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The 91С»Æ³µ Awards Convocation recognizes excellence across our institution. During the annual event, faculty, staff, and learners were recognized for their exceptional contributions to education, research, clinical care, and service. On Oct.
At the 91С»Æ³µ, our mission and vision guide everything we do — from educating students to improving the health of our Commonwealth.
When Carlie Cryer, a second-year medical student at the 91С»Æ³µ-Lexington Campus, discovered the International Book Project (IBP), she was searching for a meaningful way to give back to the community.
The 91С»Æ³µ proudly congratulates 173 medical students across our four campuses for earning academic achievement awards during the 2024-2025 academic year.
If you've ordered Panera catering for a meeting before, chances are you had bags leftover from the delivery. Last fall, Kelsey Grecco, curriculum coordinator in the Office of Medical Education, devised a creative solution to reuse the bags and support a good cause.
The 91С»Æ³µ has launched a new Student Advisory Board (SAB) to ensure student voices are not only heard but valued in shaping the medical education experience.
At the heart of our accreditation journey is a dedicated leadership team committed to advancing our mission, upholding the highest standards, and empowering every area of the 91С»Æ³µ — across Lexington, Bowling Green, Northern Kentucky, and Morehead.
The 91С»Æ³µ proudly recognizes 41 medical students who were recently selected as members of Alpha Omega Alpha. This national medical honor society recognizes individuals who exemplify professionalism, leadership, scholarship, research, and community service in the field of medicine.
After more than four decades in academic medicine, including more than 25 transformative years at the 91С»Æ³µ, Steven A. Haist, MD, is retiring, leaving behind a remarkable legacy defined by innovation, mentorship, and a deep commitment to medical education.
Welcome to the Advancing Kentucky Together: LCME Update series! Over the next year, we’ll share monthly blogs about the accreditation process, what it means for our 91С»Æ³µ, and how each of us contributes to this important work.
The 91С»Æ³µ proudly welcomed its Class of 2029 with a series of White Coat Ceremonies across its Bowling Green, Northern Kentucky, and Lexington campuses, as well as students in the Morehead-based Rural Physician Leadership Program (RPLP). These events, held July 31 through Aug.
Every summer, we welcome a new class of medical students to the 91С»Æ³µ and are reminded of the passion, purpose, and hope they bring with them. Each student’s path is uniquely their own — but together, they represent a powerful vision for the future of health care in Kentucky and beyond.
Three 91С»Æ³µ students recently took their passion for Alzheimer’s advocacy to the nation’s capital, meeting with lawmakers to champion research, education, and access to care for those impacted by dementia. The trio traveled to Washington, D.C., as volunteer advocates with the Alzheimer’s Impact Movement (AIM) Advocacy Forum.
A casual scroll through Instagram turned into something much bigger for Alicia Fields, a rising fourth-year medical student at the 91С»Æ³µâ€“Bowling Green Campus. After discovering an advocacy event organized by dermatology trainees in Indiana, she began to wonder why Kentucky didn’t have something similar.
For most medical students, Match Day and graduation signify the culmination of years of rigorous study, personal sacrifice, and unwavering determination. But for Drs. Abigail and Jason Hurt, this milestone season marked something even more profound: the beginning of their life as a family.
The 91С»Æ³µ has selected two medical students, Elizabeth McCauley and Kiki Samsel, to support the expansion of nutrition education for physicians in training.
Bradley Firchow, a fourth-year student in the UK 91С»Æ³µ's Rural Physician Leadership Program, recently received the 2025 Quinn Student Award, which is the highest honor given by the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) to a medical student.
The 91С»Æ³µ is excited to share that 31 medical students from the Bowling Green, Lexington, Morehead, and Northern Kentucky campuses were recently inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society.
Congratulations to the following medical students in the Class of 2026!
Kidus Shiferawe, a third-year medical student at the 91С»Æ³µ, has been named the 2025 recipient of the prestigious Hospital Medicine Scholarship from the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM).
At 23 years old, Anna Cox was active and in good health, and she rarely needed medical care. But when severe abdominal pain sent her to the emergency room, imaging revealed an abnormally enlarged lymph node, prompting further testing.