Gaines Center Faculty Member Alex Brooks Named NEH Summer Scholar
Brooks is one of 16 educators who will participate in a seminar titled "Tudor Books and Readers: 1485-1603."
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Ana Liberato Awarded Swiss National Science Foundation Grant
Additionally, she will be a visiting fellow at the Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies at the University of Neuchâtel (SFM) this summer as she works on a new book about Dominican immigrants in Switzerland.
Edward Morris' New Book Investigates Boys' Underperformance in School
One day while waiting at the dentist’s office sociology associate professor, Edward Morris, picked up a Newsweek magazine that depicted a group of elementary aged boys bleakly staring back at the camera.
Carmen Martinez Novo Elected to LASA Executive Council
UK Anthropology Professor Carmen Martinez Novo was elected to the executive council of Latin American Studies Association.
Mathews Garden's Deep Roots: Jim Krupa
UK Biologist Jim Krupa studies carnivorous plants and has long been the steward of an unusual patch of land on UK's campus: Mathews Garden. The Garden is a 0.6 acre woodland garden on the corner of Limestone Street and Washington Avenue that has been in existence since 1900 and is used by students for research and teaching.
March: the Season of Good Luck Charms
Assistant professor of psychology Will Gervais explores the psychology behind superstition.
Dr. Edward Morris - "Learning the Hard Way"
Recently Dr. Edward Morris was published in the online blog Gender & Society in which he discussed his latest book titled Learning the Hard Way. The book discusses the underperformance of boys in school by approaching actual students to view education from the boys' points of view.
Meg Marquis, Elisia Cohen Honored With Sarah Bennett Holmes Awards
Two UK women who profoundly contribute to issues that affect women at the university and across the Commonwealth received the Sarah Bennett Holmes Award yesterday.
Adapting to Adaptable Buildings
Melody Carswell, associate professor in the UK Department of Psychology, investigated with her students how occupants,were responding to the new, adaptable Davis Marksbury research building.
Frank X Walker: Writer, Teacher, Award Winner
Kentucky Poet Laureate Frank X Walker brought home the gold this past weekend, winning the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in Poetry.
