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University of Kentucky Partnering to Establish Education Center

Brenna Angel (KPR) — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:29:54 +0000

The University of Kentucky is partnering with two non-profit foundations to establish the National Center for Innovation in Education. With a focus on college and career readiness, the center will assist states in implementing the Common Core standards and helping students learn on a deeper level.

Data Released From Comprehensive Survey of Kentucky's Horses

Brenna Angel (KPR) — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:23:04 +0000

Kentucky is home to around 242,400 horses, according to new data released from a statewide survey. From June to October of last year, researchers with the National Agricultural Statistics Service counted equines across the state, ranging from thoroughbreds at large farms to ponies in people’s backyards.

General Assembly Moves to Approve University Upgrades

Kenny Colston (KPR) — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:11:02 +0000

Renovations to the University of Kentucky's football stadium and the University of Louisville are among the projects that will benefit from a bipartisan General Assembly agreement is allowing state universities to use their own ability to issue bonds for capital projects.

Kentucky Digital Library Offers Portal to the Past

Angela Hatton — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:30:00 +0000

Are you looking for antique postcards? Want to read a Kentucky newspaper from 1911? Want to hear a 1971 interview with University of Kentucky basketball coach Adolph Rupp? Looking for an early 20^th Century map of Cadiz? It’s all in the Kentucky Digital Library, a web portal to the commonwealth’s archives.

UK Reconsidering Campus Alcohol Policy

Josh James (KPR) — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:49:31 +0000

With lingering concerns about the University of Kentucky's alcohol policy coming to light in recent meetings between UK and surrounding neighborhoods, UK President Eli Capilouto says he's willing to reexamine the rules, which banned alcohol on campus 14 years ago.

UK Launches New Military Suicide Study

Brenna Angel (KPR) — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:08:32 +0000

With the rate of suicides among military personnel continuing to rise, a University of Kentucky professor is leading a study to investigate the effect those deaths have on family and friends left behind. Based on previous research, it’s estimated that around 40 percent of Kentuckians know someone who has taken their own life.

State Universities Won't Follow UK's Lead in Using Layoffs to Balance Budgets

Kenny Colston (KPR) — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 20:10:10 +0000

The majority of the state's public universities are not following the University of Kentucky's lead in laying off a large number of employees to balance the budget.

Kentucky Supreme Court Rules University Students can Keep Guns in Cars

Alan Lytle (KPR) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:15:23 +0000

The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that students and staff members
at the commonwealth’s universities may legally store guns and other
deadly weapons in a car's glove compartment, but that the schools may
continue to regulate them elsewhere on campus.

The decision came in the case of University of Kentucky graduate
student and anesthesia technician Michael Mitchell, who lost his job
in 2009 after campus police found a semi-automatic pistol in his car.
Mitchell, who has a concealed weapons permit, sued the university

Cats Leaving Early

Alan Lytle (KPR) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:53:26 +0000

The University of Kentucky's starting lineup of three freshmen and two sophomores did most everything together. Now, as Kentucky Public Radio's Alan Lytle reports, the five history-making players will go their separate ways in the NBA Draft.

Afternoon Round-Up 4/11/12

Drew Adams — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:43:02 +0000

Today on NPR: North Korea flexes its muscles.

Kentucky Legislation:

Governor Beshear signed a bill keeping federal unemployment tax hikes from turning into law.

Beshear has signed the Amish Buggy Bill into law.

Jackson Purchase: