Past Events

2025 Ford Lecture: "Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) in College Athletics: Untangling Public Policy Issues and Implications"

Oct 13, 2025, 5:30 – 7:00 PM

Events, Seminars, Lectures, Public Service

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 11, 2025) — The University of Kentucky's 2025 Wendell H. Ford Public Policy Lecture will take on a subject that is reshaping virtually every aspect of the college sports landscape — the business phenomenon that gives student-athletes the right, for the first time ever, to be compensated for use of their name, image and likeness (NIL).

Side by side portrait photos of Ikhwan Kweon and Tangchen Liu, who are both Martin PhD students.

2025 Fall Seminar Series Seminar: Ikhwan Kweon & Tangchen Liu University of Kentucky

Oct 10, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Events, Seminars, Lectures

Direct vs. Representative Democracy in the Design of Tax and Expenditure Limits Presenter: Ikhwan Kweon

2025 Fall Seminar Series Seminar: Benjamin Brunjes University of Washington

Oct 3, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Events, Seminars, Lectures

The “Rule of Two” and Federal Contract Set-Asides: The Effect of Kingdomware vs. U.S. on Contract Spending

2025 Fall Seminar Series Seminar: John Stavick University of Tennesee, Knoxville

Sep 26, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Events, Seminars, Lectures

Public Employee Furloughs as a Budget Balancing Strategy: Evidence of Effects on Employees

2025 Spring Seminar Series Seminar: Geoboo Song University of Arkansas

Apr 18, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Events, Seminars, Lectures

The Politics of Climate Change in the American Heartland

2025 Spring Seminar Series Seminar: Regina Lewis University of Kentucky

Apr 4, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Events, Seminars, Lectures

Barriers to Equity: The Evolution of Race and Place in Lexington, KY

2025 Spring Seminar Series Seminar: Ikhwan Kweon University of Kentucky

Mar 28, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Events, Seminars, Lectures

Understanding the Mechanisms behind Revenue Size, Revenue Volatility, and Tax Limits

2025 Spring Seminar Series Seminar: Emily Wilcox University of Kentucky

Mar 7, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Events, Seminars, Lectures

Supporting Advanced Manufacturing Growth - How do Community Colleges Respond to Local Economic Development Shocks?

2025 Spring Seminar Series Seminar: Rachel Porter University of Notre Dame

Feb 28, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Events, Seminars, Lectures

Evaluating (In)Experience in Congressional Elections

2025 Alumni & Friends Event!

Feb 21, 2025, 5:00 – 7:00 PM

Events, Events, Recognition, Alumni Recognition

Online Registration is closed. Please email Leah.m.thomas@uky.edu to inquire about attending! This event is open to all current and former students of the Martin School and our current Board of Visitors, but seating is limited and will be available on a first-come-first-served basis.

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