The Graduate Appalachian Research Community is hosting the February meeting of the Appalachian Book Club to discuss the book chapter, "It's Grandpa's Land: Settler Property, Heteropatriarchy, and Environmental Disasters" (pp. 105-128), by Kandice Grossman, Aaron Padgett and Rebecca Scott from the 2024 volume "Deviant Hollers: Queering Appalachian Ecologies for a Sustainable Future," edited by Zane McNeill and Rebecca Scott. It is available online through the UK libraries website. Padgett will be joining us for the discussion immediately following the 10 a.m. coffee hour.

The Graduate Appalachian Research Community is hosting the February meeting of the Appalachian Book Club to discuss the book chapter, "It's Grandpa's Land: Settler Property, Heteropatriarchy, and Environmental Disasters" (pp. 105-128), by Kandice Grossman, Aaron Padgett and Rebecca Scott from the 2024 volume "Deviant Hollers: Queering Appalachian Ecologies for a Sustainable Future," edited by Zane McNeill and Rebecca Scott. It is available online through the UK libraries website. Padgett will be joining us for the discussion immediately following the 10 a.m. coffee hour.

The Graduate Appalachian Research Community is hosting the February meeting of the Appalachian Book Club to discuss the book chapter, "It's Grandpa's Land: Settler Property, Heteropatriarchy, and Environmental Disasters" (pp. 105-128), by Kandice Grossman, Aaron Padgett and Rebecca Scott from the 2024 volume "Deviant Hollers: Queering Appalachian Ecologies for a Sustainable Future," edited by Zane McNeill and Rebecca Scott. It is available online through the UK libraries website. Padgett will be joining us for the discussion immediately following the 10 a.m. coffee hour.

Join us for our SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) presentations at the Appalachian Center or tune in virtually via Zoom. This year's SWAPs will showcase the research conducted by recipients of the 2025 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.

Laura Stark, associate professor of medicine, health and society at Vanderbilt University, will be the speaker for this March 3session. Stark's presentation is titled "Poverty as Resource: Appalachian workers, traditions of protest and the making of modern medicine at NIH."

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Join us for our SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) presentations at the Appalachian Center or tune in virtually via Zoom. This year's SWAPs will showcase the research conducted by recipients of the 2025 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.

Laura Stark, associate professor of medicine, health and society at Vanderbilt University, will be the speaker for this March 3session. Stark's presentation is titled "Poverty as Resource: Appalachian workers, traditions of protest and the making of modern medicine at NIH."

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Join us at the Appalachian Center for our annual end of year celebration. We will recognize our graduates and award winners and celebrate with friends, food and festivities.

Join us at the Appalachian Center for our annual end of year celebration. We will recognize our graduates and award winners and celebrate with friends, food and festivities.

Join us for our SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) presentations at the Appalachian Center or tune in virtually via Zoom. This year's SWAPs will showcase the research conducted by recipients of the 2025 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.

Feb. 17 Presentations are:

• Morgan Gilbert, Arts Administration, 2025 UK Eller & Billings Student Research Award, "Berea College's Weaving Program."
• Riccardo P. D'Amato, History, 2025 James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research in Appalachia, "Solving Half the Problem: The Kentucky Water Pollution Control Commission."

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Join us for our SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) presentations at the Appalachian Center or tune in virtually via Zoom. This year's SWAPs will showcase the research conducted by recipients of the 2025 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.

Feb. 17 Presentations are:

• Morgan Gilbert, Arts Administration, 2025 UK Eller & Billings Student Research Award, "Berea College's Weaving Program."
• Riccardo P. D'Amato, History, 2025 James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research in Appalachia, "Solving Half the Problem: The Kentucky Water Pollution Control Commission."

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Be sure to stop by the Appalachian Center and Appalachian Studies Program table at the Jan. 26 Research + Creative Experience Expo to get information about research, award-funding, and internship opportunities.

You don’t have to wait to graduate to make an impact. Discover what's wildly possible with undergraduate research.

As UK is a Research I institution, UK undergraduates have access to outstanding research and creative scholarship activities led by world-class faculty and staff. By pursuing mentored research and creative scholarship, UK undergraduates can immerse themselves in projects to gain experiential “hands-on” learning that is translatable to real-world skills.

It's like a career fair for research opportunities.

The Undergraduate Research + Creative Experience Expo will introduce undergraduate scholars to the diversity of research conducted at UK, allow students to network with research faculty and staff and learn about mentored research opportunities.

Click here for link to event page.