News and Campus Messages

Welcome Back

Eli Capilouto Aug 15, 2024

Campus Community, James Russell grew up in Johnson County, Ky. He is the first in his family to attend college. With a Pigman Scholarship, he doesn’t have the burden of worrying about how to pay for his education. And when he earns a degree in computer science, he hopes to teach young people from the mountains like him to create computer code and build stronger community organizations. “The scholarship I received,” he says, “means hope.” Hope.

aerial view of campus with the Main Building and Patterson Office Tower.

Ensuring a Culture of Compliance and a Community of Well-being, Belonging

Eli Capilouto Aug 2, 2024

Campus Community, Earlier today, a negotiated resolution between the University of Kentucky and the NCAA was announced. In short, UK’s athletics program discovered and self-reported concerns a few years ago about NCAA rules violations in our football and swimming programs. In addition, a number of campus units internally are currently reviewing the institution’s response to allegations of sexual assault involving the former swim coach, Lars Jorgensen.

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Our Vice President for Research

Eli Capilouto Jul 12, 2024

Campus Community,Dr. Lisa Cassis has informed me that she intends to resign after a decade as vice president for research — a period of remarkable growth in an enterprise so critical to our University and our mission to advance Kentucky.

Accelerating Our Progress to Advance Kentucky

Eli Capilouto Jun 14, 2024

We are a community that cares. We are a community committed to advancing Kentucky. We can best continue — and expand — those efforts and deepen that commitment even further by investing in a sustained way to support the people who do the work.

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Call for Nominations - Search Advisory Committee for VP for Land-Grant Engagement and Dean of M-G CAFE

Eli Capilouto, Robert S. DiPaola May 15, 2024

As you may know, Vice President and Dean Nancy Cox has notified us of her plans to retire from the university, upon the hiring of her replacement including transition time. We are deeply appreciative of Vice President and Dean Cox for her unwavering service, dedication and leadership to both the university and the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

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Moving forward, accelerating efforts to advance Kentucky

Eli Capilouto May 6, 2024

Together, we have accomplished so much over the last decade — record numbers of students enrolled, new milestones in graduation and retention rates and a continued expansion of our health care, research and service missions. We are doing more for our state than ever before. But our work is not done. Our Board of Trustees has asked us to examine thoughtfully how we can find ways to do and be more for the state.

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UK Board Unequivocally Supports President Capilouto’s Leadership

E. Britt Brockman, MD May 6, 2024

As you know, the Board of Trustees asked President Eli Capilouto and the campus to focus on accelerating our progress in advancing Kentucky. Among the five areas we directed President Capilouto and campus to address included a focus on more responsiveness — examining our rules and regulations and how they position UK for success.

This is a photo from the May 2024 University of Kentucky Commencement.

Celebrating Our Graduates and a Transformational Year

Eli Capilouto May 6, 2024

More than 4,300 students crossed the stage to receive diplomas, signifying a personal achievement and prepared to live their lives. UK conferred more than 5,700 degrees overall (click here to watch an interview I conducted with some of our graduates). That diploma is our promise of passage — the next step in a journey that we hope holds success in a career or chosen pursuit, and, as always, a life of meaning and purpose.

Next steps in process to revise our rules and regulations

Eli Capilouto Apr 29, 2024

Last Friday, the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees gave initial approval, following a first reading, to a series of revisions to our Governing Regulations (GRs). This is part of a process to revise our rules and regulations to help us better align our community and accelerate our collective efforts to advance Kentucky.

Board gives initial approval to revisions to UK’s Governing Regulations

Eli Capilouto Apr 26, 2024

Today was a remarkable day in the life of our university. Our Board of Trustees gave approval to two items that speak to our commitment to partnership and the idea that now is the time for us to accelerate our progress in advancing this state.

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