Shoulder to Shoulder Sends Health Brigade to Ecuador
Shoulder to Shoulder Global is a UK-based organization that strives to improve the health and well-being of impoverished communities.
hispanic studies
Translated Justice? Ixhil Maya Participation in the Trial of Ríos Montt for Genocide in Guatemala
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Great Hall, Special Collections Library
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Break dancing with the dead: Popular music and the role of ancestors in Maya language revitalization
Dr. Barrett will talk about Maya understandings of the dead, funerary practices, and ways of communicating with the ancestors, and then discuss the emergence of rock and hip hop music performed in Mayan languages and the ways they emphasize the ancestors in their music.
El Dr. Barrett explicará como los Mayas se comunican con sus ancestros, las prácticas funerarias que los mayas tienen y sus pensamientos en cuando a los muertos. También hablará sobre como los ancestros tienen un rol en la inspiración de la música Maya y como el rock y hip hop ha influenciado a esta cultura.
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Niles Gallery
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UK Welcomes Students From Brazil Scientific Mobility Program
Twenty-six Brazilian students will become Kentucky wildcats in the fall, as part of UK's partnership with the Brazil Scientific Mobility Program (BSMP) and the Institute of International Education (IIE).
They Are Here - Christina Williams and Rachael Hoy
By Victoria Dekle and Brian Connors Manke
Rachael Hoy might be a graduate student in English, but right now her brain is more focused on mapping than sentence fragments.
Student Commencement Speakers Rosado, Glaser to Represent Class of 2013
Per University of Kentucky tradition, a student speaker will represent his or her class at both undergraduate Commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May 5. The speakers for the 146th UK Commencement Ceremonies are Mercedes Rosado and Luke Glaser.
The Human Side of the Environment
By Guy Spriggs
According to Spanish and topical studies major Sammi Meador, it can be hard to use words like environmentalism and sustainability when talking about her personal and academic interests.
“These are hot topics right now,” Meador said, “and a lot of people think these are just wishy-washy terms.”
As she explains, however, sustainability is about far more than buzz words and empty gestures. Environmental studies is also about people.
Mapping Linguistic Diversity: Benjamin Kinsella and Haralambos Symeonidis
How many languages do you speak? Benjamin Kinsella is fluent in English, speaks Spanish, and now also knows touch of Guaraní. He graduated from UK in December of 2012, and worked with Professor Haralambos Symeonidis of the Hispanic Studies Department on a linguistic atlas project, Atlas Lingüístico Guaraní-Románico.
Toward an Urban Cultural Studies: Henri Lefebvre, Space and Cultural Production
Professor Benjamin Fraser of the College of Charleston spoke to a group of around 60 University of Kentucky faculty and students from a wide variety of disciplines on September 12 about his research.
Shoulder to Shoulder Global: an interview with Craig Borie and Vanessa Martinez
For ten years, Shoulder to Shoulder Global has been serving impoverished communities in and near Santo Domingo, Ecuador. In 2002, Shoulder to Shoulder Global went on its first trip to help people in need of medical care. Groups of students, healthcare professionals, faculty and volunteers have been visiting multiple times a year ever since. Though the group’s goal is to provide healthcare, any interested student or community member can participate.
