starting to trust in my abilities more.”

Though Glover’s path did not

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Last week, I gave the annual state of the college address to Arts and Sciences faculty and staff. Despite the current state of the economy, the college is making great strides. This year we are hiring 30 new faculty, expanding our international reach, and adding 30 online summer classes. The college is also beginning a new planning initiative - Envision 2020 - to look forward to the year 2020. We are envisioning where students will be in 10 years and what the college needs to become to meet their needs.&nbsp; We also will be examining how research and teaching will evolve and grow&nbsp;in a technologically-connected world.<br />
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It is an exciting time in Arts and Sciences, and I look forward to hearing from our alumni and friends.<br />
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<p>I would like to extend my congratulations to Hui Chu and Christine Smith, both graduate students in A&amp;S.&nbsp;&nbsp;Hui is&nbsp;a doctoral candidate in&nbsp;developmental and social <a target="_blank" href="http://www.as.uky.edu/academics/departments_programs/Psychology/Psycholo... Christine is working on her master's degree in the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.uky.edu/AS/Geography/">Department of Geography</a>.&nbsp; The <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nsf.gov/">National Science Foundation</a> aims

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.
 
Her dissertation,  "Building Sustainable Societies: Exploring Sustainability Policy and Practice in the Age of High Consumption" is in progress and will be an important contribution to the study of sustainability.  For more information about her work, click here.

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Many A&amp;S&nbsp;Faculty are going places!&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.as.uky.edu/academics/departments_programs/GenderWomenStudies/... Basu</a>, an associate professor with our <a target="_blank" href="http://www.as.uky.edu/ACADEMICS/DEPARTMENTS_PROGRAMS/GENDERWOMENSTUDIES/... of&nbsp;Gender and Women's Studies</a>, has been selected by the Rockefeller Foundation for a month-long residency in beautiful Bellagio, Italy.&nbsp;She will have the opportunity

I was fortunate to attend the compelling A&S Week keynote address "Stereotypes and Inequalities: Hillbillies, Horses, and Hoops" by our very own Ronald Eller. If you missed out on this superb A&S Week event, you can listen to it here.

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Making international connections is an essential aspect of our work as a University in the changing political climate. &nbsp;Department of Anthropology Assistant Professor <a href="http://www.as.uky.edu/academics/departments_programs/Anthropology/Anthro... target="_blank">Diane King</a> has just returned from a seminar in the United Kingdom where she spoke at a seminar on genocide in Iraq.</p>
<p>Diane has been carrying out ethnographic research in the Kurdistan Region since 1995. She is editor of the book &quot;<a href="http://

Not many people get to spend their careers involved with something they’ve loved since they were 10 years old.

University of Kentucky alum Zeljko Ivezic is one of those lucky few. The Croatia native became fascinated with what he could see in the sky and beyond as a child and now Ivezic is a leading astronomer at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Having had a hand in creating the very first digital map of the sky, Ivezic continues to follow his passion, working on several projects including one that could help to identify dangerous asteroids that might strike our planet.

Ivezic, 44, earned undergraduate degrees in physics and mechanical engineering from Croatia’s University of Zagreb in 1991.

“But I knew I wanted to go to school in the U.S. for my graduate studies,” Ivezic said. “I always knew that’s what I wanted.”

He applied to UK somewhat