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CON graduate Roger Dittert finds dream career through tragedy

  LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 20, 2019) — Graduate from college, find a job, become a husband, a grieving father, and then a college student again is not the average path one takes in their post-grad life. UK grad Roger Dittert says there’s no direct path to finding your passion. In 2015, Roger and his wife Rebecca were a typical young couple. They’d been married for about two years and were pregnant with their first son. The Ditterts were planning for the change a child would bring to their lives, but there was no way to plan for the turn their lives took.

Class of December 2019 honored at Pinning Ceremony

  The University of Kentucky College of Nursing celebrated its Class of December 2019 at a special Pinning Ceremony on Friday, Dec. 20.  The event, held at the Singletary Center for the Arts, is a time-honored tradition where each nursing graduate accepts a College of Nursing boomerang pin from someone special in their life.  The pin symbolizes that the graduate has earned the privilege to practice nursing and makes a promise to the public to always offer safe, quality care.  

Research Highlights Gene That Makes Vegetables Taste Bitter

  It’s possible your DNA determines whether or not you can tolerate eating certain vegetables.

APNA Kentucky Chapter Receives Innovation Award

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UK Celebrates 10 Years of Being a Tobacco-Free Campus

Ten years ago, University of Kentucky administrators, students, faculty and staff made the decision to become a tobacco-free campus, prohibiting all tobacco products including e-cigarettes, indoors and out, on all UK property. Since then, the university has become a healthier place to live, work and learn.

RICH Heart Group Receives Record Number of Awards from American Heart Association

  The College of Nursing Research and Interventions for Cardiovascular Health (RICH) program received a record number of awards and abstract acceptances from the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nov. 16-18. In fact, of the 75 accepted abstracts for the Cardiovascular Stroke Nursing Council, 13 abstracts (17.3% of the total abstracts) were accepted and presented by the RICH Heart team.

College of Nursing Instructor Receives $600,000 Grant to Assist Accelerated BSN Students

Stephanie Fugate, MSN, APRN-BC, has been awarded a $600,000 grant from the Helene Fuld Health Trust to fund scholarships for College of Nursing accelerated BSN students.

PhD Program Information Session

  PhD Program Information Session Thursday, December 12, 2019 4:30 – 6:00 PM, room 315T UK College of Nursing Individuals interested in pursuing a PHD or learning more about the PhD degree are encouraged to attend this session.

Nursing Researchers Urge Cardiologists to Consider E-Cigarettes’ Impact on Heart Health

Students Reverse Trick-or-Treat at Kentucky Children's Hospital

  University of Kentucky College of Nursing students participated in reverse trick-or-treat at Kentucky Children's Hospital on Thursday, October 31, 2019.  Pictured above: Larisa Caudill, Kellie Irmick, Brittany Beveridge, Meredith Sullivan, Jenna Lawson, Danielle Satler, Brianna Dunbar, and Minji Kim (middle front). All are in NUR311 section 007 (peds) and will graduate from UK in December 2020.