Please join us at the UK Appalachian Center for a SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) Talk Event on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at 12 p.m.  We welcome Emily Preece as a 2017 UK Appalachian Center James S. Brown Awardee as she presents "Revitalizing Eastern Kentucky: Transforming an Abandoned Coal Mine into a Communal Hub of Development."  This is a free event for all UK Students, Faculty, and Staff.

Our SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachian in Progress) Talk on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 features two student presentations! Tom Maigret presents " Landscape-level effects of surface mining on Appalachian biodiversity: from population genetics to ecosystems".  Zach Hackworth presents "Mammalian Herbivory Impacts on Surface Coal Mine Reclamation and Reforestation in Southeastern Kentucky".  Both presenters are recipients of 2017 UK Appalachian Center Eller & Billings Student Research Awards.

Please join us in welcoming Brandon Jent, Master's student in Linguistic Theory and Typology for a SWAP Talk Event!  On Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at 12 p.m., Brandon will present "Shakespeare and Mountaineers: Towards addressing the storyteller trope in Central Appalachia."  This event is free for all UK Students, Faculty, and Staff.  

Help us welcome graduate student Tammy Clemons for a SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) Talk entitled "Gendered and Generational Perspectives on Youth Media Education and Activism in Central Appalachia"!  Tammy is a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology and presents her work as one of the 2017 UK Appalachian Center James S. Brown Award recipients.  This event is free for all UK students, staff, and faculty and will be held from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 24, 2018.

Join us on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. for a SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) Talk event with Emily Preece!  Emily is a graduate student in the UK College of Design, Department of Interiors.  Her presentation is entitled "Revitalizing Eastern Kentucky: Transforming an Abandonded Coal Mine into a Communal Hub of Development."  She presents as one of the UK Appalachian Center 2017 James S. Brown Award recipients.  This is a free event for UK students, faculty, and staff!  

As part of the Arts & Sciences Year of Civics and Citizenship in the 21st Century: Keys to Our Common Future, we celebrate the 800th Charter of the Forest.  This tree-planting event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 21, 2017 in the Daniel Boone National Forest, Rockhouse Rd.  Lunch will be provided, and there will be free t-shirts with the acorn logo that was designed by local artist John Lackey. Please, see more detail on the poster below and sign up here!

As a part of UK Water Week, we welcome Randy Kolka, Team Leader and Research Soil Scientist with the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station to our Campus! Dr. Kolka will talk about the Importance of Bogs in Carbon Storage in his work and research on Peatlands. This event will take place at The 90, Room 202 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 11, 2017. This is a free event for UK Students, Faculty, and Staff. The event is organized and co-sponsored by the Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability & the Environment,  Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Forestry, and the UK Appalachian Center. Please, see more information on the UK Water Week Facebook page.

Please join us for the 7^th annual UK Sustainability Forum on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at the Hilary J. Boone Center from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (awards presentation will begin at 6:30 p.m.)!  This event is co-sponsored by the Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the Environment and the UK Appalachian Center.  This forum highlights accomplishments of UK’s faculty and students who conduct interdisciplinary research and other forms of scholarship relating to environmental and sustainability issues. We welcome undergraduate and graduate student research contributions in the areas of Environmental Science, Public and Environmental Health, Economic and Social Policy, Political Ecology, Manufacturing and Materials Science, as well as projects, artwork, design concepts, and other initiatives that provide creative and innovative ways to approach or highlight a sustainability issue.  Results of the 2017 Sustainability Challenge Grant program will be presented, and 2018 winners will be announced during the awards ceremony.  Faculty and staff are welcome to attend.

 Monetary awards will be presented to the top student posters/presentations.  Space is limited to first 24 submissions.

 Submission of Abstracts:

 · Deadline for abstract submission is November 19, 2017

 · To submit your application electronically, please see the link to the application form at http://tfise.uky.edu/forum. Application includes (1) submission title, (2) author(s) and affiliations, (3) contact information, and (4) abstract/project description (250 words or less).

Please join us at the UK Appalachian Center for a SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) Event with Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 18, 2017!  Jasper will present Exploring Musical Instrument Makers and Tonewood through Archival Research as a 2017 UKAC Brown Award recipient.  This is a free event for UK students, faculty, and staff!

Please join us as we welcome Jacob Hutton and Kenton Sena to the UK Appalachian Center for their SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) presentations as 2017 UKAC Eller & Billings Student Research Awardees!  Mr. Hutton presents Stream salamander occupancy along a specific conductance gradient; Mr. Sena presents Tracking a tree-killer: Modeling Phytophthora cinnamomi distribution in eastern Kentucky.  This event will be held from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 15, 2017.  This is a free event for UK students, faculty, and staff!