News and Campus Messages

UK Strategic Plan: Provide Your Input

President Eli Capilouto Sep 23, 2021

Today, we are circulating a second draft of our proposed Strategic Plan for your review and feedback.

Nurse Jacob Heil, Pharmacist Regan Baum, center, and Dr. Joel Hamm, collaborate in the Emergency department at UK which has plenty of space for patients of all kinds on March 23, 2020.

More Frequent Reporting, New Vaccination Numbers

President Eli Capilouto Sep 22, 2021

Based on ongoing campus conversations, including productive discussions with our three representative groups — the Student Government Association, the Staff Senate and the University Senate — we are beginning the process today of updating our COVID-19 dashboard twice a week.

Important Weekly Update: Vaccination Incentives and Compliance Measures for Testing

President Eli Capilouto Sep 16, 2021

After ongoing dialogue and feedback from our elected faculty, staff and students, we are beginning two programs designed to encourage vaccinations among our employees and to ensure ongoing testing for those who choose not to become vaccinated.

Our Continued Progress with Vaccinations

President Eli Capilouto Sep 10, 2021

President Capilouto provides a weekly campus update on the university's vaccination status.

UK Strategic Plan: Your Continued Involvement

President Eli Capilouto Sep 8, 2021

Over the past week, we received more than 150 comments from across the campus about the first draft of our institution’s next strategic plan. The input is invaluable. The strategic plan details our principles and values as well as how we will measure our progress on those things we believe are most important to our success over the next several years.

Our Continued Progress in Vaccinating Our Community

President Eli Capilouto Sep 3, 2021

President Capilouto provides a weekly campus update on the university's COVID-19 response.

Important update: Mandatory testing for everyone who is unvaccinated

President Eli Capilouto Aug 26, 2021

President Capilouto provided an update on mandatory testing for unvaccinated students, faculty and staff.

Class of 2025 in the shape of Kentucky on Kroger Field

Your Input Needed for Our Next Strategic Plan

President Eli Capilouto Aug 20, 2021

Over the last several weeks, five teams — of elected faculty, students and staff, deans and administrators from across the campus — have been working on a first draft framework of UK’s next strategic plan as a starting point for your input. Following your ideas and feedback, the reshaped and edited plan will be taken to the Board of Trustees for consideration at its October retreat.

Students watching a movie outside on the lawn

Weekly COVID-19 Update

President Eli Capilouto Aug 20, 2021

We are continuing to bolster our collective response to COVID-19 as we prepare for a new academic year. I would like to share with you several updates, as part of our weekly Friday communication

Our Updated Fall Guidebook and Vaccinations

President Eli Capilouto Aug 19, 2021

President Capilouto shared an updated version of the Fall 2021 Guidebook.

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