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Provost IMPACT Award supports more contextualized, inclusive education in social entrepreneurship
The Graduate Certificate in Creative Social Entrepreneurship offers a flexible and expansive curriculum in a 100% online and asynchronous learning environment. Creative social entrepreneurship is a transdisciplinary field connecting creative, social, and entrepreneurial practices to improve the economic, environmental, political, and social well-being of society.
UK doctoral graduate Rebecca Ferrell beside a podium speaking at a symposium for women leaders in arts administration
Department of Arts Administration celebrates first class of Ph.D. grads
The University of Kentucky celebrates an inaugural cohort of five graduates from its doctoral program in arts administration — the first of its kind at UK and in the nation.

The UK Office of Land-Grant Engagement has awarded nine innovative projects, providing Kentucky with knowledge and skills to improve lives and communities
UK Arts Administration faculty among UK Land-Grant Engagement award recipients
Leah Hamilton, assistant professor in the Department of Arts Administration, is one of nine award recipients chosen by the UK Office of Land-Grant Engagement for innovative projects, providing Kentucky with knowledge and skills to improve lives and communities.
UK's Yuha Jung (left) with Drexel University's Neville Vakharia (right), her coeditor, at the summer book launch party in Lexington. Photo by Mary Rollins Mathews, Rollins Studio.
Jung is lead editor of 1st Oxford Handbook of Arts and Cultural Management
Dr. Yuha Jung is the editor of the first-ever Oxford Handbook of Arts and Cultural Management.
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UK Arts Administration to host Social Theory, Politics, and the Arts Conference
The University of Kentucky Department of Arts Administration will host the Social Theory, Politics, and the Arts (STPA) Conference, Sept. 21-23, in Lexington.
Aaron Levi Garvey, photo by Abby Warhola
University of Kentucky Alumnus Aaron Levi Garvey Becomes the New Chief Curator at the Andy Warhol Museum
Aaron Levi Garvey is a Jewish-American Curator/Historian working and lecturing in Modern and Contemporary Arts and Culture. Currently Garvey is the Chief Curator of the Andy Warhol Museum.
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Dr. Yuha Jung leads team of UK researchers investigating racial bias
UK researchers investigate racial bias in recognition of Kentucky’s historic properties
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UK arts administration students visit Berea Archives to study records from Grammy Award-winning musician
University of Kentucky arts administration students took a field trip to study arts practices, policies, and law through an analysis of the Janis Ian Collection in the Berea Archives.
The arts administration students pose with Whitaker outside The Lyric entrance. Photo provided.
UK Arts Administration, The Lyric team up on lessons in event management
A University of Kentucky arts administration partnership with The Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Center is giving students experience in event planning and management. 
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Honoring University Research Professor Yuha Jung
Through her research, Yuha Jung provides tested, useful models for governing and running museums, cultural heritage sites and other types of arts organizations that can be more inclusive of diverse community needs.