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The University of Kentucky is a public, land grant university dedicated to improving people’s lives through excellence in education, research and creative work, service, and health care. As Kentucky’s flagship institution, the University plays a critical leadership role by promoting diversity, inclusion, economic development, and human well-being.

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This wild ground bee, Andrena nothoscordi, is typically found in the U.S. Midwest and Southeast and loves false garlic flowers. Sam Droege/USGS Bee Lab via Flickr

It’s OK to love all the bees (the honey bees, too)

The accusations you might have heard about nonnative honey bees aren’t backed up by evidence. In fact, there are plenty of ways bees make the world a better place.
Les partisans du président Umaro Sissoco Embalo brandissent un keffieh rouge à son effigie lors d'un rassemblement politique à Bissau. Photo: Samba Balde/AFP via Getty Images

Guinée‑Bissau : pourquoi l'élection présidentielle est déjà entachée et jouée d'avance

L’élection en Guinée-Bissau met en lumière une crise régionale plus profonde, marquée par l’érosion de la légitimité des dirigeants en place.
In Pennsylvania, local governments will decide which substance use programs to fund in their communities. Jeff Fusco/The Conversation U.S.

Pennsylvania counties face tough choices on spending $2B opioid settlement funds

Local governments have a lot of freedom on how to spend the funds, but there’s also confusion and a feeling of moral responsibility to spend wisely after so many lives have been lost.
The Trump administration has rescinded more than $1 billion in medical research funding, with one major target being research relating to diversity, equity and inclusion. Alina Kotliar/iStock via Getty Images Plus

How stripping diversity, equity and inclusion from health care may make Americans sicker

Health disparities cost society billions of dollars, and their effects ripple across communities.
Few people with SNAP benefits could use them for online purchases before the COVID-19 pandemic. Urupong/ iStock via Getty Images Plus

Letting low‑income Americans buy groceries online in 2020 with SNAP benefits decreased the share of people without enough food – new research

The share of low-income US families who sometimes or often didn’t have enough food to eat fell from 24.5% to 22.5% between late April and late July of 2020, a research team found.

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