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Kentucky Kernel

Gov. Andy Beshear speaks to the crowd of students on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, outside the Gatton Student Center at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Smallwood | Staff

President Capilouto supports Gov. Beshear’s proposed investment in higher education

Kristen Roberts, Staff Reporter December 19, 2023

UK President Eli Capilouto sent a campus-wide email informing students and faculty of Gov. Andy Beshear’s budget proposal for the 2024-2026 school years. The email was sent on Tuesday, Nov. 19 after...

Drew Van't Land, the organizer of the rally and UK philosophy graduate student, and Samuel Lockridge, a UK public administration graduate student, led protestors in chants during the #KY120 Solidarity Rally by the Bowman statue on the University of Kentucky campus on Thursday, April 12, 2018 in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

Kentucky education is on a ‘dark road,’ UK campus protesters say

Rick Childress April 12, 2018

Red-clad protesters rallied at the Bowman's Den Wildcat Statue for close to an hour in the bright noon sun on Thursday. Future and current teachers of higher and public education gathered with supporters...

UK president Eli Capilouto listens to Kentucky governor Matt Bevin address the Commonwealth with his budget on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at the Capitol building in Frankfort, Ky. 

Facing $200 million five-year budget gap, UK calls for important discussion

News Staff February 9, 2018

President Eli Capilouto called for an "Important Campus Conversation" in a campus-wide email about potential decreases in state funding."We’ve been here before," Capilouto said in the email. "Since 2008,...

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