Karl Raitz - Rock Fences of the Bluegrass: Revisited
Karl Raitz - Rock Fences of the Bluegrass: Revisited University of Kentucky Arts and Sciences Department of Geography March 2014
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Interrupted Service: Gwen Schaefer's Peace Corps Experience in Ukraine
University of Kentucky alumni really do get all around the world. Gwendolyn Schaefer (International Studies/Geography 2013) traveled to Ukraine after her graduation as part of a 27 month long service period with the United State Peace Corps. Unfortunately, Gwen and other Peace Corps volunteers were forced to evacuate from the area in February 2014 due to mounting safety concerns.
Here, Gwen tells us about her time in Ukraine, the people and culture of the nation, and what it was like working there with the Peace Corps.
UK Awards More than $500K to Innovate Instructional Delivery
A&S Professors Matt Zook and Arnold Stromberg have been granted more than $200,000 to improve education, engagement and retention.
Geotech Engineer and UK Alum Scott Murray to Give E-Day Talk
UK alumnus Scott Murray, senior vice president at Stantec, will speak on geographic information systems as part of the College of Engineering's E-Day celebration.
Lize Mogel, Counter-Cartographies: Mapping, Art, and the Political
The visit is organized by The New Mappings Collaboratory, as part of the Geography Department's Spring Colloquium series.
Matthew Wilson: New Lines
New Lines
Matthew W. Wilson, Harvard University and University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky Geography Colloquium 15 November 2013
Urban Poverty is Focus of UK's 20th Breathitt Lecture
Geography and Islamic Studies undergraduate Evan Sweet will present the 20th annual Edward T. Breathitt Undergraduate Lectureship in the Humanities on Jan. 30.
All The Right Ingredients: Sydney Dobson
Sydney Dobson's travels to Uganda will combine a number of her passions into one endeavor.
Cutting The Cost: Arts & Sciences Alumni Funds Enable Student Opprtunities
Geography graduate student Malene Jacobsen is no stranger to travel for her research. While she is a student at UK and spends most of her time in Lexington, Jacobsen’s work on political asylum and migration requires her to move between Europe and the United States as she collects data for her degree.
New Faculty 2013: Meet Lynn Phillips
The Department of Geography is excited to welcome Assistant Professor Lynn Phillips to its faculty!