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Biology professor co-authors review on monkeypox diagnostics
Dr. Alexander Lai, associate professor of biology at Kentucky State University, is co-author of a timely peer-reviewed article on monkeypox diagnostics. “Laboratory diagnostics for monkeypox: An overview of sensitivities from various published tests”, is published in Travel Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Vol. 49 (2022):102425. Click here to read the article.
City of Frankfort recognizes Thorobred Baseball, proclaims August 2022 KSU Baseball Month
The Kentucky State University Baseball team was honored August 22 by the City of Frankfort for a successful season. The Thorobreds finished with an overall record of 25-24 and won the Division II bracket of the Tyson Foods Black College World Series in Montgomery, Alabama with a 11-7 victory over Miles College. This victory was the third time in four years that KSU baseball had finished with over .500 winning percentage after not h...
KSU Board of Regent Chair, Chattanooga native excited for Scenic City Classic
Kentucky State University Board of Regent Chair Dr. Gerald Patton is a proud native of Chattanooga, Tennessee and thrilled that the Scenic City Football Classic will be hosted in his hometown. In a statement released earlier this week, the 1969 Kentucky State graduate expressed his excitement for the inaugural contest. “I am both delighted and proud that my hometown of Chattanooga, “the Scenic City,” is the designated site of the B...
Kentucky State’s pawpaw research program featured in National Geographic
Dr. Kirk Pomper, director of Land Grant Programs and dean and professor in the College of Agriculture, Community and the Sciences, and Sheri Crabtree, horticulture research and extension associate, recently discussed Kentucky State University’s research on the pawpaw (asimina triloba) fruit. Kentucky State has the only full-time Pawpaw research program in the world as part of the KSU Land Grant Program. Pawpaw research efforts are...