This episode of "Behind the Blue" spotlights one of the six 2023 Great Teacher Award winners, Jennifer Bird-Pollan, associate dean of academic affairs and the Judge William T. Lafferty Professor of Law in the UK Rosenberg College of Law.
Jennifer Bird-Pollan, Ph.D., associate dean in the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law, is one of this year’s Great Teacher Award recipients. She joined the UK faculty in 2010 and is now the Judge William T. Lafferty Professor of Law. She teaches federal income tax, estate and gift tax, international tax, partnership tax, corporate tax and a seminar in tax policy.
The 2023 UNITE Research Showcase is centered around elevating and promoting the importance of racial equity research at UK, across the Commonwealth and beyond. The event will take place 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, at the Gatton Student Center.
Presented by the University of Kentucky Alumni Association, the Great Teacher Award is UK's longest-running award that recognizes teaching. Six recipients of the 2023 award were celebrated Tuesday, Feb. 7, at the Central Bank Center in Lexington.
Have you ever watched a movie or TV show where a character has the same job as you, but they’ve gotten the details all wrong? In a myth-busting WVLK segment, “That’s Not How Any of This Works,” experts from various disciplines at the University of Kentucky will discuss how their career paths and fields of study aren’t as they always appear on screen.