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President Capilouto discussed UK’s efforts on vaccination and diversity, equity and inclusion with the Board of Trustees Friday, Feb. 19. Here are his remarks: We have talked often in this space about the twin pandemics our country confronts. One infects our lungs and bodies.  Another one can afflict hearts and minds. We must play a role now in asking and answering a critical question posed by both: How do we bring the prospect of hope and healing, reckoning and reconciliation, to these his...

Print The paratroopers had their assignment: Check out reports that Afghan police had recovered the mangled remains of an insurgent suicide bomber. Try to get iris scans and fingerprints for identification. The 82nd Airborne Division soldiers arrived at the police station in Afghanistan’s Zabol province in February 2010. They inspected the body parts. Then the mission turned macabre: The paratroopers posed for photos next to Afghan police, grinning while some held — and others squatted bes...

Saddle Sore To the People of the Shining Mountains, Utes, their horses were partners and accomplices in the enjoyment of life. Other than family, nothing was more important to them. The same could be said for all of the mounted Native Americans. What happened to their horses? According to available records, just after Nathan Meeker arrived at the White River Indian Agency in 1878, there were 890 Utes of the White River band who owned at least 3,000 horses. More or less. It was difficult to get ...

Anti-racist trainings are led by Candice Hargons, a professor in UK’s College of Education. LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 16, 2021) — The University of Kentucky is moving forward with its anti-racist trainings, rolling out additional training to the Board of Trustees, members of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) leadership team, workgroups, project leads and executive sponsors starting this week.  Led by Candice Hargons, a professor in UK’s College of Education, the training program is...

Refused smelly pig farm plan passed after scandalous move The return of the application was branded an undermining of the democratic process 17:22, 8 FEB 2021 (Image: Google) Sign up to the Hull Live newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscri...

of LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 1, 2021) — The University of Kentucky’s Martin Luther King Center, in collaboration with units across campus, will host a variety of events and programming, most of which will be virtual, to celebrate Black History Month this February. While this year’s observance looks different than past year’s due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the observation of Black History Month will, nonetheless, allow the history and culture of Black Americans to be centered in...

BBC News Published image captionPictures of the Pampas grass on social media are thought to have made the area in South Shields popular A boom in the popularity of Pampas grass with interior decorators has led to "droves" of people picking the plant which grows wild near a beach. The grass, near Littlehaven Beach in South Shields, forms part of a wind defence to stop sand blowing onto roads and helps protect the coastline. South Tyneside Council warned anyone found removing it could be prosecut...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 15, 2021) — University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto announced in an email to faculty, staff and students today that the search for a new vice president for institutional diversity is underway. Please see the message below. Dear Campus Community, I am pleased this morning to announce a committee to help lead the national search for our next Vice President for Institutional Diversity (OID). It is a committee, comprised of members who have worked long and hard, with...

View of downtown Spokane circa 1911. Though it may be hard to imagine today, Spokane was once a hotbed of labor radicalism. And for a month — November of 1909 — all eyes of the nation were trained on the city for outlawing speaking in public. Hundreds of men and women who came to the city to challenge the seemingly un-American policy were thrown in jail. Well before 1909, the West had ceased being the land of opportunity advertised in railroa...

Emeritus Professor of Law Robert G. Lawson. Mark Cornelison | UK Photo. LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 17, 2020) —University of Kentucky Libraries has awarded the 2020 UK Libraries Medallion for Intellectual Achievement to Emeritus Professor of Law Robert G. Lawson, a nationally recognized scholar on criminal law and the individual responsible for drafting the state’s laws on crime and punishment. Created in 1990 and considered one of UKs most prestigious awards, the medallion honors a Kentucky resid...