NEH Bestows Prestigious Honor on UK Alumnus Wendell Berry
Kentucky poet, novelist and environmentalist Wendell Berry has been named the 2012 Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
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WUKY's 'UK Perspectives' Talks to UK English Professor Frank X Walker
Professor Walker was named one of the most creative teachers in the South by Oxford American Magazine.
UK Professor Nikky Finney Wins National Book Award for Poetry
Nikky Finney, creative writing professor at UK and winner of the National Book Award for poetry for her book "Head Off & Split."
WUKY's 'UK Perspectives' Talks to Creative Writing Professor Nikky Finney
Nikky Finney, creative writing professor at UK and finalist for the National Book Award for poetry for her book "Head Off & Split" is this week's gues on WUKY's "UK Perspectives."
Isaac Murphy Bicycle Club Rides for Others
Join English professor and Director of UK's African American and Africana Studies Program Frank X Walker for an adult ride and membership drive to support Lexington's Isaac Murphy Bicycle Club this Sunday.
Curiously Inclined
“Last summer I was in Budapest briefly locked in a gypsy’s apartment while she tried to extort more money from me, and had a great time…” said Joe Nickell, as if he were describing a weekend at the lake. He is a man with many interests – over 200 “personas” are listed on his personal website including folksinger, stage magician, and séance conductor.
Negating the Negative
Patience is a virtue. Just ask Ginny Carney. An alum of the English Department, Carney is now President of Leech Lake Tribal College in Minnesota. But she didn’t get there overnight.
A&S Selects New Chairs
The University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences has appointed new chairs to many of its departments for the 2011-2012 year.
Peyton Fouts
At age seven, Peyton Fouts,’06, wanted to change the world. And he’s been working toward that goal since.
At that young age, he saw a girl on TV carrying one brother and dragging another (who was dead) by the hand in the sand. “She had been orphaned by AIDS and my heart broke. I knew I wanted to change their circumstances and I just kept seeing people around the world who needed help.”
English, History Professors Awarded Honorary Degrees
Gurney Norman, Kentucky Poet Laureate in 2009-10 nd director of UK's Creative Writing Program, and author and former UK history professor George C. Herring were awarded honorary degrees this past weekend.
