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Undergraduate Research at UK with Zaheen Rabbani
Zaheen Rabbani graduated from the University of Kentucky in May 2012 with dual degrees in biology and psychology. Zaheen credits his undergraduate research experience with developing critical thinking skills and prepping him to apply to medical school this fall.
Karaoke in China: Ktv
A&S Hive members Cheyenne Hohman and Dana Rogers visited Yiwen Chen's home in Yongja, Wenzhou. Wenzhou was a prosperous foreign treaty port, which remains well-preserved today. It is situated in a mountainous region and, as a result, has been isolated for most of its history from the rest of the country, making the local culture and language very distinct not only from the rest of China but from neighboring areas as well. View this video to see A&S Hive at Karaoke Television.
Filmed & Edited by: Dana Rogers
UK Math Alum & Rock Star Creates Strategy Game
When Robert Schneider isn't touring around the world with band, Apples In Stereo, he's often working on one of his other great passions - math! The recent UK mathematics alum has just released a new math strategy game. Check out the video to see how the game looks and works:
You can also read the full article from the A.V. Club here
Tianzifang Stamp Maker
A&S Hive member Dana Rogers traveled to Tianzifang this summer. Tianzifang is an arts and crafts enclave that has developed from a renovated residential area in the French Concession area of Shanghai, China. It comprises a neighborhood of labyrinthine alleyways, coffee shops, and arts & crafts stores. Their were many crafters selling their work on the street, one of them was a stamp maker.
Filmed & Edited by: Dana Rogers
Undergraduate Research at UK
Students, as well as A&S faculty members Chris Crawford (Physics) and Melody Carswell (Psychology) talk about the undergraduate research opportunities at UK.
This video appears courtesy of Reveal: University of Kentucky Research Media research.uky.edu/reveal/index.shtml
Randal Voss: Salamander Research at UK
At any given time, hundreds of salamanders are being bred at the University of Kentucky. "We have the only captive-bred salamander population in the world where people can call us up, and we can do the breedings, make those resources and ship them out nationally and internationally," says Randal Voss, a professor of biology and faculty associate of the Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center (SCoBIRC).
Geologic Mapping at the University of Kentucky
On December 1, 2011, the Kentucky Geological Survey at the University of Kentucky celebrated a major achievement in the mapping of Kentucky's geology. KGS has published all 25 maps in the 30 by 60 minute geologic map series (1:100,000 scale), making them available for free to the public on their website and through a new app.
This achievement is unparalleled by any other state, making Kentucky a leader in geologic mapping and map technology.
Poets Kim Addonizio, Julia Johnson to Present at Writers Conference
Award-winning poet and associate professor of English Julia Johnson will present workshops, readings and a craft talk at the 2012 Kentucky Women Writers Conference.