Probing Hispanic History and Activism
College’s new Latinx professors reach out to students of similar heritage
By Richard LeComte
Teaching his first classes at UK in fall 2019, Eladio Bobadilla fresh from his doctoral studies at Duke—saw a lot of eager students waiting for him to share his perspectives on Latinx history. For many students in the class, Bobadilla was teaching something essential: their own histories.
College’s new Latinx professors reach out to students of similar heritage
By Richard LeComte
Teaching his first classes at UK in fall 2019, Eladio Bobadilla fresh from his doctoral studies at Duke—saw a lot of eager students waiting for him to share his perspectives on Latinx history. For many students in the class, Bobadilla was teaching something essential: their own histories.
A&S Voices: Latinx Students
Three Latinx students discuss their experiences at UK, and give advice to incoming international students on how to build community and thrive on campus.
Pulling from the Headlines: Poems Written After Media
Interactive Poetry Workshop with Javier Zamora, Thursday January 30, 5-6PM
Date:
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Location:
Cat's Den, Gatton Student Center
"Pulling from the headline: poems written after media" Interactive poetry workshop
Mr. Zamora’s workshop will use headlines regarding immigration to lead students and other attendees in creating their own micro-poems. The workshop will conclude with an opportunity for attendees to share their work and a Q&A with the poet.
Event speaker: Javier Zamora holds a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, where he studied and taught in June Jordan’s Poetry for the People program and earned an MFA from New York University. His poems have been featured in Granta, The Kenyon Review, Poetry, The New York Times and many others. Zamora has received many honors, including a 2015 NEA fellowship, the 2016 Ruth Lilly Fellowship, a 2016-2018 Wallace Stegner Fellowship, among other accolades. He’s a founding member of the Undocupoets, a group dedicated to promoting undocumented poets and raising awareness of the structural barriers they face in the literary community.
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Location:
Cats Den, Gatton Student Center
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Undergraduate Researchers Receive Research and Creativity Awards
By Ryan Girves
The University of Kentucky Office of Undergraduate Research recently recognized and awarded 19 students with the Oswald Research and Creativity awards.