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KSU Faculty, Students Conclude Forensic Signature Identification Study
Forensic document examiners have been asked to analyze questionable signatures for a long time. In legal situations all over the world, they are often called to courtrooms to determine whether a signature is genuine, disguised or forged. But until now there has been little research that not only demonstrates the validity and reliability of the methodology these experts use but also examines whether or not the conclusions made by th...

KSU Youth Development Program Participants To Discuss Gardening And Learning
Participants in Kentucky State University’s Youth Development Program have developed an unconventional urban garden in the median of a campus parking lot and plan to show it off at an event on Wednesday, June 18. The young people in the program will participate in a discussion with a Franklin County extension agent, a KSU Land Grant program representative and others about the benefits of garden-based learning. The discussion w...

KSU Division of Family and Consumer Sciences Receives Grant To Help At-Risk Youth
Kentucky State University recently was awarded a $662,999 grant to develop afterschool programs for at-risk children in kindergarten through eighth grade. The Children, Youth and Families At Risk grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will establish a program to close educational disparities among at-risk children. The program model, called Check and Connect, recognizes that academic success is influenced by multiple fa...

Kentucky State Crowned 2014 SIAC Men's Golf Champions
The Kentucky State men’s golf team used a solid performance on the third and final day of the 2014 SIAC Golf Championship Tournament to secure the conference crown. The Thorobreds finished the three round tournament, played at the Woodward Golf & Country Club in Bessemer, Alabama, with a championship worthy scorecard of 991. The Thorobreds, who trailed Morehouse by one stroke heading into the third round, put together a 338 team s...