Athletic Director Mitch Barnhart is busy climbing one of the nation's tallest peaks for a great cause. Mitch is climbing Mt. Rainier, located just outside of Seattle, Washington, to raise money for the Lighthouse Ministries. [...]]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:45:32 GMT

For the first time in the University of Kentucky's storied history, the institution's annual research awards have broken the $300 million mark. Grants and contracts received through the UK [...]]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:06:00 GMT

The University welcomed the newest members of its "Class of Kentucky" program to campus on Friday, July 16. The program, now in its seventh year, recognizes academically talented and community-oriented high school sophomores [...]]]> Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:11:33 GMT

Much has been written about the athletic portion of John Wall’s career at the University of Kentucky. Not enough attention has been paid to his work in the classroom. John was one of 49 UK freshman student-athletes named [...]]]> Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:33:22 GMT

A long-time University partner provided UK with $2 million at a ceremony in Louisville earlier today. E.ON, parent company of Louisville-based E.ON U.S.,  donated the money to provide scholarships to our next generation [...]]]> Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:56:17 GMT

UK HealthCare hosted a ceremony celebrating the completion of the new UK Chandler Hospital emergency room today. The ER, which is twice as large as the previous facility, opens to patients at 5 a.m. on July 14.

Monday marks the official beginning of a long-awaited summer, and I trust that everyone will have a safe and enjoyable weekend. However, the last weekend in May also represents something far greater and of more significance [...]]]> Fri, 28 May 2010 13:51:32 GMT UKNow about how the UK College of Agriculture is working to improve water quality in Fayette and Scott counties. The Cane Run Creek project is one part of UK's efforts to help beautify [...]]]> Thu, 27 May 2010 08:19:28 GMT

Fans will remember that Keenan Burton was an integral member of the team that helped transform the UK football program. Young people across the state and beyond will remember Keenan Burton for helping to transform their lives.

Two [...]]]> Tue, 25 May 2010 09:22:13 GMT

There is a great feature on UKNow this morning, highlighting the members of our campus community who were recently named Fulbright Scholars. Five University of Kentucky students and alumni were selected as recipients of Fulbright [...]]]> Fri, 21 May 2010 10:05:47 GMT

The current issue of Business Lexington has a front page feature of an exciting UK outreach initiative. The publication spotlighted our Houseboat to Energy Efficient Housing project, an initiative in which UK’s College of [...]]]> Wed, 19 May 2010 14:24:39 GMT

UK alumnus Jeri Smith was on campus today to announce that her company, Galmont Consulting, will be opening a software testing center right here in downtown Lexington. Headquartered in Chicago, Ill., Galmont Consulting [...]]]> Fri, 14 May 2010 14:59:54 GMT

The Kentucky Extension Homemakers Association (KEHA) has spent the past several days in Lexington as part of their 77th Annual Meeting. The volunteer organization, comprised of more than 17,000 members across Kentucky, [...]]]> Thu, 13 May 2010 12:43:53 GMT Philip Houtz, a UK junior from Winchester, Kentucky, was recently named the 2010 Beckman Scholar and will be given $19,300 over 14 months to support his own scientific research [...]]]> Wed, 12 May 2010 12:45:47 GMT http://www.uky.edu/. [...]]]> Mon, 10 May 2010 13:25:28 GMT

I hope you have been enjoying the Commencement coverage on UKNow this week, as we prepare for the University's 143rd ceremony on Saturday. Today's story on two unsung leaders of UK's Commencement [...]]]> Wed, 05 May 2010 15:08:41 GMT www.uky.edu/Commencement on May 8. We hope this new feature will provide family and friends of our [...]]]> Tue, 04 May 2010 13:20:38 GMT Toyota USA Foundation has awarded a $500,000 grant to a University of Kentucky [...]]]> Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:19:29 GMT Provost Kumble Subbaswamy honored six professors and four graduate teaching assistants for their classroom excellence with the 2010 Provost's Outstanding Teaching Awards last week. The award [...]]]> Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:23:23 GMT Commonwealth Collaboratives, aim [...]]]> Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:44:12 GMT Last Friday, the University of Kentucky Alumni Association celebrated the lives and careers of 20 special members of the UK family. The 20 individuals were inducted into UK's Hall [...]]]> Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:55:37 GMT Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:47:36 GMT  
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However, people will have [...]]]> Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:02:04 GMT clicking here. Here is one snippet from the story that [...]]]> Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:13:49 GMT Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:29:41 GMT Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:53:30 GMT Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:01:16 GMT Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:45:55 GMT Office of Undergraduate Admission and University [...]]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:01:29 GMT Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:22:57 GMT Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:31:48 GMT  
Students will be taking part in DanceBlue, a 24-hour, no-sitting, [...]]]> Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:24:44 GMT the 2009 President's Higher Education Community Service [...]]]> Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:02:46 GMT Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:17:59 GMT Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:15:27 GMT Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:15:13 GMT Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:25:16 GMT The University unveiled its new public image to the world (wide web) today, with the launch of our new home page, www.uky.edu.

The redesigned site will serve as our online magazine. It will share the UK story [...]]]> Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:06:01 GMT Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:20:11 GMT Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:56:13 GMT Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:40:31 GMT I can’t say enough positive things about how this University community has stepped forward to help the people affected by last week’s devastating earthquake in Haiti.

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