News and Campus Messages

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The People Who Are Advancing Kentucky

Eli Capilouto

Aug 26, 2024

Campus Community,As we welcome back our students, I am reminded of our “why.”Last week, I saw it in the smiles of our facilities staff — who were joined by hundreds of other faculty, staff and students — as they volunteered to help move in the newest members of our Wildcat Family. They didn’t just help move carts — they provided much-needed comfort and reassurance to these students and their families.I see it in the way our faculty are dedicated to providing an education that will best prepare our students for lives of meaning and purpose.

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Many People, One Community

Eli Capilouto

Aug 20, 2024

Our Strategic Plan makes clear that our mission is to advance this state in all that we do. As I shared in the video message I sent to our campus yesterday, core to that purpose is the idea that we are many people, who together, comprise one special community. I’m deeply appreciative of the time many have taken across the campus recently to provide feedback about how we strive to strengthen and act upon that vision while being responsive to concerns that have been raised about how we honor our values.

The Questions That Drive Our Community

Eli Capilouto

Aug 19, 2024

Campus Community, There are questions that drive everything we do at the University of Kentucky: Did we care? Were we fair? Did we give everyone a fair shot? Those questions are central to who we are. How we answer them is at the heart of what we do. We will be announcing changes soon to some policies and parts of our organization and structure, focused on our collective efforts to build one community from among many people.

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.

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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 Campus Message

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 Campus Message

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 Campus Message

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.

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