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UK statistics professor selected to work with Addis Ababa University

Jenny Wells-Hosley Apr 10, 2023

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 29, 2023) —  Solomon Harrar, a professor in the Dr. Bing Zhang Department of Statistics in the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a fellowship by the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP) to travel to Ethiopia to work with Addis Ababa University (AAU) on teaching, mentoring and research collaboration for Ph.D.

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Nominations open for 2023 Global Impact Awards

Daniel Flener Mar 13, 2023

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 2, 2023) — The University of Kentucky International Center (UKIC) is seeking nominations for the 2023 UK Global Impact Awards (GIA). Nominations are being accepted now through March 13, 2023. The UK Global Impact Awards recognize contributions towards enhancing UK’s global engagement through education, research and service, as well as fostering a culturally diverse, welcoming environment that is conducive to comprehensive campus internationalization.

Charitable gift honors late ag econ professor, promotes international agriculture awareness

Aimee Nielson Mar 7, 2023

Late University of Kentucky agricultural economics professor Russell Brannon was a leader in his field. He spent his career internationalizing teaching, research and extension. When he passed, his wife Janice knew the best way to memorialize him would be to make sure he remained an influential force in the lives of UK students through a charitable gift.

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Nominations open for 2023 Global Impact Awards

Daniel Flener Mar 2, 2023

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 2, 2023) — The University of Kentucky International Center (UKIC) is seeking nominations for the 2023 UK Global Impact Awards (GIA). Nominations are being accepted now through March 13, 2023. The UK Global Impact Awards recognize contributions towards enhancing UK’s global engagement through education, research and service, as well as fostering a culturally diverse, welcoming environment that is conducive to comprehensive campus internationalization.

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UKIC releases Global Engagement Academy offerings for spring 2023

Daniel Flener Feb 21, 2023

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 21, 2023) — As the University of Kentucky continues to become a more globally engaged campus, it is important that all faculty and staff have the opportunity to be informed about UK’s many international connections and to contribute to internationalization themselves.  

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UK Receives NAFSA's Simon Award for Outstanding Campus Internationalization

Jenny Wells-Hosley Feb 15, 2023

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 14, 2023) — Today, NAFSA: Association of International Educators announced that the University of Kentucky is among seven U.S. universities and colleges selected to receive a 2023 Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization.

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UK grad, former 'Time's Person of the Year' to deliver global health lecture

Daniel Flener Feb 8, 2023

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 8, 2023) — Mosoka P. Fallah, Ph.D., University of Kentucky alumnus and a 2014 Time Magazine Person of the Year, will serve as the keynote presenter for the Global Health Case Competition.

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Why are human brains so powerful? UK, Hebrew University partner to find out

Lindsay Travis Jan 26, 2023

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 25, 2023) — Researchers at the University of Kentucky and Hebrew University in Jerusalem are partnering to study the complexity of the human brain. Specifically, researchers will test whether new, so-far unknown proteins exist in the brain. Labs from the two institutions have obtained a joint grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) to study new aspects of RNA biology.

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Donovan Scholarship opens doors, expands artistic horizons

Daniel Flener Jan 19, 2023

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 19, 2023) — A decade ago, a chance interaction changed Robert Williams’ life. “I was talking to this guy, I don’t even remember how we started talking, and he mentioned this program where adults older than 65 could take courses free of charge. I just remembered that, and it stuck with me. Now, 10 years later, here I am.”

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Graduate Students Present Work at Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing

College of Engineering Dec 2, 2022

Avery Hartley, Dan Caudill, Gisele Guedes and Hamzah Zannoun presented projects they developed in their ME/MFS 599/699 Sustainable Manufacturing Projects course.  During the conference, the students learned about cutting-edge research and the biggest challenges facing the sustainable manufacturing field today. 

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