Behind the Blue

Some stories require a little more – a little more discussion, more context, more depth and breadth.

That’s the idea behind “Behind the Blue” – a weekly podcast created by UK Strategic Communications. It is designed to explore through probing interviews the in-depth the stories that make UK the university for Kentucky and that have impact across the institution, the Commonwealth and, in some cases, the world.

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November 2, 2017 - Dr. Sonja Feist-Price (Diversity & Inclusivity)

Nov 2, 2017

A Campus Walk With Sonja Feist-Price

LEXINGTON, Ky. (November 2, 2017) – A central tenant of the University of Kentucky’s 2015-2020 Strategic Plan is ongoing work towards Diversity and Inclusivity. To that end, the Office for Institutional Diversity serves the entire university community, working to implement ideas,...

October 16th, 2017 - Dr. Mark Newman (UK HealthCare)

Oct 16, 2017

LEXINGTON, Ky. (October 16, 2017) – This fall, UK HealthCare welcomes Dr. Mark F. Newman as its new executive vice president for health affairs. An Owensboro Kentucky native, Dr. Newman comes to UK from Duke University Medical Center, where he had a distinguished career in medicine, working in anesthesiology and...

September 20th, 2017 - Dr. Ken Troske (Economics)

Sep 20, 2017

LEXINGTON, Ky. (September 20, 2017) – This week’s guest on Behind the Blue is Dr. Ken Troske. Dr. Troske is the Associate Dean for graduate programs and outreach in the Gatton College of Business and Richard W. and Janis H. Furst Endowed Chair of Economics at the University of Kentucky, as well as a Research Fellow...

September 13th, 2017 - Dr. Sue Roberts (UK International Center)

Sep 13, 2017

LEXINGTON, Ky. (September 13, 2017) – “There isn’t a university in the U.S. right now that doesn’t have some kind of internationalization or globalization as one of their top priorities,” says Dr. Sue Roberts, UK’s Associate Provost for Internationalization and Director for the UK International Center...

September 7, 2017 - Confederate Memorials with Amy Murrell Taylor

Sep 7, 2017

LEXINGTON, Ky. (September 7, 2017) – The debate surrounding Confederate monuments and statues in public spaces has ebbed and flowed since their creation. This debate seems to be at high point, with the June 2015 murders of nine people at a church in Charleston, South Carolina serving as a springboard into a national...