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Everett McCorvey Named Chair of Kentucky Arts Council

Nov 22, 2021, 7:27 AM

Gov. Andy Beshear named Everett McCorvey, D.M.A., professor in the University of Kentucky School of Music and director of UK Opera Theatre, the new chair of the Kentucky Arts Council at a news conference Nov. 18.

UK Theatre Screenings Take You Inside 'The Laramie Project'

Nov 15, 2021, 7:06 AM

UK Department of Theatre and Dance will present "The Laramie Project" as its next main stage production Nov. 18-21.

UK Alum Composing a More Equitable Classical Music Community

Oct 27, 2021, 7:38 AM

Kaitlin Bove is not only serving the field of a music as an educator, but she co-founded the Girls Who Conduct initiative and founded And We Were Heard, nonprofit organizations dedicated to connecting underrepresented composers with the larger classical music community.

Visiting Writers Series Returns With Notable Authors, Film Director

Oct 8, 2021, 7:22 AM

The Visiting Writers Series (VWS), hosted by the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kentucky, kicks off Oct. 13 with Academy Award winner Kevin Willmott.

UK School of Art and Visual Studies Announces Fall's Visiting Artist Series Lectures

Sep 24, 2021, 7:16 AM

Each year, the school hosts a series of free, public talks with scholars and artists concerned with contemporary visual culture.

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Eliza Griswold to Deliver Appalachian Forum Series Lecture

Sep 24, 2021, 7:13 AM

“Beyond Extraction: Stories, like resources can be extracted from communities — how do we break the paradigm?” will take place 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5, on Zoom.

University Press of Kentucky Welcomes University of Pikeville to Consortium

Sep 14, 2021, 7:22 AM

The consortium includes all of Kentucky’s state universities, seven of its private colleges and two historical societies. Each constituent institution is represented on a statewide editorial board, which supervises the UPK imprint.

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CCTS Debuts Comic Book on E-cigarette Use by Young Adults

Sep 7, 2021, 6:55 AM

A team at the UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) chose a novel approach to target e-cigarette use by young adults — a research-based comic book.

UK Arts and Sciences’ Crystal Wilkinson Releases Poetry Collection ‘Perfect Black’

Aug 19, 2021, 7:22 AM

College of Arts and Sciences associate professor and Kentucky Poet Laureate Crystal Wilkinson’s first poetry collection, “Perfect Black,” is now available from the University Press of Kentucky.

UK's Susie Thiel Named to American College Dance Association's Board

Aug 16, 2021, 7:07 AM

The University of Kentucky College of Fine Arts announces Susie Thiel, director of the UK Dance Program, has been elected to the National Board of Directors for the American College Dance Association.

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