By Kara Richardson 
Article orginally published on UKNow 

College of Health Science students at the UK Center of Excellence in Rural Health-UK Hazard Campus donned purple in support of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. UKPT and UKMLS Hazard Campus students wore purple to support survivors of interpersonal violence.

By Ryan Clark
CHS Communications Director

This week, the UK DPT Hazard Class of 2023 participated in their PT Day of Service project building safe recreational trails for the community at the Perry County Park. Students worked with Ben Braman of the Pathfinders of Perry County Kentucky, a non-profit organization that promotes community engagement, recreation, and education for Perry County. 

The Society of University Surgeons (SUS) is Pleased to Honor
the 2021 SUS Lifetime Achievement Award Winner

B. Mark Evers, MD

The award will be presented at the SUS Academic Surgical Congress on February 1, 2022, in Orlando, Florida.
He is the true embodiment of the type of individual that this award seeks to recognize.

By Josh Shepherd

After being postponed in 2020, the annual Richard W. Schwartz Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium returns to the UK Department of Surgery on Friday, November 5 to celebrate surgical education. The seventh edition of the Schwartz Lecture on Surgical Education will feature a presentation from Richard Bell, MD, FACS, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the University of South Carolina and UK Surgery faculty alumnus.

Congratulations to all those selected for poster awards at the 2021 Physiology Research Retreat on October 28 in the Gatton Student Center, Harris Ballroom. Presenters were judged by teams of faculty, fellows, staff, and graduate students and scored on the quality of the poster, the ability to provide a clear description of the study, and the ability to respond to questions.

Cash prizes
Honorable Mention - $250
Best Poster - $500

LEXINGTON, Ky. (October 6, 2021) - UK-CARES Center Director, Dr. Ellen Hahn, was given the Faye Glenn Abdellah Leadership Award during the NightInGala held by the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research (FNINR).

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 26, 2021) — Imagine being at a restaurant with your family to celebrate a birthday when your loved one orders something obscure with total confidence. It is a situation that, based on how others respond, can quickly escalate into an unpleasant experience for everyone around. It is scenarios like this one that Dementia Friendly Lexington is working to equip local businesses to handle.