Tag: University of Kentucky
Two African American Men Appointed to New Faculty Positions
Desmond U. Patton was appointed an assistant professor at the Columbia University School of Social Work and Brandon Ofem was named an assistant professor in the College of Business Administration at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Auburn University Scholars Promote Mathematics Research in Southern Africa
Professor Overtoun Jenda and colleagues at Auburn University have developed the Masamu Program to promote research collaboration between mathematicians in southern Africa and the United States.
University of Kentucky Scholar Named Rhetorician of the Year
Adam J. Banks, professor in the department of writing, rhetoric, and digital studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kentucky, was named the 2014 Rhetorician of the Year by the The Young Rhetoricians Conference.
The First African American Dean of Dental Medicine at Case Western Reserve University
Dr. Kenneth B. Chance Sr. has been serving as a professor and chief of endodontics at the University of Kentucky. He is the former dean of the School of Dentistry at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee.
New Alliance Seeks to Boost Black and Other Minorities in STEM Fields
Under the program, nine colleges and universities in Kentucky and West Virginia will seek to increase the percentage of minority students in STEM disciplines by 15 percent by 2016.
New Scholarship Program for Mechanical Engineers at Kentucky State University
The new scholarship program, funded by a grant from Toyota, will provide full-tuition scholarships for three years at Kentucky State and two years at the University of Kentucky.
African American Debaters Make History
Nadia Lewis and Jamila Ahmed, African American students at Fresno State University in California, placed first and second at the recent Henry Clay Invitational Debates held at the University of Kentucky.
Record Black First-Year Enrollments at the University of Kentucky
There are 555 African American first-year students on campus this fall. Blacks make up 11.8 percent of the entering class. This percentage is particularly impressive given the fact that Blacks are just 8 percent of the state's population.
Heidi Anderson Named Provost at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
When Dr. Anderson takes office in July, the university's two highest officials, president and provost, both will be African American women. Helen F. Giles-Gee became the university's president a year ago. Only 6 percent of the undergraduate student body at the university is Black.
The New Poet Laureate for the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Frank X Walker is an associate professor in the department of English at the University of Kentucky. He also serves as director of the university's African American and Africana studies program. Professor Walker is credited with coining the term "Affrilachia."
Poet Nikky Finney to Join the Faculty at the University of South Carolina
After more than 20 years at the University of Kentucky, this fall Professor Finney will take the John H. Bennett Jr. Chair of Southern Literature and Creative Writing at the University of South Carolina.
University Study Examines Suicide Ideation Among Lower Income African American Women
A study by researchers at the University of Kentucky examines the relationship between racial and gender discrimination and suicide ideation.
Record African American Enrollments at the University of Kentucky
In a state where Blacks are 8 percent of the population, African Americans make up 11 percent of this year's entering class.
Five Black Scholars Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education
E. Janyce Dawkins, Berenecea Johnson Eanes, Nosa O. Egiebor, Quentin R. Tyler, and Donnell Butler have been appointed to new administrative posts.
Vanderbilt Debuts Digital Archive of 1964 Taped Interviews of Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement
The interviews were conducted by Robert Penn Warren for his book Who Speaks for the Negro?
Deneese Jones Named Provost at Drake University
Since 2005 she has been dean of the College of Education and Human Services at Longwood University in Virginia.
University of Kentucky Professor Honored for Her Poetry
Nikky Finney wins the National Book Award for her fourth volume of poems.
The University of Kentucky Merges Africana and African-American Studies
Director Frank Walker hopes to hire new faculty and offer a bachelor's degree in the field.
Grants and Gifts
• The University of Kentucky’s College of Public Health received a five-year, $2,860,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study HIV/AIDS in the...
