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We are Thorobred Strong
Greetings Thorobreds. Charles Dickens, in A Tale of Two Cities, writes: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.” I find myself wrestling today with the words of Dickens as I reflect on a...
Kentucky State University student-athlete named Newman Civic Fellow
A Kentucky State University student-athlete was recently named a Newman Civic Fellow. Cameron Galloway, a senior from Paducah, said he felt very accomplished when he found out he was receiving the designation. “Of all people on campus, I am the one that the administration and the President pointed out for being the most effective and engaged student to the community,” Galloway said. The one-year fellowship is an opportunity to d...
Kentucky State University selected to participate in the 2020 Institute on Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Campus Centers initiative
Kentucky State University was recently selected to participate in the 2020 Institute on Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Campus Centers initiative. The initiative is offered by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). According to the AAC&U, the organization is partnering with higher education institutions to develop Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers to prepare the next gener...
Kentucky State University professor published peer-reviewed paper on COVID-19
A Kentucky State University professor recently co-authored a peer-reviewed paper on COVID-19. Dr. Alexander Lai, associate professor of biology, co-authored the paper, “COVID-19: Epidemiology, Evolution, and Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives,” with collaborators in China and Germany. The paper is published in Trends in Molecular Medicine. Lai said there were three major findings in this paper. First, he said, “this novel coronavirus...