News and Campus Messages

Potential Impact of Federal Research Cuts

Eli Capilouto Feb 10, 2025

Campus Community,We are committed to keeping you updated on the latest information regarding executive orders from President Donald Trump’s administration, the potential impact of the executive orders on our campus, the work we do and how we are responding.Late Friday afternoon, the federal National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the rate for what are known as “indirect costs” would be lowered to 15% for all existing and new NIH contract awards. Earlier today, litigation was filed by multiple states challenging this decision.

This is a photo of the University of Kentucky campus in spring.

Update on federal policy changes

Eli Capilouto Jan 29, 2025

Campus Community, I communicated with you yesterday about a pause — issued by President Donald Trump’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) — on agency grant, loan and other financial assistance programs related to our research efforts. That directive was rescinded by the White House this afternoon.

This is a photo of the UK campus in winter.

Update on federal policy changes

Eli Capilouto Jan 28, 2025

Campus Community,We’ve pledged to keep you informed as a community as we know more regarding details and potential impacts of executive orders and other actions undertaken by President Donald Trump and his administration.The following is what we know today and how we are working to ensure continuous and up-to-date communication with you about these issues:

Monitoring Federal Policy Changes

Eli Capilouto Jan 24, 2025

Campus Community, This week, President Donald Trump and the new administration signed dozens of executive orders and personnel actions. The potential impacts of these actions reach across the country. These will inevitably affect higher education — and our university — as well. After all, our mission of education, research, service and care is deep and broad. We have some 36,000 students and more than 25,000 employees with a presence in every county in Kentucky, and a reach — through our education and research — that extends around the world.

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The Power of Our Community

Eli Capilouto Jan 13, 2025

Campus Community, Welcome back to campus and to the start of a new and exciting semester.Each spring, as our campus comes alive and hums with purpose, I am reinvigorated by the role we play as Kentucky’s university.This is more than a place of learning — it’s a vibrant community bound by shared purpose and collective ambition.Across our campus and throughout the Commonwealth, we see the impact of this collaboration in the essential care we provide, the discoveries we pursue and the lives we transform through it all.

This is a photo of the UK medical campus.

Thank You for All That You Do

Eli Capilouto Jan 7, 2025

Campus Community, Winter Storm Blair packed a punch across Kentucky and the region over the last few days.

Laura Stephenson in a blue blazer poses next to a chair and stairs

New VP for Land-grant Engagement and Dean of the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Eli Capilouto, Robert S. DiPaola Dec 3, 2024

We are very pleased to announce that Laura Stephenson has agreed to assume the critical leadership positions of vice president for land-grant engagement and dean of the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Martin-Gatton CAFE).

This is a photo of the University of Kentucky campus in the fall.

Advancing Kentucky Together

Eli Capilouto Oct 25, 2024

Campus Community,The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees met this past week for its annual retreat. Board members continue to be impressed by our collective efforts to advance this state in everything that we do.But they are challenging us to do even more for Kentucky.The goal they have set for us is to be the university that works with partners to do more for the health of our state than any other institution in the country.It is an audacious and ambitious aspiration. It is a necessary one.

United Way Campaign 2024

Eli Capilouto Oct 11, 2024

Dear Colleagues,Across our campus and in every county around the Commonwealth, faculty, staff and students work tirelessly to teach, serve, heal and discover.The goal of making our state a better place to live, work and thrive drives all of us in our shared mission to advance Kentucky.Much of the work you do impacts the people and places not just on campus but throughout our community and state. Our partnership with United Way of the Bluegrass supports our region beyond the borders of our campus.

Public review process begins for AR: Faculty Senate

Eli Capilouto Sep 30, 2024

Campus Community,

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