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September 24, 2019 - Genia Toma (Martin School of Public Policy and Administration)

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Sep 24, 2019

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 24, 2019) – For the first time since it was founded more than 40 years ago as a graduate program offering master’s and doctoral degrees, the University of Kentucky’s Martin School of Public Policy and Administration is launching an exciting undergraduate program in the next academic year,...

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September 17, 2019 - Richard Ausness (Tackling Legal Issues of the Opioid Crisis)

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Sep 17, 2019

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 17, 2019) – Educated at the University of Florida and Yale University, Richard Ausness joined the faculty of the University of Kentucky College of Law 46 years ago, in 1973. Ausness is the Stites and Harbison Professor of Law in the college and is still very active teaching classes and doing...

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September 10, 2019 - John D'Orazio and Ramon Sun (UK's Efforts to Beat Pediatric Cancer)

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Sep 10, 2019

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 10, 2019) – The world of pediatric cancer treatment has seen huge advancements in treatments over the past 60 years – in the 1950s, less than 10 percent of children were cured of their cancer. Today, the number of survivors is nearly 80 percent.

However, that still means that one in five...

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September 3, 2019 - Ed Berry (Turning a Passion for Football Into Success Off the Field)

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Sep 3, 2019

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 3, 2019) – Ed Berry became a member of the University of Kentucky football team after graduating from Eminence High School in Henry County, Kentucky just over a decade ago. He earned undergraduate degrees in management and marketing from the Gatton College of Business and Economics in 2013,...

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