The Power of Black Childhoods
June 9 at 5:30pm
The Power of Black Childhoods panel discussion featuring Dr. Kabria Baumgartner and Dr. Kyra Gaunt in conversation with Drs. Aria Halliday, Nikki Brown, and Kamahra Ewing will take place via Zoom.
You can register for the webinar here: https://tinyurl.com/5pjdfuf4
First Day of Classes
Fall semester classes begin on Aug. 23, 2021. View the full academic calendar for the fall semester here.
Kentucky City Names Development after A&S English Professor Gurney Norman
Note: Photo is courtesy of Katie Kelley of the Hazard Herald. Photo shows Gurney Norman with Mandi Fugate Sheffel.
By Richard LeComte
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Gurney Norman received an unusual honor of late when a Kentucky town named an affordable-housing development after him.
'Behind the Blue': A Conversation With Jonathan Allison, Chair of the UK Department of English
By Carl Nathe and Kody Kiser
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 11, 2021) — Four decades ago, Northern Ireland native Jonathan Allison earned an exchange scholarship to pursue graduate study in the United States.
A Bold Vision: A&S Alum Helping Create Brighter Future for Eastern Kentucky
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 29, 2021) — Luke Glaser was once a struggling math student. Academically, he often excelled. But learning polynomials, as well as quadratic equations and functions, just didn’t seem applicable to his life as a high school teenager.
“I hated math, and I took AP classes to simply not have to take math in college.”