Rajendran, Narayanan (2014). Bioinformatics Identification of Aldo-Keto Reductase from Newly Isolated Arthrobacter Nicotianae Strain PR and its Phylogenetic Analysis among Soil Bacteria. Journal of Science and Technology, article ID 101072.

Merlino, M.L., Freeman, T. M., Springer, V., Dahir, V., Hammond, D., Dyer, A. D., & Found, B.J. (2014). Validity, Reliability, Accuracy, and Bias in Forensic Signature Identification. Symposium presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners, Honolulu, HI.

Dr. Derese Kassa and 3 other individuals residing in the United States and in Sweden launched a global podcast/broadcast radio program known as WAZEMA, a website that focuses on the issues of democratization and development in the Horn of Africa in general and Ethiopia in particular. The group has an Amharic website www.wazemaradio.com. One can also find the weekly podcasts on Youtube, Sound Cloud, Twitter (@wazemaradio) and on the Wazemaradio Facebook page. To date, the group's posts have been visited by more than 20,000. The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) a Washington DC based congressionally funded institute has approached the group to provide funding for this initiative given the outpouring of public support by the Ethiopian Diaspora.

The Kentucky State University Marching Thorobred Band, under the direction of Mr. Robert Griffin, provided primetime regional, media and network exposure to our great University, as it was featured on the Monday Night Football regular season home-opener of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts, against the Philadelphia Eagles, on September 15.

Dr. Lai, Alexander collaborated with Dr. Bob Durborow on the grant proposal, “Increasing Fish Disease Surveillance, Diagnostic and Treatment Efficiency using Molecular Tools and Creating a Communication Network among Diagnostic Laboratories.

Dr. Narayanan Rajendran has been selected by the Institute of Science, Nirma University (India) to serve as an international member of a PhD thesis reviewing committee. He will serve among a panel of eight national and international reviewers.

Ms. Reba Rye and Mr. Scott Ross are producing the second phase of the National Endowment for Arts Grant that the city of Frankfort received for the Frankfort Public Art (FPA) group. Both faculty members will be taking part in the final work of the second phase of the NEA Grant for the FPA.

Mr. Scott Ross designed and built the Chalk Talk Board, a community conversation board about public art in Frankfort. Dr. John Bator has been integral in the setup and moving of the piece during the initial setup on the Old Capital Lawn and the loading, transport and setup of the Chalk Talk Board at Josephine Sculpture Park.

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