What you need to know Northern Kentucky University is set to implement a new policy starting Jan. 1 that will require administrators, staff, student-employees and other non-faculty employees to be on campus five days a week. This will effectively curb remote work across much of the university. The change will not affect faculty and advisors. […]
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NKU to host eighth annual ‘Friendsgiving’
It’s giving season, and FUEL NKU is hosting the eighth annual Friendsgiving. The on-campus food pantry has created the yearly tradition to support students, faculty and staff who may not be able to make it home for Thanksgiving. Though the dinner is free, attendees are encouraged to bring nonperishable food items to donate. NKU’s Care […]
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Tuition-free program reopens doors for NKY students with college dreams
Growing up, Chris Cannon said he always thought college would be out of the realm of possibilities for him. In fact, Cannon was on the trajectory of going to trade school and becoming a welder before he was introduced to the River City Promise program between Gateway Community & Technical College and Northern Kentucky University. […]
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How Barleycorn’s, NKU teamed up to create the university’s first NIL beer
What you need to know When Norse fans watch or attend a Northern Kentucky University sporting event, OneHolland Group wants their beverage of choice to be “Norse Up.” In early November, OneHolland, the owner of Wilder-based Barleycorn’s Brewhouse, unveiled a new light lager called Norse Up. What sets the beer apart from other Barleycorn’s Brewhouse […]
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Barleycorn’s, NKU launch beer benefiting student-athlete NIL
Wilder-based Barleycorn’s Brewhouse and Northern Kentucky University have partnered to launch a new light lager that supports student-athletes. Sixteen-ounce cans of Norse Up are now available at Truist Arena during NKU home basketball games. Distribution will expand across Northern Kentucky throughout the week. Additionally, 10% of all proceeds will be directed toward name, image and […]
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Community Voices: Embracing NKY’s Friday Night Lights tradition
Wes Akers is a professor of electronic media and broadcasting at Northern Kentucky University. In fall, Friday nights can only mean one thing: high school football! High school students take the field to represent their schools in the lighted gridiron. These games in the region can be traced back to 1931 at Newport High School […]
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How Chase College of Law is addressing the rise of AI
Faculty at NKU’s Chase College of Law are forming their own opinions about AI in the classroom and in the courtroom. “I still think it’s going to be a useful tool for the legal industry. The law firms are already using it heavily,” says Eric Young, the associate dean for Library and Technology Services at […]
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NKU celebrates milestone in science center expansion
Northern Kentucky University celebrated a milestone in the expansion of the Dorothy Westerman Herrmann Science Center with a “topping-out” ceremony on Oct. 23. University leaders, students, faculty, staff and representatives from Skanska USA Building and Omni Architects gathered to mark the placement of the final steel beam on the 85,400 square-foot addition to the existing […]
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Civic leadership academy to launch in NKY this week
The Women’s Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation is launching its Appointed Civic Leadership Academy in Northern Kentucky. The program, called AppointedNKY, will hold its inaugural session on Oct. 17 at Northern Kentucky University from 8 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. The initiative is a collaboration between the Women’s Fund, Northern Kentucky University, Horizon Community Foundation […]
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NKU ranked among Wall Street Journal’s top 100 for best value
For the third year in a row, The Wall Street Journal has ranked NKU among the top universities in the country for value, making it the only public university in both the NKY region and Kentucky to make the top 100. In all, the publication ranked NKU as 62nd out of about 600 schools. “We […]