Kentucky poet, novelist, environmentalist and University of Kentucky alumnus Wendell Berry delivered the 2012 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities last night in Washington, D.C.

The College of Arts & Sciences is pleased to announce that the recipients of the 2012-13 A&S Outstanding Teaching Awards are Drs. Christia Brown (psychology), Brenna Byrd (MCLLC), Yanira Paz (Hispanic Studies), and Bradley Plaster (physics & astronomy).

Ignacio Martínez de Pisón, a guest writer at this year's Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, won the prestigious Premio de la Crítica for his novel El día de mañana. He received the good news while attending the 65th annual KFLC conference in Lexington. Read the full article on ABC.es here (note: the article is in Spanish).

Daehyun Kim, assistant professor in the UK Department of Geography, was recently awarded the J. Warren Nystrom Award, a prize presented every year by the Association of American Geographers (AAG).

Jeremy Popkin was recently appointed a fellowship for the 2012-13 academic year by the National Humanities Center

The Appalachian Center and University Press of Kentucky are hosting three events to celebrate Appalachia-related books published during this academic year.

Hanban, the Confucius Institute headquarters in Beijing, has designated the University of Kentucky Confucius Institute as the official Chinese proficiency test center for the state of Kentucky.

University of Kentucky math professor Carl Lee received the Kentucky Mathematical Association of America award, an award given annually to one mathematician from across the state.

By Jenny Wells

Karen Tice, associate professor in the University of Kentucky College of Education Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation, recently authored her new book, "Queens of Academe: Beauty Pageantry, Student Bodies, and Campus Life," published by Oxford University Press.