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.

Jan. 20 Presentations:

• Nicole Marks, 2025 James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research in Appalachia, "and the Creek Don’t Rise: Disasters, Climate, and Resiliency in Appalachia."
• Zach Hackworth, 2025 UK Appalachian Center Eller & Billings Student Research Award, "Tuning a Generalized Ray-Tracing Forest Light Simulator for Kentucky Forests."

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