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Faculty expressed desire to be ‘true partners’ with administration at UK

Faculty expressed desire to be ‘true partners’ with administration at UK

Casey Sebastiano, News Editor March 28, 2024

A University of Kentucky Senate Council meeting was held to discuss the next steps in the process of assessing the proposed changes to UK’s shared governance model. UK President Eli Capilouto spoke...

Catching Up with the Kernel: Cooking up Community, SEJC, Capilouto’s response to DEI bills

Giana Gallo, Hannah Stanley, Adah Hufana, and Ava Bumgarner February 28, 2024

Welcome to Catching Up with the Kernel. Today, host Giana Gallo interviews Staff Reporter Adah Hufana on a UK event called Cooking Up Community. Followed by Editor-in-Chief Hannah Stanley’s recap on...

University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto speaks during a Board of Trustees meeting on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, at the Gatton Student Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Samuel Colmar | Staff

UK Board of Trustees approve resolution redefining governance and reflect on achievements

Aimee Pierce, Reporter February 28, 2024

The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees met on Feb. 23 to vote on a resolution that could change UK’s governing relations and to look back on what the university has accomplished in recent years.  During...

UK President Capilouto disagrees with proposed DEI and tenure legislation bills

UK President Capilouto disagrees with proposed DEI and tenure legislation bills

Ava Bumgarner, Reporter February 23, 2024

University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto informed students and faculty of two bills currently proposed concerning diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and faculty tenure in a campus-wide email.  The...

President Capilouto responds to state budget proposal

President Capilouto responds to state budget proposal

Edward Smith, Reporter January 22, 2024

University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto weighed in on the Kentucky House of Representatives’ proposed state budget in a campus-wide email today. Capilouto said he was appreciative that lawmakers...

University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto walks to the Podium during the Board of Trustees Meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Travis Fannon | Staff

UK Board of Trustees names new health education building, discusses university financial reports

Ava Bumgarner December 8, 2023

The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees approved the official name of the new health education building as the Michael D. Rankin M.D. Health Education Building at a Dec. 5 meeting. Dr. Rankin attended...

Bill Gatton Foundation donates $100 million to UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Bill Gatton Foundation donates $100 million to UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Courtney Suber, Reporter May 26, 2023

The UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (CAFE) was gifted $100 million on behalf of the Bill Gatton Foundation on May 25.  The donation was made on what would have been Carol Martin “Bill”...

Demonstrators hold a banner outside White Hall Classroom Building during a rally organized by United Campus Workers of Kentucky on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky.

UCW leads march calling for fair pay for undergraduate students

Courtney Suber, Reporter April 18, 2023

In wake of National Student Employee Appreciation Week, the United Campus Workers (UCW) of Kentucky protested the average wage of undergraduate student workers with a march on campus on Friday, April 14. The...

‘A sacred responsibility.’ University president Eli Capilouto says UK alumni among Louisville shooting victims

‘A sacred responsibility.’ University president Eli Capilouto says UK alumni among Louisville shooting victims

Courtney Suber, Reporter April 11, 2023

UK president Eli Capilouto released a statement Tuesday addressing the deadly shooting in Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday.  According to the statement, sent via campus-wide email, two of the five victims...

Capilouto announces accreditation panel visit to UK

Capilouto announces accreditation panel visit to UK

Casey Sebastiano, Reporter March 25, 2023

President Eli Capilouto announced in an email senior higher education administrators representing the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) visited UK’s campus...

Jake Lemon, president of the UConn Foundation and candidate for Vice President for Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement, speaks during an open forum on Monday, Feb. 20, 2023, at the Gatton College of Business and Economics in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Brady Saylor | Staff

UK announces new Vice President for Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement

Courtney Suber, Reporter March 9, 2023

UK president Eli Capilouto announced Jake Lemon accepted the position of Vice President for Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement on March 9. Lemon, a past philanthropic overseer at the University of Connecticut,...

The Kentucky State Capitol on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff file photo

Capilouto responds to proposed Kentucky bill that would allow guns on campus

Laurel Swanz, Staff Reporter March 7, 2023

UK president Eli Capilouto announced that he is opposed to House Bill 542, which would prevent Kentucky higher education institutions from banning guns on campus. Sent via campus-wide email on March...

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