New Faculty Members in Chemistry
The Department of Chemistry welcomes Drs. Lisa Blue, Joshua Owen, and Ashley Steelman as new faculty this fall.
The Department of Chemistry welcomes Drs. Lisa Blue, Joshua Owen, and Ashley Steelman as new faculty this fall.
WRD faculty have been busy this summer.
In June, Jim Ridolfo participated in A&S' Passport to the World initiative and travelled to Jordan and Morocco for a faculty development seminar.
Jenny Rice gave an invited talk at Bar Ilan University this June entitled "What Are the Digital Humanities and Why Should We Care?"
Jeff Rice gave an invited talk at Bar Ilan University this June entitled "Digital Outragicity."
Some faculty featured in the New Faculty podcast series already have a history with the University of Kentucky. Nevertheless, we want to feature them and let our listeners get to know our faculty a bit better! This time, we interview Rebecca Freeman of the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department.
This podcast was produced by David Cole.
Our second Language Talk: KWLA podcast features host Laura Roché Youngworth discussing the Kentucky World Language Program Review with Jacque Van Houten, Jefferson County Public Schools World Language Consultant, and Alfonso de Torres Nunez, World Language Consultant for the KY Department of Education. They talk about the overall premise of the Program Review including its history, models of implementation, embedded concepts of global competency and 21st century skills, and the concept of Program Review as a tool for building capacity.
Our latest Office Hours episode brings you a new host along with a hot topic -- Cuba!
The Linguistics Program is excited to welcome Assistant Professor Fabiola Henri to its faculty!
The Department of Geography is excited to welcome Assistant Professor Betsy Beymer-Farris to its faculty!
Paul Karan of the Geography department will be instructing a course on China's geography in the Spring semester. It isn't just about maps, as Karan explains in this podcast, but rather the different ways many major elements of human life can connect in one field of study. Karan also details how and why this course can be beneficial to anyone, even those outside of the Geography major.