Coach John Calipari and the men’s basketball team raised over $1 million [...]]]> Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:15:49 GMT Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:31:17 GMT I’m excited for the future of Kentucky football under the expert leadership of Coach Joker Phillips. A native Kentuckian and former UK player himself, Coach Phillips will bring his unique perspective to the Wildcat sidelines. His football pedigree [...]]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:31:26 GMT  
I was invited to meet with President Barack Obama at the White House to discuss the national shortage of science and mathematics teachers.
 
It [...]]]> Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:37:16 GMT Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:51:34 GMT Everett McCorvey and John Nardolillo bring you a New Year’s Eve to remember at the University [...]]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:30:19 GMT  
And as excited as I was for Coach Calipari and this year’s team to help us [...]]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:18:01 GMT Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:07:52 GMT Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:15:35 GMT Alltech and University [...]]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:56:35 GMT With the UK men’s basketball season in full swing and UK football earning a trip to the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl in Nashville, it can be easy to miss some of the other accomplishments from UK’s student-athletes. However, it was a very special [...]]]> Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:27:03 GMT Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:50:12 GMT UK Alumni Association and the UK Office [...]]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:21:01 GMT Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:31:46 GMT Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:37:05 GMT Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:38:18 GMT  
Generations of UK’s students, faculty, staff and alumni have nobly served our nation. UK has a long-standing [...]]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:33:24 GMT Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:56:49 GMT University of Kentucky Student Development Council (SDC) will carry on an important Big Blue tradition with a little help from this year’s graduating class.
 
Since 1994, SDC’s Senior Challenge [...]]]> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:25:42 GMT Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:11:42 GMT Student Activities Board (SAB) has worked [...]]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:39:04 GMT Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:08:00 GMT Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:37:27 GMT Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:02:32 GMT Space Shuttle Astronaut Robert “Hoot” Gibson will present senior Samuel Nicaise with a $10,000 scholarship [...]]]> Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:58:08 GMT S•KY BLUE House at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon competition can help the team win the coveted [...]]]> Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:40:51 GMT Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:05:22 GMT S•KY BLUE House as it begins the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Decathlon competition [...]]]> Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:29:21 GMT Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:26:18 GMT Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to work [...]]]> Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:01:34 GMT IdeaFestival (IF) 2009.
 
Started right here in Lexington [...]]]> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:53:16 GMT

Kudos to our admissions team for helping UK admit and enroll another first-rate freshman class. UK realized gains in the quality and diversity of the entering freshman class for the 2009-10 school year.

According [...]]]> Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:50:50 GMT The Pershing Rifles, a group drawn from [...]]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:05:35 GMT Kudos to the Odyssey magazine for their fantastic feature on UK researcher Lisa Cassis. Cassis, chair of UK's Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences, is at the leading edge in trying to determine a connection between obesity and cardiovascular disease. [...]]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:36:42 GMT prestigious grant from the National Cancer Institute. I had the opportunity [...]]]> Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:25:08 GMT see blue. Preview Nights. Interested high school students and their families will have [...]]]> Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:40:09 GMT Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:19:27 GMT Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:38:25 GMT  
For our new students, there are several locations around campus where you can get your day off [...]]]> Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:19:34 GMT UK FUSION (UK For Unity and Service In Our Neighborhoods) takes center [...]]]> Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:57:24 GMT Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:18:10 GMT Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:38:29 GMT Click [...]]]> Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT Our faculty and researchers are involved in some of the most innovation, leading-edge research projects in the world. Dr. Kim Nixon in our College of Pharmacy is one of those researchers, as she is studying the effect of alcoholism [...]]]> Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:02:51 GMT Click [...]]]> Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:54:06 GMT Otis A. Singletary Scholars for Fall 2009 at the University of Kentucky. The Singletary Scholarship is the most prestigious four-year [...]]]> Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:24:50 GMT Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:31:22 GMT Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:44:21 GMT U.S.News and World Report. UK Chandler Hospital's ear, nose, and throat (33) and gynecology (40)  programs [...]]]> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:43:20 GMT President Obama has awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers to two University of Kentucky professors: chemical [...]]]> Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:34:48 GMT here. [...]]]> Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:14:24 GMT While we [...]]]> Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:29:58 GMT
Gatton earned his bachelor's [...]]]> Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:18:49 GMT New York Times article on Sunday, July 5. Ken Troske, Sturgill Endowed Professor of Economics and director of UK's Center for Business and Economic Research in [...]]]> Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:37:42 GMT Rodney McMullen earned [...]]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:05:54 GMT Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship. Whitaker is one [...]]]> Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:31:02 GMT Summer Advising Conferences, which started this [...]]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:15:19 GMT Reaching out and trying to solve Kentucky’s most pressing problems is a cornerstone of UK’s Top 20 mission. And I am constantly amazed at how UK’s faculty and researchers have embraced that challenge.

Lexington Herald-Leader claimed that I – and our entire campus community – have been distracted from our fundamental mission of education, research, and outreach. The paper seems to think we have been too focused on [...]]]> Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:09:03 GMT click here. Congratulations, Beth!

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Tue, 05 May 2009 12:52:29 GMT I hope you will join me in providing a warm Kentucky welcome to the new Dean of the UK College of Law, David A. Brennen. [...]]]> Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:15:49 GMT Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:51:27 GMT Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:08:54 GMT announced that the Commonwealth of Kentucky, UK, and the University of Louisville are partnering [...]]]> Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:56:49 GMT Members of the University of Kentucky family often ask me where they can find more information about the innovative research taking place across the campus community. A great place to learn more about research projects is Odyssey, [...]]]> Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:09:08 GMT Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:30:53 GMT www.ukyexperts.net – is designed [...]]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:12:30 GMT
The [...]]]> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:04:54 GMT Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:17:42 GMT DanceBlue 2009. [...]]]> Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:58:48 GMT One thing I wanted to do when I launched this blog is introduce the world to some of the University’s amazing students. [...]]]> Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:57:33 GMT Members of the Kentucky House and Senate, working alongside Governor Beshear, passed House Bill 144. [...]]]> Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:39:11 GMT Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:40:31 GMT
UK brought [...]]]> Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT Commonwealth Collaboratives, [...]]]> Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:35:34 GMT 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. The strategic partnership will feature departments and units from across [...]]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:05:38 GMT There aren’t any superlatives left to describe the brilliance of the University of Kentucky Cheerleading team. For the 17th time in school history, the Kentucky Wildcats are home of the [...]]]> Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:56:51 GMT

I never thought I’d write the following words: I’ve become a blogger.

That’s right; I’m now a card-carrying member of the blogosphere. (Then again, I’m on Facebook, too, so I guess I should have seen this day coming). I appreciate you [...]]]> Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:22:21 GMT