Latest Seeblue Podcast Episodes
July 4, 2024 - Patrick Kitzman and Clara Bond (Kentucky Appalachian Rural Rehabilitation Network) (ENCORE)
Behind the Blue - July 04, 2024 20:30 - 38 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, Ky. (July 4, 2024) – [THIS IS AN ENCORE EPISODE.] The Kentucky Appalachian Rural Rehabilitation Network (KARRN) is a collaborative team that advocates to empower communities impacted by disability. Their focus is improving the quality of life for all. The organization is directed und...
June 27, 2024 - Lou Hirsch (Fungal Feasts - 'Everything is Science')
Behind the Blue - June 27, 2024 20:30 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, Ky. (June 27, 2024) – In February of this year, we published an episode of Behind the Blue that previewed the UK College of Pharmacy’s ‘Everything is Science’ event. ‘Everything is Science’ is a speaker-series festival that unfolds across various venues throughout Lexington. The ide...
June 20, 2024 - Keith Wynn (Transfer Student Recruitment & Advising)
Behind the Blue - June 20, 2024 20:30 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, Ky. (June 20, 2024) – For Keith Wynn, UK’s assistant director of Transfer Recruitment, the journey to higher education wasn’t a traditional one. From dropping out of high school and working various jobs to earning his GED and eventually taking the ACT, his perseverance led him throu...
June 13, 2024 - Glenn Means & Atticus White (LGBTQ Resource Office) [ENCORE]
Behind the Blue - June 13, 2024 20:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, Ky. (June 13, 2024) – [THIS IS AN ENCORE EPISODE.] This week marks the beginning of Campus Pride Week here at the University of Kentucky. Celebrated nationally in June, Campus Pride Week, hosted by the Office of LGBTQ* Resources (housed in the Office for Student Success) allows stude...
June 6, 2024 - Everett McCorvey (UK Opera Theatre)
Behind the Blue - June 06, 2024 20:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, Ky. (June 6, 2024) –For over three decades, Everett McCorvey, D.M.A., has been the driving force as director of UK Opera Theatre, which is part of the School of Music at the UK College of Fine Arts. The school has earned a national reputation for excellence in opera, choral and inst...
May 30, 2024 - Joshua Douglas ('The Supreme Court v. The Voters: The Troubling Story of How the Supreme Court Has Undermined Voting Rights')
Behind the Blue - May 30, 2024 20:30 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, Ky. (May 30, 2024) – After finding great satisfaction in writing his first popular press book, “Vote for US: How to Take Back Our Elections and Change the Future of Voting,” Joshua Douglas was motivated to pursue a similar endeavor for his second book. Douglas, a professor at th...
May 23, 2024 - Colonel Teresa Murray (Army-UK Master of Social Work program)
Behind the Blue - May 23, 2024 20:30 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, Ky. (May 23, 2024) – In October 2016, the UK College of Social Work (CoSW) established a partnership with the Department of Defense to offer the one-of-a-kind Army-UK Master of Social Work degree. A satellite site was established within the Army Medical Department Center and Sch...
May 22, 2024 - Bruce Simpson (Eastern State Hospital & mental health awareness)
Behind the Blue - May 22, 2024 20:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis podcast discusses suicide, which may be difficult and distressing for some to listen to. Resources and assistance are available at 988lifeline.org. LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 22, 2024) – On May 1, 1824, Eastern State Hospital opened its doors as part of Fayette Hospital, becoming just the se...
May 16, 2024 - Maria Hatch and Kirsten Turner (Explore First and corporate engagement)
Behind the Blue - May 16, 2024 20:30 - 38 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, Ky. (May 16, 2024) – Greystar is a global leader in the investment, development, and management of high-quality rental housing properties. Greystar is one of the largest operators of rental housing in the world, with properties including apartments, senior living communities, corpor...
May 9, 2024 - Anthony Ndirangu & Kobie Boateng (UK's International Nurse Well-being Council)
Behind the Blue - May 09, 2024 20:30 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, Ky. (May 9, 2024) – UK HealthCare employs dozens of nurses from around the world, advancing care for a diverse Commonwealth while also providing an opportunity for international nurses to advance and continue their careers in a cutting-edge health care environment. But packing u...
May 2, 2024 - Cierra Couch (Spring 2024 Commencement Spotlight)
Behind the Blue - May 02, 2024 20:30 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, Ky. (May 3, 2024) — Cierra Couch, a representative of the University of Kentucky May Class of 2024, is a first-generation college student who came to UK in 2020 with a strong sense of determination, but without a clear roadmap. As a Robinson Scholar from Hyden, Kentucky, Couch in...
April 25, 2024 - Dr. Kenneth Campbell (Heart Research)
Behind the Blue - April 25, 2024 20:30 - 58 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, Ky. (April 25, 2024) – Dr. Kenneth Campbell is the director of translational research in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine in the UK College of Medicine. His work, to help map out an important part of the heart on a molecular level was part of a study published online in the pr...
April 19, 2024 - Robert Hayes (Student Advising)
Behind the Blue - April 19, 2024 20:30 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, Ky. (April 19, 2024) – Robert Hayes is the Executive Director of Student Community Resources and Services in the UK Office for Student Success. His expertise and mission lies in providing support to first-generation students and offering academic advising within the College of Arts &...
April 11, 2024 - Glenn Means & Atticus White (Office of LGBTQ+ Resources)
Behind the Blue - April 11, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, Ky. (April 11, 2024) – This week marks the beginning of Campus Pride Week here at the University of Kentucky. Celebrated nationally in June, Campus Pride Week, hosted by the Office of LGBTQ* Resources (housed in the Office for Student Success) allows students, faculty and staff an o...
April 4, 2024 - Tyler Kleppe (Daylight saving time and finances)
Behind the Blue - April 04, 2024 20:30 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, Ky. (April 4, 2024) – Every year, more than 97% of Americans, and more than 1.6 billion people worldwide, move their clocks forward one hour in the spring — allowing for more evening light as part of daylight saving time (DST). Sure, that “spring forward” might make you more notic...
March 28, 2024 - Dr. Ashley Montgomery-Yates (UK HealthCare Critical Care)
Behind the Blue - March 28, 2024 20:30 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, Ky. (March 27, 2024) – Four years ago, the world at large became more familiar with the field of health care known as “critical care” when the COVID-19 pandemic led to unprecedented numbers of patients being admitted to hospital intensive care units. Dr. Ashley Montgomery-Yates, a...
March 21, 2024 - Patrick Kitzman and Clara Bond (Kentucky Appalachian Rural Rehabilitation Network)
Behind the Blue - March 21, 2024 20:34 - 38 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, Ky. (March 21, 2024) – The Kentucky Appalachian Rural Rehabilitation Network (KARRN) is a collaborative team that advocates to empower communities impacted by disability. Their focus is improving the quality of life for all. The organization is directed under the University of Kentuc...
March 15, 2024 - Dr. Tessa London-Bounds (Breastfeeding study)
Behind the Blue - March 15, 2024 14:06 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, Ky. (March 15, 2024) – Dr. Tessa London-Bounds, a cardiothoracic surgeon at UK HealthCare’s Gill Heart & Vascular Institute, had two vastly different breastfeeding experiences as a resident and later as an attending surgeon. Variations in workplace support, along with access to tec...
March 7, 2024 - Seth DeBolt & Brad Berron (2024 Beam Institute Conference)
Behind the Blue - March 07, 2024 21:30 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, Ky. (March 7, 2024) – On March 11th, UK’s James B. Beam Institute will host their annual Beam Institute Industry Conference, where hundreds of distillers, researchers, distillery and supporting industry employees gather for 3 days of learning and information exchange in Kentucky’s si...
March 1, 2024 - Gerald Smith (60th Anniversary of the March on Frankfort)
Behind the Blue - March 01, 2024 15:22 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, Ky. (March 1, 2024) – On March 5th, 1964, following the postponement of legislation aimed at eliminating segregation in public accommodations in Kentucky, some 10,000 residents of the Commonwealth came together with notable civil rights activists, including Martin Luther King, Jr. a...
February 22, 2024 - Crystal Wilkinson ('Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts')
Behind the Blue - February 22, 2024 21:30 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, Ky. (February 22, 2024) – Crystal Wilkinson is a Professor of English in the UK College of Arts & Sciences and one of 16 University Research Professors for 2023-24. As the first Black woman to hold the appointment of Poet Laureate of Kentucky from 2021-2023, Wilkinson serves as an i...
February 15, 2024 - Rosa Mejia-Cruz & Vince Venditto (Everything is Science)
Behind the Blue - February 15, 2024 21:30 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, Ky. (February 15, 2024) – Science “happens” all around us, from the food we eat in the morning, to the light switch we turn off at night and everything in-between. For UK associate professor Vince Venditto, the idea of taking a large and intimidating topic and making it relatable an...
February 8th, 2024 - George Wright (UK's 75th Anniversary of Integration)
Behind the Blue - February 08, 2024 21:30 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, Ky. (February 8, 2024) – This year marks the 75th anniversary of Lyman T. Johnson’s historic legal triumph against the University of Kentucky, a milestone that marked him as the first African American student to integrate the university. Johnson, a lifelong champion of education and...
February 1, 2024 - Anastasia Curwood & Austin Zinkle (Civil Rights and Restorative Justice-Kentucky)
Behind the Blue - February 01, 2024 21:30 - 44 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, Ky. (February 1, 2024) – “Every single one of them said, ‘My God, I had no idea something like this happened.’ I think they are learning something about their communities that they didn’t know before,” says Anastasia Curwood, director of the Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies,...
January 25, 2024 - Marc Paranzino, M.D. (Sports Cardiology)
Behind the Blue - January 25, 2024 21:30 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, Ky. (January 25, 2024) – UK HealthCare’s Gill Heart and Vascular Institute is a renowned center for cardiovascular care, research and education. Established with the aim of advancing cardiovascular health, Gill stands as a comprehensive facility offering a wide range of services. ...
January 18, 2024 - Wendy Woodall (UK Nursing Alum - CNO Walter Reed)
Behind the Blue - January 18, 2024 21:30 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, Ky. (January 18, 2024) – Col. Wendy Woodall is no stranger to spending time in new locations. Growing up in a U.S. military family and living in a variety of locations during her childhood, she calls herself a native of Princeton, Ky, where her father is from. While attending hi...
January 10, 2024 - Jay Alexander (MLK Day Celebration)
Behind the Blue - January 10, 2024 21:30 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, Ky. (January 10, 2024) – Monday, January 15, 2024 will mark Lexington’s 51st anniversary of the observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a US Federal holiday that honors the birth, life and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and is also the only national holiday designated as a...
January 4, 2024 - Celise Chilcote-Fricker (NAGPRA) [ENCORE]
Behind the Blue - January 04, 2024 21:30 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, Ky. (January 4, 2024) – [THIS IS AN ENCORE EPISODE.] The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) is a pivotal federal law enacted in 1990 that addresses the repatriation and disposition of Native American human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects and cult...
December 28, 2023 - Leah Dick and Catherine Hines (Find Help Now) [ENCORE]
Behind the Blue - December 28, 2023 21:30 - 43 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, KY. (December 28, 2023) – [THIS IS AN ENCORE EPISODE] In 2018, the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIPRC), launched “Find Help Now KY”, a website that provides a near real-time treatment opening locator for substance use disorders. The locator guides individuals to a...
December 21, 2023 - Martina Vasil (2023 Great Teacher)
Behind the Blue - December 21, 2023 21:30 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsLEXINGTON, Ky. (December 21, 2023) – The University of Kentucky Alumni Association started the Great Teacher Award program in 1961 to honor excellent teaching at the university. There have been more than 300 teachers honored since that first year. Nominations may only be submitted by current s...
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