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Exhibit: Documenting the Presence of Hispanic and Latinx Students at the University of Kentucky
From December 6-7, 2022, at the request of Hispanic Studies Department faculty Heather Campbell-Speltz, University Archivist Ruth Bryan and Hispanic Studies Librarian Taylor Leigh presented to students in classes SPA 211 and 208 an exhibit of items from the University Archives in the UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center that document the presence of Hispanic and Latinx students at the University of Kentucky. Starting with the first student from Latin America to graduate from the Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1878 (the precursor to today’s university) and going through some of the activities of the Latino Student Union in 2022, the exhibit was organized into five stations: “Enrollment ‘Firsts’ and Statistics,” “1940s-1950s,” “1960s,” 1970s-1990s,” and “2000s-2020s.” Within each station, documents such as newspaper clippings, yearbooks, brochures, pamphlets, flyers, annual reports, and a table and chart of student enrollment data bring to light some of the Hispanic/Latinx student-led and student-serving organizations and student leaders.
In order to share the exhibit with more people, this document includes scans of and citations from all the items from the exhibit, as well as the English and Spanish text of the scavenger hunt that students used to explore the exhibit.
This exhibit would not have been possible without the work of Daniela Gamez Salgado, whose intensive research and 2019 article, The History of Latino Students at the University of Kentucky, 1865-2019 (Oswald Research and Creativity Competition. 19. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/oswald/19) provided the initial sources and guidance for the exhibit. If the reader of this document finds that the items the exhibit curators chose to highlight ask more questions than provide answers, it is because the contributions, leadership, and struggles of Hispanic and Latinx students, faculty, and staff at the University of Kentucky are generally hidden. There are many more stories to be found in the archives and through oral histories and other sources
Reconciling transport models across scales: the role of volume exclusion
Diffusive transport is a universal phenomenon, throughout both biological and
physical sciences, and models of diffusion are routinely used to interrogate
diffusion-driven processes. However, most models neglect to take into account
the role of volume exclusion, which can significantly alter diffusive
transport, particularly within biological systems where the diffusing particles
might occupy a significant fraction of the available space. In this work we use
a random walk approach to provide a means to reconcile models that incorporate
crowding effects on different spatial scales. Our work demonstrates that
coarse-grained models incorporating simplified descriptions of excluded volume
can be used in many circumstances, but that care must be taken in pushing the
coarse-graining process too far
The Ethical Review of Health Care Quality Improvement Initiatives: Findings From the Field
Based on surveys, examines the review mechanisms of quality improvement initiatives, including frequency; type, such as use of independent review boards; and consideration for ethical issues such as minimal risk and patient privacy and confidentiality
UK Libraries\u27 Wildcat Histories: Preserving Student Activist Social Media Content
In this presentation, we describe the current web archiving program at the University of Kentucky Libraries; provide an overview of the Wildcat Histories activist student organization social media preservation project, funded by Project STAND; discuss the technical aspects of the Wildcat Histories project; and the project\u27s current status and lessons learned
Preservation Perseverance: Archiving Social Media Content, A University of Kentucky/Latino Student Union Collaboration
The voices of activist student leaders and organizations are crucial to preserve, whether it be in a formal archives or as part of an archiving process undertaken by individuals and groups to preserve their legacies. Increasingly, these voices are found in social media and other online and web platforms that are difficult to preserve. Wildcat Histories is a year-long, grant-funded collaboration between the University of Kentucky Libraries and the University of Kentucky Latino Student Union (LSU) to research the best technologies for (as of July 2023) and then carry out the preservation of activist student organization social media content. The authors present an overview and current status of and next steps for the project, including examples of preserved LSU social media platforms. They then describe the current technical aspects and communication and outreach activities of the project. They end with reflection questions for others considering taking on similar projects
The Paradox of Compacts: final report to the Home Office on monitoring the impact of Compacts
The Compact is an important building block in achieving a better relationship between
Government and the voluntary and community sector. We are fully committed to partnership
working with the sector and increasing their role in civil society and in the delivery of public
s e rvices. The Compact helps us to work better together, so that we can better meet the
needs of communities
Agricultural Scientists’ Perceptions of Working with Reporters
Mass media is the main source of scientific information for most Americans, but inaccuracy of reporting has threatened the public’s understanding of science. Perceived media bias and fake news has also made the public skeptical of the media, and scientists’ perceptions are no different. Because scientists are the most trusted source for scientific information in America, it is important they remain willing to work with the media. This study used the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to explore scientists’ perceptions of working with reporters, including their attitude, subjective norms, behavioral control, and intent to engage with the media in the future. In-depth interviews were conducted with 13 tenure-track faculty at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) in spring 2018. These participants represented low, moderate, and high communicators. The findings from this study indicated mostly negative attitudes toward reporters due to skepticism in their ability to accurately report science. Behavioral control was also limited due to time and ability constraints, but participants recommended trainings as ways to increase behavioral control. Subjective norms were somewhat mixed, with some positive norms from mentors but perceived negative norms from the public. Despite negative attitudes toward reporters, intent to engage with the media was mixed. However, subjective norms and behavioral control were often discussed as reasons to not engage with reporters. The findings from this study offered recommendations for both practice and research to help foster positive relationships between scientists and reporters
Associations between diet, physical activity and body fat distribution: a cross sectional study in an Indian population.
BACKGROUND: Obesity is a growing health problem in India and worldwide, due to changes in lifestyle. This study aimed to explore the independent associations between dietary and physical activity exposure variables and total body fat and distribution in an Indian setting. METHODS: Individuals who had participated in the Indian Migration Study (IMS) or the Andhra Pradesh Children And Parents' Study (APCAPS), were invited to participate in the Hyderabad DXA Study. Total and abdominal body fat of study participants was measured using DXA scans. Diet and physical activity (PA) levels were measured using questionnaires. RESULTS: Data on 2208 participants was available for analysis; mean age was 49 yrs in IMS, 21 yrs in APCAPS. Total energy intake was positively associated with total body fat in the APCAPS sample: a 100 kcal higher energy intake was associated with 45 g higher body fat (95% CI 22, 68). In the IMS sample no association was found with total energy intake, but there was a positive association with percent protein intake (1% higher proportion of energy from protein associated with 509 g (95% CI 138,880) higher total body fat). Broadly the same pattern of associations was found with proportion of fat in the abdominal region as the outcome. PA was inversely associated with total body fat in both populations (in APCAPS, one MET-hour higher activity was associated with 46 g (95% CI 12, 81) less body fat; in the IMS it was associated with 145 g less body fat (95% CI 73, 218)). An inverse association was observed between PA and percentage abdominal fat in the IMS but no association was seen in the APCAPS population. CONCLUSIONS: In this Indian population, there was an inverse association between PA and body fat. Associations between body fat and dietary variables differed between the younger APCAPS population and older IMS population. Further longitudinal research is needed to elucidate causality and directions of these associations across the life course
March 1971 Full Issue
In the present qualitative study, researchers focused on the similarities among college-aged military kids due to similar upbringings and shared experiences. The study was conducted through semi-structured interviews in which participants were asked to draw conclusions between past experiences and present attitudes. Researchers found major themes during the interviews and the themes of military pride, respect, and acculturation are the focus of the current presentation
Coupling volume-excluding compartment-based models of diffusion at different scales: Voronoi and pseudo-compartment approaches
Numerous processes across both the physical and biological sciences are
driven by diffusion. Partial differential equations (PDEs) are a popular tool
for modelling such phenomena deterministically, but it is often necessary to
use stochastic models to accurately capture the behaviour of a system,
especially when the number of diffusing particles is low. The stochastic models
we consider in this paper are `compartment-based': the domain is discretized
into compartments, and particles can jump between these compartments.
Volume-excluding effects (crowding) can be incorporated by blocking movement
with some probability.
Recent work has established the connection between fine-grained models and
coarse-grained models incorporating volume exclusion, but only for uniform
lattices. In this paper we consider non-uniform, hybrid lattices that
incorporate both fine- and coarse-grained regions, and present two different
approaches to describing the interface of the regions. We test both techniques
in a range of scenarios to establish their accuracy, benchmarking against
fine-grained models, and show that the hybrid models developed in this paper
can be significantly faster to simulate than the fine-grained models in certain
situations, and are at least as fast otherwise.Comment: 38 pages (of which 10 are appendices), 16 figure
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