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An incredible gift, a new College of Fine Arts that will match the talent and dreams of our people Campus Message

Eli Capilouto
 Dec 1, 2025
Campus Messages

Just moments ago, the Board of Trustees accepted the largest, single gift in the history of the University of Kentucky — a $150 million commitment by the Bill Gatton Foundation to construct a new College of Fine Arts and performing arts theater.

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CATS AI: UK’s leadership in advancing Kentucky through artificial intelligence Campus Message

Eli Capilouto
 Nov 13, 2025
Campus Messages

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping our world — expanding access to information, transforming workplaces, reimagining research and innovation and revolutionizing health care. At the University of Kentucky, we must be committed to becoming an AI University — where AI enhances how we teach, learn, research, heal and serve the Commonwealth.

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A historic gift, an enduring promise Campus Message

Eli Capilouto
 Oct 28, 2025
Campus Messages

Campus Community,Earlier today, I left a lecture hall in Rochester, NY, where it was announced that UK is the recipient of a $50 million gift from B. Thomas Golisano to our Kentucky Children’s Hospital.It is a gift to UK.But in an important sense it is a gift to the children of our state.

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Update on Federal Actions

Eli Capilouto
 Jul 7, 2025
Campus Messages, Government Updates

On July 4, President Trump signed into law a massive tax and spending package after passage by both chambers of Congress. The package represents an important challenge to our entire university and especially our health care system. Specifically, it contains a significant shift in funding for the way UK HealthCare has over the past several years fulfilled its mission to treat and heal the sickest patients, particularly in rural areas of Kentucky.

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Thank You for All That You Do

Eli Capilouto
 Jan 7, 2025
Campus Messages

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

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Thank you for the hope you bring to our campus and to Kentucky

Eli Capilouto
 Dec 18, 2023
Campus Messages

The momentum from this past year is palpable across our campus. We are educating and graduating more students than at any other time in our university’s history. We are making life-changing discoveries in our $476 million research and development enterprise, generating $873 million in economic activity across Kentucky.

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