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A Catalyst for Change: UK Alum Creates App to Eliminate Bias in Hiring Process

What does it mean to be a changemaker? By definition, it is someone who is taking creative action to solve social injustices. In every sense of the word, Rhett Lindsey is a changemaker. His vision of the world is one where everyone feels empowered to respond efficiently and effectively to societal challenges.    “I truly believe that everyone has a story to tell,” he said. Lindsey’s story begins in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was born and raised, and where he created a tight-knit community.

UK Hosts Construction Diversity Accelerator Program

The CDA program is designed to help minority-owned, women-owned and other underrepresented construction-related businesses gain access to the tools, resources and opportunities to be competitive in the construction industry.

Study Shows Black Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence Receive Less Workplace Support

College of Social Work study showed Black survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) receive less workplace support than their White counterparts.

OneUKforAll: Creating Accessibility on Campus

This new UKNow series, “Many People Creating One Accessible Community,” is a call to action. Over the coming weeks and months, we will highlight ways we can step up to ensure our campus is welcoming for all.

UK Celebrates Dia de los Muertos

The University of Kentucky and Lexington comunidad are cordially invited to celebrate life at the annual Día de Los Muertos celebration on campus next week.

UK Alum Composing a More Equitable Classical Music Community

Kaitlin Bove is not only serving the field of a music as an educator, but she co-founded the Girls Who Conduct initiative and founded And We Were Heard, nonprofit organizations dedicated to connecting underrepresented composers with the larger classical music community. 

‘Advocacy in Southeastern Kentucky’ Panel to Mark Anniversary of 1919 Corbin Expulsion

Advocates from various locations around the Corbin region will gather to share tips and discuss the challenges and successes of being an effective advocate.

Kentucky Law Journal to Host Symposium ‘The Racial Wealth Gap’

This year’s symposium will explore the legal and historical factors that have contributed to the current state of wealth disparity in the United States that falls largely along racial lines.

New Study Offers Insight on Impact of Masculinity on the Mental Health of Gay Black Men

A recent study conducted by University of Kentucky College of Social Work researcher Keith J. Watts, Ph.D., discusses the social construction of masculinity and the implications it has on the mental health of gay Black men.

UK Rosenberg Law to Host 2nd Daylong Breonna Taylor Symposium

The University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law will host its second daylong Breonna Taylor Symposium beginning 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, in the G. Chad Perry III Grand Courtroom in the law building.

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