Campus News

Go inside UK’s newest spaces with President Eli Capilouto

Aerial view of a modern University of Kentucky campus building beside a roadway, with surrounding green space and construction visible in the distance.
By Amy Jones-Timoney , Steve Shaffer , and Benjamine Branscum
Monday

On the first day of the 2026-27 academic year, the community returns to a transformed campus. Come along on this Campus Walk with President Eli Capilouto to see what’s changed and what will be changing in the near future.

Monday

Free Uber rides available through UK Wildcab Vouchers

Monday

Your guide to campus buses

A student walking into a blue bus with the UK logo on the side.
Aug. 19, 2026

Big Blue Move-in brings excitement, emotion, new beginnings

A smiling student in a clear rain poncho carries boxes as volunteers unload move-in supplies from a van.
Aug. 18, 2026

UK enhances campus safety through lighting, security additions

Elevated view of a campus street at dusk, with illuminated buildings and trees lining the road as a vehicle’s red taillights streak through the foreground.
Aug. 17, 2026

UK road closures and parking impacts planned during K Week

Metal barricades block a street with a white sign reading “ROAD CLOSED,” while pedestrians are visible in the background.
Aug. 14, 2026

Big Blue Move-in begins Aug. 16; anticipate parking, travel impacts

A smiling young woman and a man in a Kentucky Dad T-shirt push blue carts loaded with belongings on a sunny campus.
Aug. 13, 2026

Martin-Gatton Agricultural Sciences Building achieves LEED Gold certification

Aerial view of the University of Kentucky’s Martin-Gatton Agricultural Sciences building, featuring a stone-and-glass exterior and a large UK logo under a clear blue sky.
Aug. 13, 2026

CELT announces Fall 2026 faculty cohort for AI-focused Teaching Innovation Institute

University of Kentucky "UK" logo sculpture framed by out-of-focus autumn leaves on campus.
Aug. 12, 2026

UK celebrates opening of Kirwan-Blanding Hall

Group of students and university leaders in blue shirts gather indoors for a ribbon-cutting ceremony, holding ceremonial scissors and ribbon beneath white balloons.
Aug. 12, 2026

Newly expanded Sports Center Garage opens Aug. 12

Exterior view of the University of Kentucky’s Sports Center Garage expansion, featuring a large blue UK logo on the parking structure beside a glass-enclosed stair tower.

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