The truth is that American exceptionalism is a lie. Moreover, for Kentuckians, the song “My Old Kentucky Home” and the play about its writer, The Stephen Foster Story, in Bardstown are lies, too.
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As the Kentucky Derby approaches viewers across the nation will hear the controversial state song, “My Old Kentucky Home,” which has been part of the Derby Day traditions since the 1920s. As a rebuttal to the state song, Louisville-based non-profit Kentucky to the World presents “Home,” a poem by local spoken word poet, Hannah Drake, that serves as a compelling response to the Kentucky state song.
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As she rose to the challenge of being one of the first women to receive a full-ride scholarship to U of L, she would become the first female athlete to score 1,000 points for U of L. A hall of famer, an entrepreneur, and now the Director of Development for Diversity and Engagement at her alma mater, Valerie Combs continues to be a pioneer for underserved athletes both on and off the court.
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Emily Bingham’s text masterfully weaves the history of the creation of the actual song, the context of the social and political cultures that embraced it and transformed its meaning, and its still evolving legacy.
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Through its role as an accelerator for small businesses, a collaboration space for people across industries and disciplines, and an incubator for tech startups and research programs, the Innovation Campus at WKU has turned its headquarters from an old mall into the epicenter for economic growth in the state.
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Founded by Kentuckian Chris Fischer, OCEARCH has developed and adopted cutting-edge strategies that focus on pragmatic, forward-thinking sea conservation. And through his leadership, he has been able to disrupt the field of oceanic research by presenting data-backed solutions to real-world problems.
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And while this could be an unnerving development for many who have already felt the consequences of massive economic transformations in the past 50 years, Dr. Daniela Rus, Director Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT, predicts that Kentucky is uniquely poised to integrate the use of robotics seamlessly and equitably.
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Kentucky’s state motto, “United We Stand, Divided We Fall” might as well be about the bourbon industry and this story is the first peek we’ll give you behind the curtain of how the biggest names in bourbon are working together for the spirit of The Commonwealth.
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Because so much of CEDAR’s programming had to do with how coal as an industry needed to be supported, its gradual but now overpowering absence necessitated a shift in focus and in practice. So with a pretty substantial name change and a totally new concentration, CEDAR would begin to support students and educators in ways that would impact their communities directly.
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