Just recently, the Linguistics Program's Andrew Byrd was interviewed by the BBC's Newsday radio series. The interview served to highlight Byrd's work studying the "Proto-Indo-European" language which dates back thousands of years. In the interview, Byrd gives listeners a glimpse of the language's history and a chance to hear the language given breath.
Few students have the kind of passion for world news that recently-graduated International Studies major MeNore Lake has. Two years ago she sought to fulfill a need at the University of Kentucky through this passion.
Four students from the University of Kentucky have been selected as recipients of Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarships. The UK recipients are among 1,900 U.S. citizens who will travel abroad for the 2013-2014 academic year through the prestigious program.
Elena Lawrick, ESL Director Reading Area Community College "English in Russian Academia"
University of Kentucky Year of Russia February 13, 2013
Elena Lawrick, ESL Director Reading Area Community College "English in Russia: From a Language of the Elite to a Language of the Masses"
University of Kentucky Year of Russia February 12, 2013
Maria Polinsky, Harvard University
"Fathers and Sons: Do all Russians in the USA speak the same language?"
Thursday, 17 January 2013; 7:00-8:30 PM Linguistics Lecture Series - A part of Russia's Realms
