The Appalachian Center invites you to our drop-in Coffee Hour, Thursday from 10-11 AM. We welcome students, faculty, staff, and community members for coffee and light refreshments. Come visit with others interested in the region and learn more about the work of the Appalachian Center and the Appalachian Studies Program. Coffee Hour is a space to exchange ideas for programs, initiatives, and events, discuss regional issues, and share research in a casual, collegial atmosphere.

Join us in person, or virtually via Zoom!

Click here for registration Zoom link

The Appalachian Center invites you to our drop-in Coffee Hour, Thursday from 10-11 AM. We welcome students, faculty, staff, and community members for coffee and light refreshments. Come visit with others interested in the region and learn more about the work of the Appalachian Center and the Appalachian Studies Program. Coffee Hour is a space to exchange ideas for programs, initiatives, and events, discuss regional issues, and share research in a casual, collegial atmosphere.

Join us in person, or virtually via Zoom!

Click here for registration Zoom link

Join us for our SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) presentation at the Appalachian Center or tune in virtually via Zoom. This year's SWAPs will showcase the research conducted by recipients of the 2024 James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research on Appalachia and the UK Appalachian Center Eller & Billings Student Research Award, as well as other scholars and students sharing their research.

February 5 Presentation:

Maria Bareli, Liken Knowledge, Commons Governance Fellow, Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network
Kathryn Newfont, University of Kentucky Department of History, Associate Professor

"A2A: Making Aegean Appalachian connections, building bridges of knowledge exchange and visions towards just futures"

Register for the Zoom link to join here

Be sure to check your spam for the Zoom link after registering.

Full schedule of SWAPs for the 2024-2025 academic year:

The Appalachian Center Trans Solidarity Circle is a space for trans and allied students to talk, craft, and grieve. All University of Kentucky community members are welcome to attend.

The Lewis Honors College, the Gatton College of Business and Economics, and the College of Arts & Sciences Appalachian Center and Appalachian Studies Program are hosting Dr. Seth D. Kaplan, a leading expert on fragile states and a consultant to governments and NGOs worldwide. In his bestselling book, Fragile Neighborhoods, he offers a bold new vision for addressing social decline in America, one zip code at a time, by revitalizing our local institutions.

Tour of UK Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER)

Please register ahead of time by November 13th: 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6N8rgLH54P_g25LoDre_H-qPQ8AnOStq_rsLynIonPeQ8Jw/viewform?usp=sf_link 

Check out the GARC Symposium webpage for additional information!

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. - Zora Neale Hurston

The purpose of the Curiosity Fair is to celebrate the role of curiosity in education, by inviting participants to engage in interactive demos from a variety of disciplines, from science to art to humanities. The event is informal, fun, and free!

To see the list of curiosity stations participating in the 2024 Curiosity Fair, check out this link.