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April 29, 2021 - Dr. Driss Raissi (Interventional Radiology)

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Apr 29, 2021

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 29, 2021) – On March 1, UK HealthCare opened its expanded Interventional Services facility at Chandler Hospital. Offering less invasive alternatives to traditional surgery, Interventional Services have seen tremendous growth in recent years.

Dr. Driss Raissi is the Medical Director for...

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April 22, 2021 - Dean Rudy Buchheit (UK College of Engineering)

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Apr 22, 2021

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 22, 2021) – One of the career fields which promises plenty of opportunity now and for the future is engineering.

Whether it is civil engineering, computer science and engineering, mechanical engineering or another area of this wide-ranging field, engineers are problem solvers. As such they play a...

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April 15, 2021 - Kathi Kern, Emily Croteau, Matthew Wilson (Innovations in Teaching During a Pandemic)

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Apr 15, 2021

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 15, 2021) – Last March, as the country began to come to grips with a global pandemic, University of Kentucky officials made the decision to move all classes to online formats.

Thousands of classes and courses sections were moved – in two weeks.

In the last year, significant investments have...

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April 8, 2021 - Molly Davis (UK Arboretum)

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Apr 8, 2021

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 8, 2021) – The Arboretum is a 100-acre public garden located on the campus of the University of Kentucky. It draws over 200,000 visitors annually who can see and learn about native and horticultural plants from across the Commonwealth.

The mission of the Arboretum is to showcase Kentucky...

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