Lucas Bertucci, a UK chemical engineering senior from Louisville, Kentucky, was named the first Lee T. Todd, Jr. Student Innovation Scholarship recipient.
Penny Cox’s grandmother used to say, “the best insurance policy you can ever have is an education. No one can take it away.” Cox has seen proof of this statement thousands of times over as she has witnessed students from every walk of life come to the University of Kentucky and see that degree change their life and often the socioeconomics of their whole family.
McCracken County FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) earned the Smoke-free Youth Advocate Award for excellence in promoting secondhand smoke education and smoke-free policy.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 4, 2021) The Kentucky Center for Smoke-free Policy (KCSP), the Kentucky Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program (KTPC), Kentucky Department of Public Health (DPH) and the University of Kentucky College of Nursing hosted its virtual 2021 KY Tobacco Control Awards Ceremony to honor advocates and city leaders who are leading the way to adopt tobacco-free and smoke-free policies that advance healthy environments for Kentuckians. The ceremony took place on Aug. 3 via Zoom.
The ceremony welcomed health advocates from across the Commonwealth to celebrate the monumental changes being made toward creating healthier environments where Kentuckians live and work.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 6, 2021) The University of Kentucky (UK)Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC) in partnership with the UK Alumni Association and UK Philanthropy will host its UK Entrepreneur Showcase noon-1:15 p.m. EDT Thursday, April 8, on Zoom. The event offers an opportunity for everyone to learn about the innovative and entrepreneurial work UK faculty, UK alumni and community startups are doing.
Keynote speakers Elaine and Myron Jacobson will receive the Lee T. Todd Lifetime Achievement Award for Entrepreneurship. They are the co-founders of Niadyne and Niadyne Pharma and have worked as a research team for nearly 50 years. Their research has focused on understanding the roles of vitamin B3 and vitamin B3-derived molecules in human health. Their research in this area was continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health for nearly 40 years and led to more than 150 published papers and more than 25 patents.
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