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The May 2018 UK Commencement student speakers (left to right): Andrea Bomkamp, Elizabeth Dempsey, Esias Bedingar and Elizabeth Foster.

May 2018 Commencement Speakers Announced

By Jenny Wells May 2, 2018

UK President Eli Capilouto has selected student representatives to speak at each of the four UK Commencement Ceremonies. Esias Bedingar, Andrea Bomkamp, Elizabeth Dempsey and Elizabeth Foster were chosen from nearly 40 applicants. The ceremonies will be held Friday, May 4, and Sunday, May 6, in Rupp Arena.

"Old Souled" by Wes Rankin (left) took first place honors at the Foundations Exhibition

Some of UK’s Youngest Artists Win Awards at Foundations Show

By Kaitlyn Summe May 1, 2018

The 2018 Foundations Show celebrated work of the newest art students on campus and showcased work by more than 150 students from UK School of Art and Visual Studies. It also recognized the best work from this group with more than $10,000 in scholarships.

UK Grad Awarded Chicago Teacher Residency

By Stephanie Swarts Apr 18, 2018

UK Office of Nationally Competitive Awards has announced 2017 graduate Elise McConnell was awarded the Academy of Urban School Leadership: Chicago Teacher Residency for the 2018-19 academic school year.

The Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award was presented to Madison Conroy by Sullivan Committee member Larry Grabau during the University Honors and Recognition Awards Program April 11, 2018.

UK's Sullivan Award Winners Make Impact on Lives of People They Serve

By Kathy Johnson Apr 16, 2018

UK graduating seniors Madison Conroy and Esias Bedingar and legal counsel for Kentucky Refugee Ministries, Emily Jones, are the 2018 winners of the Sullivan Award, UK's highest honor for humanitarian service.

"New Works Now" includes five plays April 19-21, 2018 @ 7:30pm

UK Theatre and Dance Students Tackle Inanimate to Real World Issues in 'New Works Now'

By Whitney Hale Apr 12, 2018

From issues surrounding women’s roles in society, sexual identity and ethnicity to a toy’s struggle with the real world, one of the new dances or plays from students in UK Department of Theatre and Dance’s “New Works Now” is likely to speak to you. See where 50 years of risk-taking expression and creative process has taken UK’s theatre program April 19-22, at the Guignol Theatre.

Kentucky Karana combines Indian and American dance styles together to showcase South Asian arts and culture.

Honors Students Come Together Through Shared Passion for Dancing

By Stephanie Swarts Apr 11, 2018

Students in UK's Lewis Honors College created Kentucky Karana, a Bollywood-fusion dance team.

UK sophomore Kirby Davis (second from left) took second place in the NASA Collegiate Jazz Competition. Davis is seen here with fellow saxophone players UK faculty member Lisa Osland, popular musician Jeff Coffin and UK Jazz Studies Director Miles Osland.

UK Sophomore Takes Honors at International Saxophone Competition

By Kaitlyn Summe Apr 6, 2018

Sophomore Kirby Davis of Greenville, Kentucky, recently took second place honors at the North American Saxophone Alliance Jazz Soloist Competition.

WELD Program Participants Announced

By Kathy Johnson Apr 2, 2018

Twenty-six faculty and staff members have been accepted into UK's Women's Executive Leadership Development program.

2018 Breathitt Lecture to Explore Dynamics Between Rationality and Morality

By Whitney Hale Apr 2, 2018

UK philosophy junior Beau Revlett has been selected to deliver the 24th annual Edward T. Breathitt Undergraduate Lectureship in the Humanities 7 p.m. Thursday, April 5, at William T. Young Library. Revlett’s free public lecture will explore how multidisciplinary approaches to deciding what is good or rational may be beneficial to society.

Lewis Honors College to Host Talk on Why ‘30 is Not the New 20’

By Stephanie Swarts Mar 23, 2018

Author and psychologist Meg Jay will discuss adult development and the power of the 20-something years at a talk next Tuesday, March 27.

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