Research Community

Social Capital, Solidarity, and Cohort Effect

The following paper by Feng Hao won the $500 "Best Paper" prize at the 2011 Appalachian Research Community Symposium.

2011 Student Symposium

Taking place on the same energy intense day at the Cats played the Final Four, the second annual Appalachian Research Symposium and Arts Showcase was held on April 2, 2011.

Fickey Winner of Women in Geographic Education Award

Amanda Fickey knows the value of a role model. Fickey, a strategic planning committee member for the University of Kentucky Appalachian Center and a steering committee member for the UK Appalachian Research Community, also realizes that the relationship goes both ways. Networking with younger students is just as valuable for those within higher academic circles.

“[Just] because things is legal, it don’t make them right”

The following piece, by Julie Shepherd-Powell, won first place at the 2010 UK Appalachian Research Symposium. She interviews Pete Ramey about the struggle to stop construction of a Dominion Resources 585 mega-watt coal fired power plant in Wise County.

First Appalachian Research Symposium Successful

The first UK Appalachian Research Symposium had a successful first run, according to members of the UK Appalachian Research Community. The student-led event, which took place Feb. 20 at the UK Student Center, brought in approximately 50 attendees and offered presentations from 17 presenters.  Julie Shepherd-Powell received the best paper award for her work entitled, Natural Resource Corruption in the fight Against a Coal-Fired Power Plant in Southwest Virginia.

2011 UK Appalachian Research Symposium