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…
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Kim McBride, anthropology professor and co-director of the Kentucky Archaeological Survey, taught Anthropology 585: Field Methods in Archaeology at the Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill this summer. Twenty-five miles southwest of Lexington, this site provided a…
Beneath the Kentucky Horse Park, there is a cave system that feeds part of the Cane Run Watershed. Michael Farwell and James Currens showed us some of the technology used by the Kentucky Geological Survey to monitor groundwater quality, velocity, and temperature through the seasons. The Kentucky…
Community 101 is an A&S course that connects students to Lexington through history, culture, modern issues and much more. Community 101 showcased their final presentations for the course during the Gallery Hop event in UK's Art Museum, where selected students were awarded with $500 for the…
Taking advantage of gorgeous late March weather, Earth and Environmental Sciences Academic Lab Coordinator Pete Idstein, held some outdoor volcano demonstrations for his students.
For four days crowds gathered behind Scovell Hall as Idstein concocted the proper amounts of materials to…
Fifteen A&S Wired students gathered at Keeneland Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 29, to showcase their knowledge of human subject protection, cell biology, research ethics and history. With posters, movies on iPads, handouts and PowerPoints, they presented information on this wide array of topics —…
With this 'home brewed' kit - consisting of a camera, a 2-liter soda bottle, a balloon, rubber bands, and string - UK geography professor Jeremy Crampton shows students how they can create their own high resolution mapping data on a budget. Photos by: Damien Angel and Vincent Purcell
The University of Kentucky's Ecological Research Facility (ERF) is a roughly 55-acre tract of old farmland on the north side of Lexington Kentucky. Consisting of old fields and artificial ponds, ERF is located in a residential neighborhood between downtown Lexington and the surrounding horse…
Students from Mike Cavagnero's Measuring Science course display and demonstrate their final projects. Students presented their final projects in the basement of Keeneland Hall, home of A&S Wired Residential College.
For more information about A&S Wired, please visit wired.as.uky.…
The college of Arts and Sciences’ Wired program students visited the Waveland house on one of their adventures for Dr. Smith’s A&S 100 course. Waveland is considered one of the finest examples of Greek Revival architecture in Kentucky. The home sits atop a small knoll surrounded by 200 acres…
The College of Arts & Sciences recently hosted the Fall semester Dean’s List reception to honor the College’s outstanding students. Held on campus at the Boone Center, the reception also gave students and their families the opportunity to learn about exciting events, programs, and research…
As part of the A&S Wired Residential College program, each participant was given a personal iPad that will be used as part of Wired curriculum.
August 19, 2011 saw the launch of A&S Wired, UK's newest residential college. Over 170 students will become "Wired" residents, participating in special curriculum and utilizing state-of-the-art digital technologies in and out of the classroom, with smartboards and their personal iPads. For…
