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Recipients include faculty, staff and alumni who have significantly contributed to the university’s global engagement through education, research, service and fostering a culturally diverse, welcoming environment.

In the fall of 2017, Hoda Shalash joined the ranks of women in her family to pursue a degree in the College of Social Work. This week, she prepares to walk across the Rupp Arena stage and accept her diploma.

Underrepresented populations in the United States are contracting, being hospitalized and dying from the virus at higher rates than white Americans.

The Tunnel of Oppression is an interactive event that highlights contemporary issues of oppression. It is designed to introduce participants to the concepts of oppression, privilege and power.

The Community Action Council for Lexington-Fayette, Bourbon, Harrison and Nicholas counties is hosting the event to offer tools to confront, reduce and eliminate this hidden bias.

Wu’s talk, “Yellow Peril to Model Minority: How Systemic Racism & White Supremacy has Kept Asians Quiet & Controlled in America,” will take place Wednesday April 14th in Room 121 in the Jacobs Science Building and via Zoom.

“We are so delighted to bring ‘Breaking the Silence: Lillian Smith’ to the UK community,” said Kathryn Engle. “Her life and works crosscut the fields of Appalachian studies, gender and women's studies, queer studies, education, Southern studies, literature, civil rights history, and African American studies.

As the first person in her family to pursue a bachelor’s degree and study engineering, Savannah Lewis describes the feeling as daunting yet rewarding. “Knowing that I’m helping this profession become more diverse, by increasing representation, makes me extremely proud.”

The J. David Rosenberg College of Law hosted a day-long symposium on Breonna Taylor on October 23, 2020. The panels probed the legal issues surrounding the criminal charges and defenses, search warrant inconsistencies, damages awarded to the family, the federal investigation, and the impact of race on policing.

Gathan Borden said that 2020 brought increased pressure for accountability by the affinity groups of the bourbon industry. “We are now seeing brands start to be more vocal and visible in their work support of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts."