Two A&S Students Chosen to Speak at May 2017 Commencement Ceremonies
By Jenny Wells

Per UK tradition, a student representative will speak at each of the four University of Kentucky Commencement Ceremonies this week.
The four student speakers are:
The English Department's 37th Annual Awards Day Ceremony, was held on Friday April 28th.
By Jenny Wells

Per UK tradition, a student representative will speak at each of the four University of Kentucky Commencement Ceremonies this week.
The four student speakers are:
Photos from the 2016 - 2017 Faculty Awards and Recognition Ceremony, April 25th 2017.
By Gail Hairston
The University of Kentucky Department of English celebrates National Poetry Month with a 24-hour poetry reading.
Everyone in the campus community is invited to volunteer to read poetry for a single 10-minute shift, beginning noon Tuesday, April 25, through noon Wednesday, April 26. Readers will recite poetry at the Memorial Hall amphitheater, rain or shine, day and night.
Volunteers can either read their own poetry or a selection from a favorite poet.
By Megan Foltz
University of Kentucky Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and African American and Africana Studies DaMaris B. Hill will participate in the European Association for American Studies (EAAS) meeting next September at the University of Eastern Finland in Joensuu, Finland. EAAS meets once a year to study a marginalized text or author.
By Whitney Hale and Gail Hairston
Watch as contestants at the Brooklyn Book Festival try to figure out what "The Animators," by UK alumna Kayla Rae Whitaker, is all about based only on its cover.
By Gail Hairston
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced Friday that University of Kentucky’s Peter Joseph Kalliney and 172 other scholars, artists and scientists in the United States and Canada have received a coveted Guggenheim Fellowship.
Video produced by UK Public Relations and Marketing.