Students from the University of Pikeville-Kentucky College of Optometry presented research at the 2018 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) meeting in Honolulu.

Officials from Pikeville Medical Center and the University of Pikeville announced on June 21 the entering of a memorandum of cooperation that will have a significant impact on the health, well-being and economic development of Eastern Kentucky and Central Appalachia.

University of Pikeville men’s basketball coach Kelly Wells has been named Athletic Director. UPIKE President Burton J. Webb, Ph.D., announced Wells will assume his position July 1 as the university heads into its 2018-19 season.

University of Pikeville President Burton J. Webb, Ph.D., has released the names of the top students for the spring 2018 semester.

Thomas R. Hess, Ph.D., dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Howard Roberts, Ed.D., dean of the Coleman College of Business, and Karen Damron, Ph.D., dean of the Elliott School of Nursing, have released the names of the top students at the University of Pikeville for the spring 2018 semester.

High school students from nine Kentucky counties recently completed the annual Professional Education Preparation Program at the University of Pikeville-Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Melissa Frazier, MPH, MBA, public health and regional workforce analysis researcher at the University of Pikeville-Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine, has been selected to participate in the National Leadership Academy for the Public’s Health program.

Daniel Dockery, an Army ROTC cadet at UPIKE, was awarded the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge following a two-day competition that tested skill, endurance and fitness.

The first two students to complete UPIKE's Osteopathic Medical Scholars Program, Sarah Helphinstine, D.O., and Luke Wright, D.O., graduated in KYCOM’s Class of 2018.