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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”...

A DanceBlue flashmob shows off the 2018 line dance in front of the Mining and Minerals Building in Lexington, Ky. on Jan. 26, 2018. Photo by Taylon Baker.

DanceBlue Blitz Week ends with surprising public finale

Taylor Baker January 29, 2018

DanceBlue Blitz Week, the final week of donations for the dance marathon, lasted from Jan. 22-26 and had an exciting finale.The finale took place in front of the Mining and Minerals Resource Building and...

Medical Institute of Kentucky holding food drive to benefit people statewide

Lauren Howard November 29, 2017

With the giving season in full swing, The Medical Institute of Kentucky wanted to help improve the lives of its students and provide them with an opportunity to better themselves.To accomplish this, The...

The UK DanceBlue committee reveals the total money raised $1,785,286.96 at the conclusion of the 24-hour dance marathon at Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Ky on Sunday, February 26, 2017. Photo by Michael Reaves | Staff.

DanceBlue Silent Auction is ‘For The Kids’

Cathryn Perini October 19, 2017

DanceBlue is giving the UK community another chance to help out pediatric cancer patients.The third DanceBlue Silent Auction is on Saturday in the Kroger Field Woodford Reserve Room.From 6:30 p.m. to 9...

Local horse farm owner challenges UK to donate, save animal victims of hurricane

Rick Childress August 31, 2017

A local horse farm owner is challenging UK students to donate to an Ohio feed mill that is sending animal supplies to hurricane-stricken Houston.Smokey Lynne Bare, a co-owner of the Sue Say Farm in Lexington,...

DanceBlue raises over a million dollars for pediatric cancer.

DanceBlue raises $1.7 million after the 24-hour dance marathon concludes

Maddi Dyment February 26, 2017

As the hours wound down on the 2017 DanceBlue Marathon, the spirits in Memorial Coliseum only seemed to rise. Dancers appeared to catch their second (or twelfth) wind as they danced in-sync with the children...

Michelle Knezovic, sophomore broadcast journalism major preforms the line dance during the University of Kentucky Dance Blue Dance Marathon Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Ky. on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017.

DanceBlue Rave Hour Kicks-off

Bailey Vandiver February 26, 2017

While many other students were sleeping on Sunday morning, the dancers of DanceBlue were halfway through their 24-hour no-sitting, no-sleeping marathon that began Saturday evening at 8 p.m.Dancers filled...

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