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The organizers of Lexington’s St. Patrick’s celebration just can’t catch a break apparently. The parade, delayed for two years by the COVID pandemic, will have to wait another year, thanks to an anticipated late season wallop from Mother Nature.

Ceremony 7 Gatton College of Business and Economics 1 Ceremony 8 Gatton College of Business and Economics 2 Ceremony 9 College of Communication and Information Martin School of Public Policy and Administration and Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce  Ceremony 10 College of Agriculture, Food and Environment Honorary degrees The Board of Trustees has approved honorary degrees for four citizens who have distinguished themselves in their careers and community service. The r...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 6, 2021) — The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees has approved honorary degrees for four citizens who have distinguished themselves in their careers and community service. The recipients are W. Harry Clarke, F. Joseph Halcomb III, Deirdre Lyons and Carl F. Pollard.  Clarke, Halcomb and Lyons will receive their honorary doctorates at the UK May 2021 Commencement Ceremonies next week. Pollard, who is unable to attend next weeks ceremonies, will be honored at a ...

Making It Work: Platform to make studying for professional exams less taxing Dublin-based Examfly is initially targeting professionals undertaking tax exams with its product, but there is plenty of scope for expansion 21st February, 2021 Deirdre Lyons, founder of Examfly: ‘The idea is to give people a fun, visual and engaging way to help them get to grips with difficult concepts.’ Picture: Fergal Phillips A newly closed €600,000 seed funding round will allow Examfl...

Students in David Stephensons mobile journalism class completed an assignment on their iPads on Feb. 20, 2020. Pete Comparoni | UK Photo. LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 19, 2021) — First-year students at the University of Kentucky in Fall 2021 can expect to receive a free iPad, as the UK Board of Trustees today approved continuation of the school’s Smart Campus Initiative with Apple that began in 2019. The university will continue to pay the lease on the iPads that were distributed to first-year stud...

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar launches Enterprise Ireland’s €1m Competitive Start Fund Deirdre Lyons, CEO of Examfly, a previous winner of the Competitive Start Fund Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD, has invited entrepreneurs to apply for Enterprise Ireland’s €1m Competitive Start Fund (CSF), which is now open for applications from ambitious founders of early-stage startups. Enterprise Ireland would l...

Tánaiste launches Enterprise Ireland’s €1m Competitive Start Fund   Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD, has invited entrepreneurs to apply for Enterprise Ireland’s €1m Competitive Start Fund (CSF) which is now open for applications from ambitious founders of early stage start-ups. Early-stage companies from all sectors with an eligible innovative product or service set for global markets are encouraged to enter ...