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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The fall semester has brought the establishment of the new Center...

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CHET awardees: (Top, left to right) Jardin Dogan, Nyassa Emedi, Kendra OoNorasak; (Bottom, left to right) Kayla Woodson, Kaylin Batey. The Equity Changemaker Award recognizes impactful research by UK postdoctoral scholars, graduate and professional students. The award honors scholars whose research seeks to understand health disparities and inequities and whose mentorship has contributed to the next generation of health equity leaders. This year’s recipients include Jardin Dogan, a counseling psychology doctoral candidate in the College of Education whose research focuses on health disparit...

Vandalized Columbia lynching site marker repaired Published Vandalized Columbia lynching site marker repaired A city of Columbia spokesperson said it repaired and reinstalled a vandalized monument to James Scott's lynching Friday afternoon. KMIZ The pedestal for the James T. Scott marker is all that's left after it was vandalized. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A vandalized MKT Trail marker that documents the last lynching in Boone County has been repaired and is back in its original spot. The Community Remembrance Project of Boone County said Friday in a news rele...

COLUMBIA — The Community Remembrance Project of Boone County (CRP) said they found the marker on the MKT trail in remembrance of James T. Scott which was forcibly removed on Thursday, according to a news release.  "I went from shock to disappointment to back to shock, a mixture of sadness, and also a reminder of feeling unsafe," CRP member Brittani Fults said. As of Friday afternoon, the marker was repaired and replaced on its plaque. A marker in remembrance of James T. Scott, who was lynched in Boone County in 1923, was forcibly removed.  Cou...