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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.
Kentucky State University’s Grow with Google HBCU Career Readiness partnership featured on KET
Associate Professor of Chemistry Dr. Scott Wicker spoke with Kentucky Educational Television about Kentucky State University’s partnership with Google to train 100,000 Black college students in digital skills by 2025. The Grow with Google HBCU Career Readiness Program builds on Google’s ongoing investments in HBCU students and commitment to creating pathways to tech. Started in 2020, the program provides HBCU career centers with fu...
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...