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Final four candidates set interviews for Clark County superintendent job
The superintendent screening committee has completed its task. The committee presented its work to the Clark County Board of Education Thursday night, and four applicants have been chosen to be interviewed. Paul Christy, Mike Stacy, Lisa Stone and Sam...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Morehead State University, Georgetown, Teachers
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Vacancy filled on Boyle Board of Education
kpeek@amnews.comJesse Johnson has been appointed to the vacant position on the Boyle County Board of Education by Kentucky Commissioner of Education Terry Holiday. Johnson is a Boyle native and a 2002 graduate of Boyle County High School. He continued his education at...Tags: Dwayne Johnson
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Asbury's Lowe to become EKU's dean of education
education@jessaminejournal.comA dean at Asbury University is leaving to go to Eastern Kentucky University. Dr. Verna Lowe, currently the dean of graduate and professional studies at Asbury University in Wilmore, will be dean of the EKU College of Education. Lowe has worked at...Tags: Education, Wesleyan University, Colleges and Universities
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Leading the way: Danville schools to try engineering-based initiatives
kpeek@amnews.comContinuing on the path to innovative education methods, Danville High and Bate Middle schools are offering students the opportunity to take hands-on, engineering-based courses. In 2011, Bate Middle School teacher Caleb Wetmore began teaching engineering-...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Technology, Science and Technology, Science, Students
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House Named UK Hoops Assistant Coach
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Former Women’s National Basketball Association assistant coach Jeff House has been hired as an assistant coach for the University of Kentucky women’s basketball program, UK head coach Matthew Mitchell announced...Tags: Kentucky Wildcats, Basketball, Miami Heat, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Big Ten Conference
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Paul Rowan Weiler, 56
Paul Rowan Weiler, 56, of Science Hill, passed away Sunday, April 28, at his residence. Born Sept. 24, 1956, in Harlan, Paul was a son of the late Sandford Logan Weiler Sr., M.D. and Betty Fulton Weiler. He attended Frankliin County High School and...
Tags: Entertainment, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Schools, Eastern Illinois University, Music
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Dance marathon held in Winchester will raise funds for UK cancer research
The University of Kentucky’s DanceBlue dance marathon will be making its way to George Rogers Clark High School. The mini-marathon will take place from noon to 8 p.m. Saturday in the GRCHS gym. For eight hours, participants in DanceBlue will dance...
Tags: Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Dance, Medical Research, United Kingdom
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UC researchers are engineering the tobacco plant to produce bio-fuels
Once celebrated as an economic mainstay, the tobacco industry has been hard hit by health concerns, bans, lawsuits and the social stigma of cigarette smoking. Now, UC researchers are testing the plant’s potential to be genetically modified in...
Tags: University of California, Berkeley, Medical Procedures and Tests, Genetic Engineering, U.S. Department of Energy, Medical Research
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WVU hosting forum on future of research universities, how they'll remain global competitors
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia University is hosting one of nine forums around the country aimed at gathering input for the National Research Council on how to keep America's universities globally competitive. The event is Friday...Tags: Education, West Virginia University, Colleges and Universities, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Danville native Frank X Walker installed as poet laureate
tkleffman@amnews.comFRANKFORT — Frank X Walker kept his eyes downcast or closed Wednesday as he listened closely to the words of his predecessors as Kentucky poet laureate echo off the granite in the rotunda of the state Capitol. His head nodded in appreciation when...Tags: Africa, Steve Beshear, Poetry
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Anxiety? Existential crisis? David Lynch film? Take a Tylenol
Are you suffering from an existential crisis? Take two Tylenol and call me in the morning. New research suggests that acetaminophen, the main ingredient in Tylenol, may be able to alleviate the pain of an existential crisis in the same way it alleviates...Tags: Pain, Drugs and Medicines, Tylenol (drug), Science and Technology, Psychology
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Evans Wins VanMeter Community Service Award
LEXINGTON, Ky. – University of Kentucky women’s basketball junior guard Kastine Evans has been awarded the prestigious Darrell A. VanMeter Community Service Award and will be honored Monday night at the Annual Spring Honors and Recognition...
Tags: Joplin Tornado (2011), Basketball, Students, Sports, College Sports
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