UK Axolotl Symposium: Get to Know This Strange Salamander
Day long symposium about Axolotls.
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Office Hours with Peter Berres and Stan Brunn
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Our latest Office Hours episode brings you a new host along with a hot topic -- Cuba!
The Evolving Definitions of Femicide: Cristina Alcalde
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Earlier this year, the Catholic University of Peru selected Associate Professor Cristina Alcalde of the Department of Gender & Women's Studies to be one of six international visiting professors and scholars.
Alcalde spent her time at the university teaching a graduate seminar on femicide and violence against women.
Five UK Graduate Students Share Research at Shanghai University
The conference aimed to promote an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural dialogue about Asia’s past and present. The UK graduate students presented papers that explored specific interrelationships between Asia and the United States.
UK Students Named Fulbright Recipients
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.
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Education Abroad Awards Program Development and Research Grants
Education Abroad at the University of Kentucky recently awarded grants to five faculty members to develop innovative programs abroad. In addition, a graduate student was awarded a grant to support her research into education abroad experiences and possibilities for the future.
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Mapping Linguistic Diversity: Benjamin Kinsella and Haralambos Symeonidis
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How many languages do you speak? Benjamin Kinsella is fluent in English, speaks Spanish, and now also knows touch of Guaraní.
Undergraduates Receive Oswald Awards for Research and Creativity
The University of Kentucky Office for Undergraduate Research recognized and awarded 19 students this week with the Oswald Research and Creativity Program awards.
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.
