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Students play corn hole during the Pump It Up event on Tuesday Sep. 9, 2025, at the Bill Gatton Student Center in Lexington, Ky. Photo by Brooke Johnson | Staff

‘Pump It Up’ event welcomes new public health students

Nick Tenhundfeld, Reporter September 10, 2025

The University of Kentucky College of Public Health hosted its annual “Pump It Up” celebration for incoming students on Tuesday, Sept. 9. Over 350 students participated in the event, named for a...

Valentines Day cards made by members of the Student Public Health Association at the University of Kentucky for the kids at the Kentucky Children's Hospital on February 8, 2024, in Lexington, Kentucky.

Public Health students support their local community

Ale Scrivner, Reporter February 16, 2024

The Student Public Health Association (SPHA) decorated and donated Valentine’s Day cards for patients at the Kentucky Children’s Hospital, according to Julia Kollitz, president of the SPHA. All...

Venessa Cordero Liberato, a digital media and design major, receives her flu shot on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020, at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff.

Public health, personal concern on students’ minds as flu shot deadline approaches

Callie Justice October 26, 2020

The University of Kentucky is requiring all students and faculty who live on or visit campus to receive a flu shot by Nov. 1.Initially announced on Oct. 8, this new mandate is part of UK’s ongoing response...

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Recent EPA regulatory rollbacks are not the correct response to COVID-19

Cameron Luker March 30, 2020

A brief review of court cases involving the legal distinctions of corporations will show a several-decades-long trend of corporations claiming that they are entitled to the same rights as people. This...

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