Northern Kentucky University will host its second annual Experiential Learning Week from April 17 through 21, celebrating students’ work, experiences, and learning opportunities in study abroad programs, internships, research and creativity, and service learning. Members of the NKU campus community and nonprofit organizations will share their experiences and insights with visual presentations throughout the week. […]
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Wood Hudson laboratory conducts cancer research in Campbell County’s own backyard
Tucked away inside an old school building on Isabella Street in Newport, researchers and students are working on learning more about cancer. Julia Carter and her husband, Harry Carter, started the independent nonprofit Wood Hudson Cancer Research Laboratory over 40 years ago. The center works to study clinical cases and experimental models to diagnose and […]
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Op-ed: Let’s refocus on education
Written by Jim Waters, president and CEO of the Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions. With all of Frankfort’s brouhaha about transgenderism in schools, many policymakers have lost sight of what the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has told us for years is Kentucky’s biggest education problem: our public schools fail to teach a large […]
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Bellevue, Dayton, Newport High Schools to host joint career fair
Bellevue High School is hosting a joint career fair along with Dayton and Newport High Schools. Last year, Bellevue and Dayton collaborated with a joint career fair that received positive reviews, and this year, Newport has elected to join. The career fair is being held on Thursday, March 30, with 43 local companies that […]
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Billboards aim to raise awareness of child sex trafficking
“SEE IT. STOP IT.” reads one of many billboards around Northern Kentucky that seek to bring awareness to child sex trafficking. The University of Kentucky placed billboards across the state for a project focused on reducing child sex trafficking. The project is a mass media intervention and prevention that will take a bystander-based approach; therefore, […]
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Community rallies around Beechwood teacher diagnosed with rare autoimmune disease
Lindsey Hughes has been a teacher at Beechwood High School for about three years, and even in the short amount of time she has spent with the school, she said the love and support she has received from them had motivated her to keep going. Last October, Hughes was diagnosed with Systemic Scleroderma, a multisystemic, […]
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NKU names presidential search committee members
The Northern Kentucky University Board of Regents approved the members who will serve on its presidential search committee Wednesday. The board announced at their regularly scheduled meeting that there would be a search committee and an advisory board in their search for a permanent president. The search committee and select advisory board members will conduct […]
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NKU to honor military community with Green Zone Brigade Takeover Day
Northern Kentucky University will honor its active military and veteran community by providing resources, education, and other activities during the Green Zone Brigade Takeover Day on March 23 from 1 p.m. through 5 p.m. The Green Zone Brigade is a group of NKU faculty and staff who are trained in aiding veterans and active military. […]
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NKU’s Chase College of Law program beats out Harvard in business, innovation, report finds
The Northern Kentucky University Chase College of Law’s W. Bruce Lunsford Academy for Law, Business, and Technology was named the top law-school program in the United States for innovation and business, according to a report by Bloomberg Law. The survey evaluated law-school programs nationwide on various pillars but noted the Lunsford Academy’s creative and impactful […]
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Campbell County Middle School undergoes first major construction since mid-90s
Campbell County Middle School is getting a facelift. The school is undergoing a $10 million project to make it safer and more energy-efficient, among other changes. The most noticeable change from driving by the building will be the new façade. The original exterior and front entrance of the building is from 1961. The new plans […]