Kentucky News - June 15, 2011

State:

• U of L, JHSMH, St. Joseph Health approve merger (Business First of Louisville)
• UK gets its largest research grant, $20 million (Business First of Louisville)
• UK approves contract for incoming president (WBKO.com)
• Bulletin: UK gets its largest ever research grant of $20M from NIH; certification for federal Clinical and Translational Science Awards opens door to much more (The Lane Report)
• U of L Hospital, St. Joseph Health System, Jewish Hospital reach partnership contract agreement to merge into single statewide healthcare provider (The Lane Report)
• Construction goes to college (The Lane Report)
• Richmond: EKU, Madison launch KY’s Prototype ‘Middle College’ Program (The Lane Report)
• Louisville: U of L Biz students are top winners in international contest (The Lane Report)
• State: College degrees, diplomas conferred jump 11 percent to record 62,700 in ’11-’12 school year (The Lane Report)
• The Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing (The Lane Report)
• Consortium of Higher Education in Central Kentucky (The Lane Report)
• UK receives major grant aimed at speeding search for health care solutions (Business Lexington)
• EKU and Richmond to host 2012 International Town And Gown Association Conference (Business Lexington)
• Major statewide healthcare merger approved by systems' boards (Business Lexington)
• Marshall, UK to partner on clinical research (Daily News)
• New UK president's contract approved (Daily News)
• Merger creates Kentucky's largest health group (The Courier-Journal)
• Donna Hargens named JCPS superintendent (The Courier-Journal)
• University of Kentucky gets $20 million federal research grant, biggest in its history (The Courier-Journal)
• UK trustees approve Capilouto's salary package (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• UK gets $20 million NIH grant to speed lab advances to patients (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• UK trustees approve plan to buy University Lofts building for arts space (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Richmond picked to host international conference (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• UK awarded $20 million for medical research (The Kentucky Kernel)
• UK Board Approves New Diversity Plan for the University (UK News)
• Finish WKU offers second chances (WKU News)

National:

• Report: Students don't know much about U.S. history (Star-Telegram)
• Michigan two- and four-year colleges team upto boost minority STEM enrollment (Diverse Issues in Higher Education)
• Nonprofit colleges are more ‘profitable’ than for-profits, report says (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• With Perkins Loan Program set to expire in 3 years, college presidents work to preserve it (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• State says high school graduates less prepared (Times Union)