Seven A&S Students Awarded Scholarships to Study Abroad
Seven A&S students will receive the Gilman Scholarship to study abroad.
international studies
Immigration Research on Display: Wired Students at the Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars
At the end of each academic year, the Society for the Promotion of Undergraduate Research hosts the Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars. Cristina Alcalde, one of three faculty co-directors at A&S Wired and a professor in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies, mentored three Wired students during the past academic year.
UK Senior to Give Lecture at the University of Central Missouri
Journalism and International Studies Senior, Cassidy Herrington, will give a public lecture March 29 at the University of Central Missouri.
The Muslim Student Assocation at UCM invited Herrington to speak on behalf of a column she wrote for The Kentucky Kernel in November of 2010. In the article, Herrington "unveils" her personal experience wearing the Muslim hijab for one month. Since its publication, the story has been read in more than 140 countries and reprinted in textbooks and publications nationally and abroad.
A&S Students Win Scholarships to Study at Cambridge, Oxford
UK sophomore Nicole Schladt and junior Sarah Smith have received two of Kentucky's six English-Speaking Union Scholarships, which they will use to pursue summer studies at University of Oxford and University of Cambridge respectively.
Experiencing France First Hand: Shawn Cecil
Shawn Cecil is an International Studies and English undergraduate student at UK. She studied abroad in Grenoble, France for the 2010-2011 academic year. In this interview, conducted by Cheyenne Hohman and Jonathan Beam, Cecil talks about her experiences abroad and plans for the future.
The One-Child Policy, Gender, and Chinese Education with Vanessa Fong
Vanessa Fong is an associate professor in the Graduate School of Education, Harvard University. Her research examines the longitudinal consequences of China’s one-child policy for Chinese individuals, families, and society.
No Middle Man
By Colleen Glenn
After graduating from UK in the spring of 2011, James Chapman wasted no time in getting started on his career path. A dual Political Science and International Studies major at UK, Chapman continued doubling up on his studies in graduate school: he is now pursuing a joint law degree and Middle East policy master's degree at George Washington University.
Economic and Education Opportunities with the Indian Studies Program & Minor
Paul Karan is a professor in the Department of Geography and the Director of the Indian Studies Program & Minor. In this podcast, Karan describes what the Indian Studies Program is, who it's for, and how it can prepare Arts & Sciences students for a career in a variety of fields, whether in India or working with Indian companies.
Contemporary Chinese Art with Eugene Wang
Denise Ho, assistant professor of history and historian of modern China, recently interviewed guest lecturer Eugene Wang, Abbey Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art at Harvard University, who came to UK as part of the Year of China Initiative. Professor Wang discusses contemporary Chinese artists diverging from China’s national narrative in the wake of the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake.
This podcast was produced by Cheyenne Hohman.
UK Welcomes Omani Students to Campus
UK is one of America's first universities to receive students from the southwest Asian state of Oman in a five-year scholarship agreement with the nation's Ministry of Higher Education.
