The Detachment was lucky enough to have 3 cadets receive the title of distinguished graduate over the summer. This award is given to cadets who finish in the top 10 percent of their Field Training Encampment. Cadets Chambers, Cassem, and Cross all performed outstandingly and all ended up…

The College of Arts and Sciences hosted a welcome BBQ for incoming students from China. The outing provided students an opportunity to connect with fellow classmates, future professors, and A&S staff. The students were greeted by A&S Dean Mark Kornbluh and Dr. Huajing…

A&S welcomed freshmen participating in STEMCats to campus. STEMCats is a living learning program for first-year students interested in STEM fields such as biology, chemistry, geology, math, neuroscience and physics. Staff and peer mentors helped make move-in day an easier and…

The International Village Living Learning Community is a multi-national community of students, matching international and U.S. students in order to foster cross-cultural friendships. The College of Arts & Sciences welcomed incoming freshmen participating in the…

A&S congratulates Genecia Norwood and Tina Hagee on their 2017 Outstanding Staff Awards! 

The College of Arts and Sciences’ teamed up with the College of Education to welcome middle and high school teachers to campus for the STEMCats Teaching Workshop. Teachers interacted with faculty during the daylong workshop sponsored by HHMI in sessions including: Volcanoes, CrossCutting…

2018 Regional Undergraduate Poster Competition

2018 Chemistry Graduation and Student Awards Ceremony!

The College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Awards and Recognition Ceremony.

The University of Kentucky recognized exceptional faculty and teaching assistants at the Outstanding Teaching Awards at the 2018 University of Kentucky Awards Ceremony on Thursday, April 19, in the Lexmark Room at the Main Building. Recipients of Inclusive Excellence Awards, in partnership…

The Distinguished Professor Award for 2017-2018 was presented to Dr. Karen Petrone from the History Department.

The department of history and the family of Dr. Charles Roland, emeritus, celebrated his 100th birthday in the Atrium of the JSB. The event was on Sunday, April 8th.

The Department of Chemistry at the University of Kentucky organizes an annual Symposium on Chemistry and Molecular Biology.  This Symposium was established in honor of Anna S. Naff, a University of Kentucky graduate, through the generous support of Dr. Benton Naff of NIH. The Symposium…

The Spring 2018 Career Fair was hosted in the Jacobs Science Building! For more information about career opportunities visit: www.uky.edu/careercenter/students

Congratulations to the Fall 2017 Dean's List Recipients!

In the Fall of 2017, Lexington made the national news when debate started around moving the Confederate statues in downtown Lexington. Mayor Gray poignantly highlighted Kentucky’s history as a border state with both Confederate and Union soldiers. This dichotomy and polarization is not simply in…

Ain’t I a person? : Tout moun sé moun!“ is a  mini-symposium that deploys Caribbean/Black studies as a platform to explore how “diasporic” communities in the Americas see others and envision themselves. This symposium considers theories associated with construction of self,…

A&S international students visit Mammoth Cave for the first time!

Check out the video of their experience here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1UvQ6EjhDw

Moments from the Lyle Ramsey Dawson Lecture Friday, October 27th, 2017.

By Nate Harling

The classroom can be a dismal place on a rainy Tuesday morning. For some students, hitting the snooze button may sound more appealing than walking across campus in the rain at 9 a.m. to attend class in the same place they do most of the week. Knowing this, Wei…

A&S celebrates the 2017 Hall of Fame! For more information and to watch the ceremony visit: 

https://alumni-friends.as.uky.edu/halloffame