The College of Arts & Sciences kicked off its fifth Passport to the World celebration – Year of the Middle East – Crossroads of the World, on Tuesday, September 4, on the Student Center Lawn. Food, t-shirts, henna tattooing and live music featuring Vanessa Paloma were enjoyed by the entire…

Now in its third year, FastTrack is a residential academic program designed to prepare first-year students for rigorous undergraduate course work before the start of the fall semester.

FastTrack students also have the opportunity to move in early, giving them a head start on building…

Champions Court II is a brand new residence life building on UK's campus, and the new home to Wired. We captured some of the move in activity as these students gear up for their first semester at UK.

Wired offers first-year UK students a 2020 education today. Students of the 21st century…

This August marks the creation of Greenhouse on UK's campus. Greenhouse is a new living-learning community that engages students in learning about many aspects of the local environment, all in the context of sustainability, by bringing together students and faculty interested in understanding…

Kevin Yeager, a sedimentary geologist and environmental radiochemist in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, leads a group of graduate and undergraduate research assistants in SER2L - the Sedimentary, Environmental and Radiochemical Research Laboratory. The lab - described by…

The UK Junior was recently named a fellow for the Schomburg-Mellon Humanities Summer Institute in New York City, and as one of only 10 recipients to be bestowed that honor, it is helping to further define who Nathan Moore is and who he is quickly becoming as an academic. “Being accepted into…

Keeneland Hall on UK’s north campus has been home to Wired, an A&S Residential College, since it launched in 2011. So many friendships and memories have been made in Keeneland over that time period, as well as offering first-year students a unique opportunity to be steeped in the traditions…

MathExcel is a special program designed to help first-year students succeed in Calculus I and II. MathExcel students attend three 90-minute problem-solving workshops each week to build problem-solving and group study skills. MathExcel problem-solving workshops are led by our best graduate…

On Friday April 18 the Chemistry Department at the University of Kentucky hosted the annual Regional Undergraduate Research in Chemistry Poster Competition. This event, organized by Prof. Edith Glazer, was sponsored by the UK Department of Chemistry and the regional chapter of the American…

April 30, 2014 - Poetry was in the air once again this spring as students and faculty from the University of Kentucky participated in a 12-hour open air poetry reading. The event, organized by English professor and published author Julia Johnson, was held outside of the Student Center welcoming…

Introductory Chemistry can be a challenge, but Lisa Blue, an instructor within the Department of Chemistry, eases students' transition to college chemistry with the Chemistry Learning Center. It will serve students of General and Organic Chemistry: answer their questions, provide tutoring, and…

February 14, 2014 – It was the College of Arts & Sciences' great honor to recognize our top-achieving students at a reception in the Grand Ballroom on the campus of the University of Kentucky. There were many proud parents and friends on hand to celebrate all the hard work of these…

The English Department hosted a reception on January 23, 2014 to open its new Betty Combs Owen Student Enrichment Center. The Center was made possible through the generosity of Larry Owen, and named in honor of his late wife, Betty Combs Owen, who graduated from UK in 1957. The Center is an…

FastTrack for Calculus and FastTrack for Bio-Calc are residential academic program designed to prepare students for rigorous undergraduate mathematics and biology classes before the start of the fall semester. Through FastTrack, students get acclimated to college-level coursework, and have the…

Photography by: Dana Rogers At the A&S back-to-school event on August 27, 2013, incoming freshman showed their Class of 2017 pride at our photo booth.

Hundreds of A&S students gathered to kick off the new school year at the Student Center on Tuesday, August 27th, 2013!

Photography by: Patrick O'Dowd

"Campus is filling back up at a rapid rate as K-week switches into top gear." -Patrick O'Dowd.

Students prepare for the beginning of the fall semester by attending K-week - Write Right events, pre-professional Study scoop Q&A, UK WRD Graffiti…

Photography by: Dana Rogers

The Department of Mathematics offered a calculus camp for incoming students two weeks before fall classes started. Dubbed FastTrack, first-year students came to campus in early August for an intensive, two-week, 8-hour a day study to help prepare them for their…

July 16, 2013.

President Capilouto ran into some campus visitors today – from China! The Confucius Institute at UK is hosting high school students from Xi’an, China. The students are keeping busy with a full schedule of challenging and interesting courses on campus, as well as…

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June 28, 2013 Thomas Hunt Morgan Building



The Biology Department will be having BBQ's on the following upcoming Fridays: July 12, July 26, August 16.

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Every week A&S Wired has coffee chats with students and guest speakers. February 6, 2013 the coffee chat featured Lexington Mayor Jim Gray. Please join us for the next coffee chat. You can view the schedule here, wired.as.uky.edu/calendar/month Photography by: Dana Rogers

As part of the Reimagining Russia’s Realms initiative, the UK College of Arts and Sciences offered an opportunity for students to participate in a unique facet of Russian culture — a puzzle that has challenged millions and thwarted solution for more than 25 years: Tetris A Tetris tournament…

The Class of 2016 gathered during K Week for an opportunity to meet more of their classmates, and chat with faculty in their areas of study.

Dean Mark Kornbluh welcomed the students into the College of A&S and challenged them to be engaged, critical thinkers, and to use their time…

On August 4th, 2012, a group of students made their way to the University of Kentucky to participate in the first ever Fast Track to Calculus program. The program brings participants up to speed for first-year calculus courses. Students were able to move into Kirwan Tower before official UK move…