University of Kentucky News Archives

A group led by Alliance Coal has received approval from the University of Kentucky to build a new $7 million dorm for the men's basketball team.

She was injured Frida9 when mount Golden Stride clipped heels and fell during the firs4 race, her third at the Keeneland fall meet.

Lawmakers on the Interim Joint Committee on Local Government hammered Corrections Commissioner LaDonna Thompson with questions.

Spirituality and religion may seem similar, but they can have vastly different influences on sexual behavior, according to a University of Kentucky study.

As a young boy, Rex M. Best would rush home from school to watch his soap operas.

Lexington Police say a man was walking into his apartment building on East Maxwell when he was grabbed by the robber shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday.

University of Kentucky officials have approved the name of a new residence hall for the University of Kentucky men's basketball team.

FRANKFORT - University of Kentucky basketball icon Richie Farmer said Tuesday he is considering a run for governor on the Republican ticket.

LEXINGTON, Ky. Researchers from the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging will begin testing an intriguing new approach to slowing down the progression of Alzheimer's Disease using Intravenous Immune Globulin , also known as gammaglobulin.

Although the swarms may have dissipated, don't be surprised if you have more ladybugs knocking on your door in the coming days as the autumn temperature continues to fluctuate.

The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that donors have put up $7 million for the new residence, but there's a catch.

Readers Write - - - Talk to your teen To the Editor: Motor vehicle crashes remain the leading cause of death among adolescents and young adults in the U.S.A Here in Kentucky, statistics from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet show that drivers between the ages of 15 and 20 were involved in more than 26,000 collisions in 2008, resulting in 141 ...

Boehl Stopher & Graves: James M. Inman has joined the firm as an associate in the Lexington office.

LEXINGTON, Ky. Kristyn Mickley, a sophomore studying nursing at the University of Kentucky, has been awarded one of 40 Tylenol Scholarships presented by the company.

A Berea man facing a March 2010 murder trial in connection with an alleged drunken-driving accident has been charged with terroristic threatening in a new incident.

Among those tightening visitation rules is the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington.

Forget about ghosts and goblins. Having to go to the dentist is enough to give some people the willies.

The Urban City Council in Lexington is being asked to close a four-foot loophole in the University of Kentucky's new no-smoking policy the city sidewalks on campus.

Main Category: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture Also Included In: Genetics Article Date: 19 Oct 2009 - 10:00 PDT Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced more than $7 million in grants for research on the biology of plant processes and traits which can be used to breed crops with enhanced value and resilience to climate stress .

The group stopped in several places across the mountains including Jackson and Hazard.

LEXINGTON, Ky. While the nation struggles with the big picture of health care, pediatricians throughout America and here in Kentucky continue to advocate for access to care for underserved kids in their local communities.

While we are not certain just how far $2 million will go toward improving dental care in Kentucky, but as former newspaper publisher Al Smith, retired host of "Comment on Kentucky" and former chairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission, said: At least "it's a start" and "a promise kept." The ARC and the Health Resources and Services ...

Originally published October 12, 2009 at 11:30 p.m., updated October 12, 2009 at 11:35 p.m. Who is Jerry L. Hatfield Laboratory director for the National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment in Ames, Iowa Earned a bachelor's degree in agronomy from Kansas State University, a master's degree in agronomy from the University of Kentucky and ...

A speech by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Wednesday night on the University of Kentucky campus filled the Singletary Center for the Arts and also saw dozens of protesters.

LEXINGTON, Ky. Carol Pitts Diedrichs, dean of libraries and the William T. Young Endowed Chair at the University of Kentucky Libraries , has announced she will resign that position Jan.

Dr. Mike Porter, the executive director of the Kentucky Dental Association, said, "It's a start." Al Smith, former newspaper publisher, host of Comment on Kentucky and chairman of the Appalachian Research Commission under President Jimmy Carter, called it "a promise kept." It is a nearly $2 million state initiative, paid for by grants from the ARC ...

Former men's basketball coach Billy Gillispie and the University of Kentucky have settled their cases over his firing for nearly $3 million, the school said Tuesday.

A safety advisory has been issued for students and faculty after an armed robbery on the University of Kentucky campus.

Times-Tribune Staff Report A Friday afternoon crash sent six people, including a pregnant woman, to three different hospitals, but all for relatively minor injuries.

The University of Kentucky has issued a safety advisory after an armed robbery on campus.

University of Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari has learned that fans are passionate about more than just Wildcats basketball.

The Northern Kentucky Health Department says as many as 20% of emergency room visits are oral health related.

Students at a Kentucky university have started their own team of trained emergency medical technicians to provide medical care at campus events, joining about 300 similar programs around the country.

A Williamsburg woman, who is five months pregnant, had to be flown out from the scene following a two-vehicle wreck Friday afternoon in Gray that injured five other people.

A 17-year-old Madison Central High School student has been charged with first-degree assault for allegedly stabbing a fellow student during a fight at the school Thursday afternoon.

One high school student has been hospitalized and another arrested after a stabbing at a central Kentucky high school.

Two people were flown to the University of Kentucky Medical Center, five others were taken to Saint Joseph-London, and two were not injured following an accident at Levi Jackson Mill Road and KY 1006 at 8 p.m. Saturday night.

At a time when doctors are urging people to get shots early, some areas of Kentucky are running short on the vaccine for seasonal flu.

The University of Kentucky's "Sex Week" is raising eyebrows on and off campus. Organizers say "Sex Week" activities were designed to improve students understanding of intimacy and "sexual literacy", but some of the activities and the week's main sponsor are drawing criticism.

A Casey County man was airlifted to Lexington following an accident Tuesday morning on Ky.

Several University of Kentucky students stopped by Erlanger Wednesday to meet with Toyota executives about their solar car.

LEXINGTON, Ky. The public is invited to attend an information showcase and dedication ceremony for the new Science Library at the University of Kentucky beginning at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct.

A trial date was set Monday for former University of Kentucky men's basketball coach Billy Gillispie, according to the Anderson County Circuit Clerk's office.

ERLANGER - Workers at Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing headquarters here are used to seeing the latest auto technology, but a year-old project of University of Kentucky students turned plenty of heads Wednesday.

Only God can make a tree. But 2,000 workers, earning $18.75 an hour, could make a forest from the barren wastelands left by the coal industry in Central Appalachia.

Two people were injured in a five-vehicle crash that shut down Versailles Road at Man o' War Boulevard on Friday afternoon.

Cryptic, neon green signs popped up around the University of Kentucky in recent weeks declaring: "Sex Week @ UK ... It's coming.

A Lexington man was arrested Friday and charged with murder in the death of a teenager who was shot at a gas station last month, Lexington police said.

A Richmond woman remains hospitalized in "serious condition" at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington one week after being struck by a car.