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  • Representative from NKU, including President Cady Short-Thompson and COAS Dean Dr. Bethany Bowling, meet with LifeSciKY leadership to sign partnership memorandum.

    NKU partners with LifeSciKY, furthering regional talent retention, growth in life sciences

    Northern Kentucky University is partnering with LifeSciKY, a nonprofit life sciences incubator based in Covington, to enhance students’ hands-on industry experience, support talent retention in the Northern Kentucky region and further the university’s footprint in strengthening community resources.


  • NKu President Cady Short Thompson speaks to crowd in front of ongoing Science Center expansion during topping out ceremony.

    NKU celebrates topping out of Dorothy Westerman Herrmann Science Center Expansion

    Northern Kentucky University celebrated a major milestone in the expansion of the Dorothy Westerman Herrmann Science Center with a topping out ceremony this morning. University leaders, students, faculty, staff and representatives from Skanska USA Building and Omni Architects gathered to mark the placement of the final steel beam on the 85,400 square-foot addition to the existing science center.


  • Students speak to employers at on-campus career fair

    NKU ranked as a top university in Kentucky for best value

    For the third consecutive year, Northern Kentucky University has been recognized as one of the top universities in the nation for best value by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). According to WSJ’s latest 2026 report, NKU ranks 62nd out of nearly 600 universities around the country in the best value.

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