Please continue to check the conference webpage at this link for additional updates about the March 19-21, 2026 Appalachian Studies Association (ASA) Conference at Marshall University in Huntington, WV.

For University of Kentucky students and faculty presenting at the conference and traveling with the Appalachian Center and Appalachian Studies Program, you may contact Kathryn Engle, Appalachian Center director, at kathryn.engle@uky.edu or Shannon Markel, Appalachian Center and Appalachian Studies Program department manager, at shannon.markel@uky.edu, for travel and other related event inquiries.

Join the Appalachian Center and Appalachian Studies Program for a seasonal event celebrating friendship and this year's graduates. Program to present the December APP graduating minors and certificate recipients begins at 4:00 with Friendsgiving immediately to follow. Feel free to bring a dish to share!

Join the Appalachian Center and Appalachian Studies Program for a seasonal event celebrating friendship and this year's graduates. Program to present the December APP graduating minors and certificate recipients begins at 4:00 with Friendsgiving immediately to follow. Feel free to bring a dish to share!

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 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.

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 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.

The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) is pleased to announce the 5th biannual Undergraduate Research Expo on Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm in the Gatton Student Center Social Staircase. 

The Research Expo is like a career fair, but for research opportunities.

The Research + Creative Experience Expo offers Colleges, departments, faculty, research centers and institutes the opportunity to connect with interested students. The Expo’s goal is to increase awareness of research opportunities, recruit for competitive research programs, promote research fellowships, and facilitate an inclusive research campus environment by connecting students to opportunities on- and off-campus.

Join us at the Appalachian Center to kickoff the Fall 2025 semester with food and games!

Join us at the Appalachian Center to kickoff the Fall 2025 semester with food and games!