‘This Person Saved My Life’ – UK Patient, 'Thriller' Dancer Honors the Woman Who Gave Her CPR
By Hilary Brown and Allison Perry
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 25, 2022) – Sarah Katzenmaier is, by her own admission, a Halloween fanatic.
UK’s Crystal Wilkinson Wins NAACP Image Award for ‘Perfect Black’
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 24, 2022) — Crystal Wilkinson, associate professor in the Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kentucky, can add NAACP Image Award winner to her expansive and impressive list of accolades.
Breaking Barriers in the Gaming World with A&S Professor Kishonna Gray
By Olaoluwapo Onitiri
Many people grew up playing video games throughout their childhood. Gaming has become an important culture in the world today. It has inspired many, including Kishonna Gray, who is using her gaming experiences to create platforms to talk about important topics, such as Black people in the cyber world and intersectional feminism.
Axolotls ‘Genetically Indistinguishable’ From Other Salamanders
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 22, 2022) — Axolotls are no strangers at the University of Kentucky.
'UK at the Half': Anastasia Curwood on the Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 15, 2021) — “We cannot understand where humanity has been and where we are going without Black Studies.”
This is the mantra of the Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies (CIBS) — a multidisciplinary research institute based in the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of African American and Africana Studies.
'UK at the Half': Anastasia Curwood on the Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 15, 2021) — “We cannot understand where humanity has been and where we are going without Black Studies.”
This is the mantra of the Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies (CIBS) — a multidisciplinary research institute based in the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of African American and Africana Studies.
Adjunct Professor of Linguistics Honored by American Dialect Society
By Richard LeComte
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Dennis Preston, adjunct professor of linguistics in the University of Kentucky’s College of Arts & Sciences, was named a Fellow by the American Dialect Society. He is among the first group of 10 who were chosen for the honor and was President of the Society in 2001-02.
New S-STEM Program to Provide Scholarships, Support for Students Pursuing Biology, Neuroscience Majors
By Richard LeComte
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- S-STEM, a new program funded by a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, will provide four years of scholarship support for up to 15 qualifying incoming biology or neuroscience majors a year in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Kentucky. The average scholarship amount will be $5,000 a year, depending on financial need, going up to $10.000.
