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Spotlight Current Student Spotlight: Tori Vestal

Jan 15, 2023

Alumni, Profile, Student

Tori Vestal is a current first year student in the Patterson School. She is majoring in Diplomacy and dually pursuing a certificate in Global Health. She received her BA in Foreign Languages and International Economics from the University of Kentucky May 2022 before joining the Patterson School in August.

Speaker Series Do welfare policies matter for immigrant entrepreneurship? An analysis in the context of France Dr. Michael Samers

Apr 7, 2023, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Dr. Michael Samers, Full Professor of Economic and Urban Geography and affiliated faculty of International Studies at the University of Kentucky, will give a talk discussing the impact of welfare policies on immigrant entrepreneurship in France.

Lecture The Techno-politics and Geopolitics of Nuclear Cooperation between Argentina and China Webinar

Mar 31, 2023, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Dr. Max Vila Seoane, Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) of Argentina and Professor at the School of Politics & Government of the National University of San Martín (UNSAM), together with Dr. Daniel Blinder, Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) of Argentina and Professor at the National University of José Clemente Paz, Argentina, will give a talk on nuclear cooperation between Argentina and China and its implications for techno-politics and geopolitics in South America.

Lecture China in Global Digital Trade Governance: Implications for Development

Mar 24, 2023, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Dr. Ka Zeng, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Director of International and Global Studies at the University of Arkansas, will give a talk on a joint project with Dr. Yujia He (Patterson School) studying China’s interests and actions in the global governance of digital trade and the implications for developing countries in global trade negotiations. Dr. Ka Zeng’s visit to the Patterson School is supported by the SEC Faculty Travel Grant Program.

Zoom What do we talk about when we talk about the Chinese Digital Silk Road? Lecture

Jan 20, 2023, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Dr. Elisa Oreglia, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Global Digital Cultures at King’s College London and an Affiliate of the Lau China Institute, will discuss China’s “Digital Silk Road” investing in the digital economy development in the developing countries as part of its Belt and Road Initiative. Dr.

Zoom US-China Nuclear Competition and Implications for International Security Lecture

Jan 13, 2023, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Dr. Tong Zhao, Senior Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and currently a visiting research scholar at Princeton University’s Science and Global Security Program, will give a talk on the growing political obstacles that drive the U.S.-China nuclear escalation and offer thoughts on potential mitigating measures to maintain nuclear stability.

Fall Conference 2022: The New Cold War

Oct 28, 2022, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Day two of the Fall Conference was held at the Hyatt Regency Lexington and included four panel discussions centered around Patterson's four major/minor concentrations.

Faculty Spotlight: Retired Lt. Col. Amy McGrath

Nov 27, 2022

Faculty, Profile

Retired Lt. Col. Amy McGrath is currently an Adjunct Professor for the Patterson School. She is a retired Marine fighter pilot and former political candidate for the state of Kentucky. McGrath was the first woman to fly a combat mission for the U.S. Marine Corps, as well as the first to pilot the F/A-18 on a combat mission.

Meet Errick Jones, '80 Alum

Nov 27, 2022

Alumni, Profile

Errick Jones grew up in a small town in the panhandle of West Texas where he was one of the first African American students to integrate into the school system. During his teenage years he became particularly intrigued by Africa. There was not much in his school textbooks about the continent, so he relied on National Geographic magazines that his mother would bring home. When a teacher told him that “Africans haven’t done much to be noteworthy” he knew that could not be the case.

Meet Ibeth Morales, '21 Alum

Nov 27, 2022

Alumni, Profile

Ibeth Morales, known affectionately by staff and classmates as "Iby", is originally from Panama. She first came to the United States on a scholarship to attend Midway University for her undergraduate studies. Her bachelor’s degree was in Business Administration with a focus in Accounting and a minor in Psychology.

News and Events

Spotlight Current Student Spotlight: Tori Vestal

Speaker Series Do welfare policies matter for immigrant entrepreneurship? An analysis in the context of France Dr. Michael Samers

Lecture The Techno-politics and Geopolitics of Nuclear Cooperation between Argentina and China Webinar

Lecture China in Global Digital Trade Governance: Implications for Development

Zoom What do we talk about when we talk about the Chinese Digital Silk Road? Lecture

Zoom US-China Nuclear Competition and Implications for International Security Lecture

Fall Conference 2022: The New Cold War

Faculty Spotlight: Retired Lt. Col. Amy McGrath

Meet Errick Jones, '80 Alum

Meet Ibeth Morales, '21 Alum

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