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Kentucky State University rededicates the Rufus B. Atwood Agricultural Research Center
Kentucky State University rededicated the Rufus B. Atwood Agricultural Research Center with federal, state and local officials on hand, as well as members of the Kentucky State University Board of Regents and other distinguished guests. The building, which was previously used as a cafeteria and later for research, has been renovated with help from a $7.5 million USDA facility grant program that was included in the most recently pa...

Two Kentucky State University students earn multiple awards
Two Kentucky State University graduate students are earning accolades for their hard work. Smriti Kandel and William Lyons, graduate students in the College of Agriculture, Community, and the Sciences, recently earned scholarships from the Kentucky Association of Mapping Professionals (KAMP) at the 2020 Virtual Kentucky GIS conference. Kandel also recently received the KentuckyView graduate fellowship from Murray State. Kandel...

Kentucky State University receives scholarship funding from the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Foundation
Kentucky State University recently received scholarship funding at The Memorial Foundation Leaders of Democracy Awards Luncheon. Kentucky State University received $2,500 to be used unrestricted and for the use and benefit of its students, according to a letter from The Memorial Foundation President/CEO Harry E. Johnson Sr. In the letter, Johnson said the support Kentucky State has been a blessing to the foundation and that he co...

Kentucky State University Presidential Awards of Excellence winners announced
Kentucky State University President M. Christopher Brown II recently announced the Presidential Awards of Excellence 2020 winners during the State of the University Assembly. Faculty and staff affecting all aspects of the University were honored. Dr. Barr, assistant professor of sociology at Kentucky State University, received the 2020 President’s Award for Excellence in Research. Barr has served the University for four years and p...