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University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto on Friday announced that he has selected College of Medicine Dean Bob DiPaola to serve as acting provost.
DiPaola will begin his duties as acting provost July 1 for a one-year appointment until June 30, 2022. Capilouto has announced he will begin a national search for a permanent provost this fall.
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DiPaola is a highly regarded leader who has successfully engaged multidisciplinary groups for initiatives in research and education, Capilouto wrote in an email to the campus Friday afternoon. His collaborative approach and commitment to shared governance working alongside outstanding faculty, staff and learners has led the college to unprecedented growth and progress in recent years in many ways that have led our institution in advancing our mission.
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As Kentuckians celebrate the end of the mask requirement for fully vaccinated Americans, the commonwealth s universities are taking the change into account as they plan for the fall semester.
The University of Louisville and Western Kentucky University both made ammendments to their mask policies following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s Thursday announcement that fully vaccinated people can safely stop wearing masks and maintaining a certain distance from others inside most places.
At U of L, fully vaccinated university members now can temporarily remove their mask when meeting indoors with other fully vaccinated people. If an unvaccinated person is in the group, masks must still be worn in all indoor and common areas on campus, according to the update announced Thursday.
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Roughly a million students attend college around the Ohio Valley, and the student-age population has an especially high rate of coronavirus infection. That’s why some public health advocates say schools should require that students be vaccinated.
However, a review by the Ohio Valley ReSource found that of 400 colleges and universities in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia, only three have indicated that they will mandate COVID-19 vaccinations this fall.
The age group with the highest share of COVID-19 infections is under 30. About a fifth of all U.S. cases have occurred in people ages 18 to 29. In late April the American College Health Association, an organization that works to improve the health of college students and college campuses, recommended that schools make COVID-19 immunization mandatory for students.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. Demand for COVID-19 vaccines is plummeting in Kentucky. Now, two large vaccination sites in Lexington will close soon: Kentucky Horse Park and the University of Kentucky’s Kroger Field location.
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University of Kentucky s Kroger Field vaccine will soon close, turning the facility back into a football stadium
Kentucky Horse Park will administer its last dose on May 8
UK Healthcare will continue vaccinating students and patients at other locations
Officials announced they’re planning to close the Kroger Field mass vaccination site and are in the process of demobilizing.
“We ve gone from more than 4,000 a day on a full day to 1,000 or even under 1,000 frankly this week,” said Jay Blanton, a spokesperson for the University of Kentucky. “So it s just reaching a point where we don t need that level of infrastructure, that level of staff and number of staff to support that kind of operation.”
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