LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 22, 2021) Rebecca Dutch, chair of the University of Kentucky s Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, continues to help lead researchers and faculty from multiple disciplines across UK as part of the global effort to treat, understand and eradicate COVID-19.
Dutch last spoke with Behind the Blue in April of 2020, discussing the COVID-19 Unified Research Experts (CURE) Alliance team, a workgroup supported by the UK College of Medicine and Office of Vice President for Research, which works to bring together UK experts from across the campus to focus on advising COVID-19 patient care and clinical trials based on emerging research and potential treatment options.
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The University of Kentucky Public Relations & Strategic Communications Office provides a weekly health column available for use and reprint by news media. This week s column is by Timothy Ainger, Ph.D., a neuropsychologist and an assistant professor of neurology with the UK College of Medicine and the Kentucky Neuroscience Institute.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 1, 2021) Every year there is attention drawn to the proclivity for individuals to experience a shift in mood and behavior which parallel with the shift in the seasons. The historical concept of “the winter blues,” is now theorized to be a marker for the development of Seasonal Affective Disorder. Hallmarks of these conditions include a decline in energy (both physical and mental), sluggishness, fatigue, and generally feeling run-down. While some people can feel these effects and are still able to function, others can find these changes to be an impediment to healthy func
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan 26, 2021) – A portrait series by Lexington artists Kurt Gohde and Kremena Todorova titled, “56 Lexington Women of Color: In Honor of VP Kamala Harris,” features a number of University of Kentucky faculty and staff members. The series serves as a tribute to Kamala Harris, the first woman of color to be elected to the office of vice president.
“On the day Senator Kamala Harris made history as the first woman and the first woman of color to become Vice President-Elect, Kurt and I started work on a series of 46 photographs to celebrate Harris and to honor Lexington women of color who lead,” wrote Todorova on the project website. “We began by recognizing we had already photographed many women of color who are leaders in our community for the project “Lexington in the Time of COVID-19”. So we wrote to each of them to share about what we were doing and to ask if we could include the portraits we had taken of them.”
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 passion and purpose, on an aspiration we all share – to make our community a more inclusive and accepting place for everyone.
The co-chairs of our search committee are:
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