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UK Board OKs University Research ProfessorsThe University of Kentucky Board of Trustees today approved University Research Professorships for 2010-11 for five faculty members. The professorships carry a $40,000 award to...
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UK Sanders-Brown to Host Seminar on Healthy AgingThe University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and the African-American Dementia Outreach Partnership will host a seminar on "Healthy Aging: Mind, Body and Spirit."...
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UK/KPRI Study Published in Cell MetabolismUniversity of Kentucky and Kentucky Pediatric Research Institute (KPRI) researchers recently published a study, "The G0/G1 Switch Gene 2 Regulates Adipose Lipolysis through Association with...
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Three Named for Honorary Doctorates at CommencementThe University of Kentucky Board of Trustees today approved honorary degrees to be presented at UKs 143rd Commencement to newspaper editor Judith G. Clabes, architect...
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Memorial Service for Dr. William MarkesberyThe University of Kentucky College of Medicine and the Markesbery family invite you to attend the memorial service for Dr. William Markesbery at 11:30 a.m....
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Welcome to the Bluegrass State! Visitors and newcomers arriving into Lexington’s Blue Grass Airport immediately get a taste of Lexington’s signature features, including its gently rolling countryside lined by white, wooden fences, which are home to some of the world’s greatest and most well known Thoroughbred horses. While the city is billed as “The Horse Capital of the World” and boasts the likes of Keeneland Race Course, The Red Mile, and numerous horse farms, it is also known for a diverse economy, a strong workforce, a quality education system, great healthcare, a wide range of higher education options, and of course – big-time college basketball. Source: Commerce Lexington For a glimpse of what Lexington's bluegrass region has to offer, click here.
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Lexington really is a great place to live and work! Here are some statistics to show Lexington really lives up to its reputation:
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