News Archive: Blueprint Kentucky
Historic $100-million gift will catapult UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
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Gatton’s impact on the University of Kentucky exceeds $180 million. He is the university’s single largest donor.
UK helping bring environmental justice to underserved communities
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Jordan Strickler
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The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment recently joined forces with seven other universities across the Southeast in a quest to advance environmental justice.
CEDIK executive director wins 2022 Excellence in Extension award
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Haley Simpkins
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Alison Davis, extension professor in the UK Department of Agricultural Economics and executive director of the Community and Economic Development Initiative of Kentucky, received the 2022 Excellence in Extension for an Individual award.
UK fellowship students help engage communities local and abroad
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Haley Simpkins
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University of Kentucky students and staff are putting the word “engagement” into action through the Building Prosperity for Rural Communities summer fellowship.
CEDIK celebrates a decade of helping rural communities thrive
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Carol Lea Spence
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Using research-based data, CEDIK has made a difference for many small communities struggling to recover from job losses and an outward migration of residents looking for better opportunities elsewhere.
CEDIK part of UK's new Economic Development Collaborative
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Jenny Wells-Hosley
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The new UK Economic Development Collaborative provides a strategy for how UK will address economic development in the areas of talent, innovation, place and partnership.
UK’s CEDIK brings home national award for outreach
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The Community and Economic Development Initiative of Kentucky received the 2018 Distinguished Extension/Outreach Program Award.
UK Ag programs receive $1.46 million to revitalize coal communities
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Carol Lea Spence
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A $1.46 million grant will help the UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment revitalize the downtowns of economically challenged communities in southeastern Kentucky.
