University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences

Novelist Rebecca Makkai delivers “Ending It All,” a craft talk on endings in fiction.

Jeremy Van Cleve joined the Department of Biology in the Spring 2015 semester. As one of the newest additions to UK's faculty, Van Cleve had lots of info to share concering his research, his hopes for his future at UK, and how he's getting along in the city of Lexington.

This podcast was produced by David Cole.

Still looking for an opportunity to travel this summer? Tune in to this week's Office Hours as we speak with Matt Giancarlo and Susan Roberts about the education abroad trips that they will be leading this summer. Giancarlo will be heading a trip to Arezzo, a town in Tuscany, where students can learn about Italian language, art, and culture. Roberts will lead a trip to Oaxaca, Mexico to explore social and environmental justice within Southern Mexico.

To learn more about the trip to Italy, please head to: https://www.as.uky.edu/arezzo-culture

To learn more about the trip to Mexico, please head to: https://www.as.uky.edu/oaxaca-justice

Office Hours is produced by the College of Arts & Sciences and airs on WRFL FM 88.1 every Wednesday from 2-3 p.m. This podcast was produced by Casey Hibbard.

The University of Kentucky recently hosted a French Studies Forum on the Paris Attacks, organized by French and Francophone Studies within the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.

The participants in the forum address the cultural and political context of, as well as the emerging and continuing fallout surrounding, the recent deadly attacks on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a Paris kosher market (January 7-9, 2015).

Discussion participants (in the order in which they speak):

Jeffrey Peters, French and Francophone Studies (MCLLC)

Leon Sachs, French and Francophone Studies (MCLLC)

Jeremy Popkin, Department of History

Suzanne Pucci, French and Francophone Studies (MCLLC)

Michael Samers, Department of Geography

Sadia Zoubir-Shaw, French and Francophone Studies (MCLLC)

Ihsan Bagby, Arabic and Islamic Studies (MCLLC)

Joel Pett, political cartoonist, Lexington Herald-Leader

In this week’s episode of Office Hours, we spoke with Randall Roorda, a professor from the Department of English, and Susan Larson, a professor from the Department of Hispanic Studies, about their upcoming education abroad programs. Tune in to learn more about traveling to the Czech Republic and Madrid and to hear about Roorda and Larson’s own experiences in studying and traveling abroad.

To learn more about these summer programs and more, please head to: http://www.as.uky.edu/education-abroad. You can also head to http://www.as.uky.edu/czech-republic-society to learn more about Field Studies in Environment and Society, Central Europe and to http://www.as.uky.edu/discover-madrid to learn more about Discover Madrid.

Office Hours is produced by the College of Arts & Sciences and airs on WRFL FM 88.1 every Wednesday from 2-3 p.m. This podcast was produced by Casey Hibbard.

In the summer of 2014, several undergraduate and graduate students from the College of Arts and Sciences received a grant from the National Science Foundation. This NSF grant gave them the means to pursue research in various fields as they explored their interests and prepared for their potential futures.In this podcast, Josiah Hanna, a recent graduate in Mathematics and Computer Science, tells us about his research interests and the impact that the NSF grant will have upon his future.

This podcast was produced by Casey Hibbard

Our second Language Talk: KWLA podcast features host Laura Roché Youngworth discussing the Kentucky World Language Program Review with Jacque Van Houten, Jefferson County Public Schools World Language Consultant, and Alfonso de Torres Nunez, World Language Consultant for the KY Department of Education. They talk about the overall premise of the Program Review including its history, models of implementation, embedded concepts of global competency and 21st century skills, and the concept of Program Review as a tool for building capacity. If you have an event or idea to share on the Outreach Clearinghouse, please contact Laura Roche [email protected] or Jeanmarie Rouhier-Willoughby ([email protected]).

This podcast was produced by Casey Hibbard.

The eleventh episode of Office Hours is here! This week, we continue our theme of education abroad opportunities and speak to Ernest Yanarella, Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science, and Anthony Ogden, Director of Education Abroad. Join us as we talk with Yanarella about his upcoming education abroad opportunity in Shantou, China and with Ogden about the how-tos and benefits of education abroad and travel for students.

For more information about the education abroad course in Shantou, China, please head to: http://www.as.uky.edu/shantou-sustainable.

Office Hours is produced by the College of Arts & Sciences and airs on WRFL FM 88.1 every Wednesday from 2-3 p.m. This podcast was produced by Casey Hibbard.

Our latest Office Hours episode brings you a new host along with a hot topic -- Cuba! In this episode, Sarah Shuetze interviews Peter Berres, former Assistant Dean in the College of Health Sciences and professor of Political Science, and Stan Brunn, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Geography. Berres and Brunn have a lot to talk about - particularly their common interest in Cuba and upcoming education abroad program in Cuba this summer! Listen in to learn more about how they became interested in Cuba, developed a study abroad program, and their goals for the program.

For more information about this program, please head to the College of Arts & Science Education Abroad page to learn more, or click here for more details about the Cuban Politics, Society & Culture course.

Office Hours is produced by the College of Arts & Sciences and airs on WRFL FM 88.1 every Wednesday from 2-3 p.m. This podcast was produced by Casey Hibbard.

Graduate school can appear to be a mystifying process with a seemingly endless row of hoops to jump through, such as applying, studying, researching, and writing a dissertation of your own. The English Department is helping to give us a peek behind the curtain of graduate school as we speak to Andrea Holliger and Seth Lee, two English graduate students. In this interview, Holliger and Lee discuss their experiences, tips, and tricks regarding graduate school, research, and writing dissertations.

This podcast was produced by Casey Hibbard.