UK President Receives Mixed Review
University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto has received a mostly positive review after a year on the job but he won't receive a performance bonus. Board of Trustees Chairman Britt Brockman says the...
View ArticleUK Faculty Blasts School President in Memo
The University of Kentucky Senate Council says UK President Eli Capilouto has created a budget crisis. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported the faculty group sent a memo to Capilouto on Thursday in...
View ArticleTuition Going Up at UK
Tuition at the University of Kentucky is expected to rise 3% next year, the smallest increase since 1997. The finance committee of the UK Board of Trustees approved the suggested tuition hike without...
View ArticleHardin County Football Star Receives Nearly 200 Letters from UK--in One Day
It’s not uncommon for college coaching staffs to send scores of letters to top high school prospects they are recruiting. If the number of letters sent by Kentucky coaches to one Hardin County prospect...
View ArticleUK's Markey Cancer Center Gains Designation, Leading to New Drug Options and...
Kentucky has gained new clout in its fight against cancer, resulting from the rising status of the cancer center at its flagship university. The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center in Lexington...
View ArticleNorton Healthcare, University of Louisville Continue Argument over...
Officials with Norton Healthcare have rejected the University of Louisville’s request that they end their recently announced pediatric services partnership with UK Healthcare. University of...
View ArticleUK and U of L Presidents Oppose Academic Boycott of Israel
The presidents of Kentucky’s two largest universities have joined opposition to a boycott of Israeli academic institutions. The American Studies Association passed a controversial resolution last month...
View ArticleUniversity of Kentucky Could Lift Ban on Alcohol By Fall Semester
The University of Kentucky is set to allow alcohol on campus with specific guidelines yet to be determined. The announcement came this afternoon from UK President Eli Capilouto. UK has been an alcohol...
View ArticleResearchers Study Exercise During Pregnancy for Child Cancer Protection
An area of cancer research at the University of Kentucky is focusing on exercise for mothers during pregnancy to help prevent cancer in their children. Second year grad student Alyssa Jarrel is...
View ArticleWKU Grad Stephens Appointed To Legislative Ethics Commission
The newest appointee to the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission comes with an undergraduate degree from WKU and bipartisan support. Henry Stephens has been a professor at the Chase School of Law at...
View ArticleKentucky Researcher Creates Nasal Spray that Could Lower Number of Overdose...
A nasal spray developed a Kentucky researcher is designed to reduce the number of heroin related overdoses. The invention by University of Kentucky pharmacy professor Daniel Wermeling has been...
View ArticleUK President Releases Recommendations for Covered Mural
University of Kentucky officials plan to unveil a controversial mural and surround it with other works of art that provide more context of the school's history. News outlets report that President Eli...
View ArticleUK President Says Performance Funding Model Won't Diminish Importance of...
The president of the University of Kentucky says he’s confident higher education leaders will be able to finalize a performance-based funding model. The state’s publicly supported colleges and...
View ArticleJournalism Faculty Ask UK President to Apologize, Drop Suit Against Newspaper
Fifteen journalism and media faculty members from the University of Kentucky are asking university President Eli Capilouto to apologize and drop the university's open records lawsuit against the...
View ArticleUK Sues Herald-Leader in Open Records Case Over Failed Deal
The University of Kentucky is suing the Lexington Herald-Leader in order to avoid revealing documents about a failed business deal between UK HealthCare and a Hazard cardiology firm. The Lexington...
View ArticleUK Extends Lease 15 years at Rupp Arena to 2033
Kentucky has agreed to a 15-year lease extension that will keep the Wildcats' men's basketball team in Rupp Arena through 2033. The extension announced on Thursday takes effect when the current deal...
View ArticleJudge Rules In Favor Of UK In Open-Records Case
A Kentucky judge has ruled in favor of the University of Kentucky in an open-records case involving its campus newspaper’s pursuit of documents regarding a sexual harassment investigation of a former...
View ArticleUK Gets $11M to Research Links Between Obesity, Cancer
The University of Kentucky says it has received an $11.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund a center to study links between obesity and cancer. Leaders at the school in...
View ArticleJudge Rules Former University of Kentucky Board Chairman OK for Trial
A judge has ruled that former University of Kentucky board chairman Billy Joe Miles of Owensboro is competent to stand trial on rape and sodomy charges. Defense attorney Scott Cox of Louisville told...
View ArticleUK Professor Says He Was Fired After Criticizing Bevin’s Medicaid Changes
A former dentistry professor says members of Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration pressured University of Kentucky officials to fire him after he wrote a critique of the governor’s plan to reshape the...
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