Chemistry Professor's Research Leads to Patent Designed to Reduce Vehicle Emissions
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 21, 2020) — Transportation is the world's largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. Automakers are challenged to meet higher standards designed to reduce vehic,le pollution. This pollution contributes to climate change and can be detrimental to human health.
Phi Beta Kappa Inducts 32 New Members
By Emily Sallee
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 19, 2020) — The University of Kentucky chapter of Phi Beta Kappa recently inducted 32 new members into the prestigious academic honor society. This year’s induction ceremony, originally scheduled for April 22, was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Twenty-four students list the College of Arts & Sciences as their primary college.
UK's Wilbur Hackett Adds a Liberal Studies Degree to His Legacy
By Guy Ramsey
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 13, 2020) — Among the 76 Wildcat student-athletes who graduated last week, 35 did so with honors. Graduates this spring won three team national championships, seven conference championships and a pair of bowl championships. Among the 76 are seven All-Americans and 18 All-Southeastern Conference performers.
A&S Anywhere Offers Virtual Speaker Series
By Richard LeComte
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 12, 2020) — As the COVID-19 pandemic persists, we — as a society — search for answers. COVID-19, first and foremost, is a public health crisis. But it also leaves us with pressing questions beyond health care.
Political Science Professor Recognized for His Research on Political and Racial Tolerance
By Richard LeComte
Israel’s drift among the young toward right-wing, anti-Arab politics worries Mark Peffley. Peffley, a UK political scientist, is studying the drift through survey research with colleagues in Israel, and he sees the trend as troubling. Peffley has devoted his career to exploring the extent that intolerance influences political psychology and behavior.
A Conversation with Dean Mark Kornbluh
UK College of Arts & Sciences Dean Mark Kornbluh spoke with alumni and friends on April 30 in a virtual town hall meeting which focused on an update and Q&A about how the College and University are managing the current crisis and the impact on students and faculty.
