More than 50 colleges, programs and causes at UK participated in One Day for UK, the fifth-annual 24-hour universitywide giving day. More than 3,000 donors contributed over 3,800 gifts totaling $1,466,502, raising the combined five-year total to more than $10.6 million.
Presented by the Gaines Center for the Humanities, senior Hayden Osborne’s lecture, titled: “Take Me to the Lakes: folklore, evermore, and Wordsworth,” will explore how the lyrics of Taylor Swift's eighth and ninth albums, "folklore" and "evermore," take inspiration from the works of William Wordsworth and how Swift has established herself as a “new romantic” in modern society through discussions of her work and writing practice.
This interactive workshop will demonstrate how contemporary narrative pedagogy thrives in the multiverse of art, literature, theater, medicine, social justice, music, architecture and even pasta.
The University of Kentucky Gaines Center for Humanities has selected 12 exceptional undergraduates as new scholars for the university's Gaines Fellowship Program for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 academic years.
The application for the Gaines Center for the Humanities' prestigious Edward T. Breathitt Undergraduate Lectureship in the Humanities is now open to University of Kentucky undergraduates.