UNITE Research Priority Area
  • Article
  • Jan 24 2022

The symposium will celebrate the life and legacy of author, professor, feminist and activist bell hooks, recipient of UK Libraries' 2021 Medallion for Intellectual Achievement.

  • Article
  • Jan 24 2022

This week, the University of Kentucky Martin Luther King (MLK) Center is celebrating 35 years of providing community, a space for advocacy and culturally based education to UK.

  • Article
  • Jan 21 2022

The Kentucky Poet Laureate’s book of poetry, “Perfect Black" (University Press of Kentucky), is nominated in the category of “Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry.”

  • Article
  • Jan 10 2022

Created with $250,000 of seed funding from the university last fall, the institute will now receive annual funding of $200,000 through UK’s Office for Institutional Diversity — an important step forward in helping the institute achieve its goals.

  • Video
  • Dec 23 2021

Dana Canedy’s New York Times best-selling memoir “A Journal for Jordan,” has been adapted into a feature film. Canedy is a graduate of the UK School of Journalism and Media.

  • Article
  • Dec 14 2021

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.

  • Article
  • Dec 10 2021

In her new book, Department of Psychology professor Christia Spears Brown uncovers what researchers and scientists have learned about how children are impacted by biases.

  • Article
  • Dec 8 2021

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

  • Article
  • Dec 1 2021

The showcase will present work of student researchers through its Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress (SWAP) series. The series runs through the Spring of 2022.