UK Archaeologists Plan Excavations at Fort Boonesborough
Archaeologists at the University of Kentucky will begin limited excavations at Fort Boonesborough State Park from June 18-22, in search of archaeological evidence of a Revolutionary War siege.
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UK Students are Helping Honduras
A&S Hive team member Veronica Polinedrio and several other UK students have been leading service trips to Honduras as part of the national collegiate service organization, Students Helping Honduras. In this podcast, recent UK graduates Veronica Polinedrio and Michael Haas and current psychology student Kevin Colón discuss SHH and how interested students can get involved.
Voices from Shanghai: May 2012 Symposium
At the end of May 2012, a delegation of faculty from the University of Kentucky went to Shanghai University to promote the American Studies Center, a partnership between UK and SHU. Michelle Sizemore facilitated a group discussion between UK and SHU students about cultural difference, identity, and storytelling across cultures.
UK Graduate Awarded Prestigious Fellowship in Germany
UK graduate Casey Carmichael, who earned his master's degree from the Department of Classics in 2010, was recently awarded a six-month doctoral fellowship from the Leibniz Institute for European History in Mainz, Germany.
"See service." UK Student Named Active Citizen of the Year
Topical Studies and Hispanic Studies double major Katelyn McNamara was recently recognized with the 2012 National Alternative Breaks Active Citizen of the Year award for her long-standing service work at home and abroad.
'Homegrown Kentucky' Empowers Eastern Ky. Community
Seven UK students created a project redefining community service. The group established a small-scale farm in Owsley County, Ky., revitalizing 10 acres of land owned by the school district, which will yield 100 percent of the produce for the local schools and aims to strengthen the county's economy.
An Outstretched Hand: The Outsource with Allie Huddleston
Did you know UK has an LGBT outreach center? In this podcast, Gender and Women's Studies junior Allie Huddleston, the co-director of UK's LGBT outreach center the OUTsource, tells us what the OUTsource does and how interested students may get involved. If you would like more information about the OUTsource, you can visit their office in the Student Center.
This podcast was produced by Sam Burchett.
UK Students Travel to Shanghai for Intensive Program
With the school year freshly completed, 11 students in the College of Arts and Sciences are kicking off the summer in a unique way— with a 4-week intensive language and culture program in Shanghai, China.
Sarah Gooch
UK junior Sarah Gooch is one of only 161 recipients of the National Security Education Program Boren Scholarship. The Boren Scholar, from Georgetown, Ky., will use the $20,000 scholarship to study and teach in Japan in the fall.
WRD Symposium
For the full length versions of the WRD symposium student work you can visit these links: Group - Give Us the Right wix.com/ch9774/penswithoutcaps Taylor Blair - Backstory: The Kentucky Kernel youtube.com/watch?v=OldLLB7NyF8 Zachary Norton - Inside Joe youtu.be/wOWlUohRz_Y Benjamin Norton - Just One Night Homeless youtu.be/ONML-Rt9pZw Candice Messer - Final WRD Coal youtube.com/watch?v=zkC3cxFZpUE (Part 1) youtube.com/watch?v=IcWTUScfE7M (Part 2) youtube.com/watch?v=9Ny5lxvhPbU (Part 3)