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Countdown to Thanksgiving Break!
Featured updates from the Department of Communication.
Priority registration begins October 26, 2020 and now is the time to start thinking about the classes you need. Winter Intersession courses are a great way to get one step closer to graduation. The Department of Communication's Winter Intersession course offerings can be found here.
Dr. Allison Gordon, will serve as co-investigator on a grant that has been funded by the National Institutes of Health. In this
The Department of Communication's Dr. Don Helme and Dr. Nicky Lewis are part of the group awarded the HEAL research grant that funds a multiyear study supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. This grant will go to testing the integration of prevention, overdose treatment, and medication-based treatment in communities hard hit by the opioid crisis. The ambitious HEALing Communities Study aims to reduce opioid overdose deaths by 40 percent over 3 years in participating communities.
Congratulations to Dr. Diane Francis, funding recipient from the UK CURE COVID-19 Pilot Program for her proposal “Communication Inequalities and COVID-19 Outcomes Among African Americans.” Learn more about the program at https://www.ccts.uky.edu/about-ccts/cores/pilot-funding-core/covid-19-pilot-funding-program
Congratulations to Dr. Nicky Lewis, who was awarded the Early Career Research Award by the Sports Communication Interest Group of the International Communication Association (ICA) at their 2020 convention.
