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The Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition is a student-centered
department, FIRST in Focus – Innovation – Respect – Success – Teamwork. Innovation in ideas will contribute to evidence-based best practices in the profession of dietetics and nutrition. Respect for others will allow service to others to be our highest priority. Success is reached by empowering all individuals to reach their fu

ll leadership potential. Teamwork fosters partnerships between students, faculty, alumni, and community allies.

22/12/2025

Connecting & Creating in Shelby County!

DHN Extension joined the winter UK Family & Consumer Sciences Professional Development event on 12/10. We traveled to the Shelby County Extension Office for a day of learning and networking, creating beautiful reed stars, touring the office, and engaging in the state staff meeting.

Grateful for the opportunity to connect with fellow Extension associates and specialists who support FCS programming across Kentucky! 💙

19/12/2025

UK Commencement Day! Congratulations to all of our Dietetics & Human Nutrition December 2025 graduates who we celebrated this morning at Rupp Arena! 👏🎉

16/12/2025

The Annual ACP in Dietetics Evidence-Based Practice Capstone Project Poster Session was held last week! Our DHN 680 students showcased their impressive work and presented their EBP project findings.

Thank you to everyone in DHN who contributed to this amazing experience and helping us close out a wonderful semester!

15/12/2025

Dr. Johnson and Chef Rachel recently attended the Teaching Kitchen Collaborative conference in California, connecting with a broad group of teaching kitchen professionals including dietitians, physicians, researchers, educators, and community partners.

They explored how teaching kitchens are being used across academic, healthcare, and community settings, with sessions on using AI in culinary nutrition education, global teaching kitchen models, and participated in workshops focused on culinary skills, program implementation, evaluation, and research.

They are excited to bring what they learned back to campus and share these ideas and approaches with their students!

12/12/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Dawn Brewer for this incredible achievement! 👏🎉

15/10/2025

Howdy from Nashville! 🤠 DHN faculty, staff, and students have been learning, growing, and connecting at the annual Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo (FNCE).

The days were full of learning in emerging, evidence-based sessions, trying novel food products in the expo, and networking with professionals from across the nation. Lauren Batey and Dawn Brewer of the WiN-WiN program also presented their work along with DHN students on a variety of topics!

It is such an inspiring experience each year!

14/10/2025

DHN Dietetics seniors and graduate students recently showed off their brainpower outside the classroom by teaming up for a fun and friendly local trivia night! From nutrition facts to pop culture, our future RDNs brought their competitive spirit and teamwork 🤩

13/10/2025

DHN faculty members Emily DeWitt and Liz Combs co-presented at last Friday's Teaching Excellence Symposium hosted by UK’s Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching!

Their presentation, “High-Impact Practices Abroad: What Works in Short-Term Education Abroad,” was part of a concurrent session focused on
partnerships for durable skills and student success. Both instructors are deeply passionate about the transformative experience of education abroad and would like to invite any student to participate in our upcoming DHN programs to Greece or Portugal in May 2026! Learn more at https://dhn.mgcafe.uky.edu/education-abroad

09/10/2025

Students in DHN 605: Food Systems and Society recently had the opportunity to tour farms in Georgetown, Kentucky!

They spent the day visiting Smith Farm and Elmwood Stock Farm, exploring where local food comes from and learning more about Kentucky's food producers and agricultural systems.

Thank you to our hosts for welcoming DHN and providing such a valuable a hands-on learning experience!

07/10/2025

Meet Guinevere Weiker! She joins us in Campus Kitchen this semester as an intern though UK’s Sustainability Internship Program.

Guinevere in a junior studying Dietetics and has her Certificate in Food Systems and Hunger Studies. She is interested in community nutrition and policy related to equity in nutrition, health, and wellness and hopes to work in sustainable development and community food systems in the future.

At Campus Kitchen, she works on quantifying and increasing the sustainability of CKUK using UN Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing and Older Americans Act. She helps to plan nutritionally adequate meals for food insecure seniors in Lexington.

Some fun facts about Guinevere: she is originally from Northeast Connecticut, and her favorite food is raspberries!

We are grateful for her commitment to DHN and CKUK’s efforts!

01/10/2025

Are you interested in studying abroad with DHN? Join us for the upcoming Education Abroad Q&A session this month!

This is your chance to connect with faculty co-directors who will be leading our upcoming programs and get answers to common questions.

The event is open to all UK students with interest in any future DHN study abroad programs, so bring your friends and stop by to learn more 🌎✈️😸

30/09/2025

Program coordinator Lauren Batey's recent article has been published! The article examines how Instagram messaging and consumption influences cooking behavior and other outcomes in college students.

Give it a read here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07448481.2025.2558778?src=exp-la

Congratulations, Lauren! 🔹⭐

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