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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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New class of drugs could help people with Alzheimer's disease
Northwestern University and University of Kentucky scientists have created a new drug that could successfully prevent harmful inflammation in brains of people suffering fromAlzheimer's disease. The scientists, who published their findings in the July 25...Tags: Science and Technology, Parkinson's Disease, Education, Columbia University, Multiple Sclerosis
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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: Colleges and Universities, Education, Wesleyan University
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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: Science and Technology, Science, Teachers, Engineering, 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: College Basketball, Minnesota Golden Gophers, ESPN (tv network), Basketball, UMass Minutemen
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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: Human Interest, Entertainment, Medical Research, Dance, United Kingdom
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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: Elementary Schools, Schools, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Interest, High Schools
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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: Science and Technology, University of California, Berkeley, Research, Heart Disease, Medical Procedures and Tests
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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: Poetry, Africa, Steve Beshear
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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: Science and Technology, Acetaminophen (drug), Tylenol (drug), Pain, Psychology
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'Ancient scourge' no more? Bed bugs thwarted by bean leaves in study
Bed bugs have re-emerged as an urban blight in the past several years, forcing people out of homes, resisting chemical pesticides and evading other removal tactics. But researchers are building bug-catchers inspired by an age-old folk remedy to this...Tags: Science and Technology, Kidney Beans, Science
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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: College Basketball, The Salvation Army, Arthur Ashe, Basketball, Students
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