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Celebrate UK's Success at the Tobacco-Free Tailgate

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 11, 2019) — The University of Kentucky is celebrating 10 years of being a tobacco-free campus. Students, faculty and staff are invited to celebrate a the Tobacco-Free Tailgate on Thursday, Nov. 21 from 3-5 p.m. in Barker Plaza outside the UK Gatton Student Center. Join the UK cheerleaders and Wildcat for food, games, a photobooth and freebies, and use the hashtag #TobaccoFreeUK for a chance to win tickets to UK football and basketball games. 

We are proud of the UK community for coming together to make UK a healthier place to live, work and learn.

As the state’s flagship, land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky exists to advance the Commonwealth. We do that by preparing the next generation of leaders — placing students at the heart of everything we do — and transforming the lives of Kentuckians through education, research and creative work, service and health care. We pride ourselves on being a catalyst for breakthroughs and a force for healing, a place where ingenuity unfolds. It's all made possible by our people — visionaries, disruptors and pioneers — who make up 200 academic programs, a $476.5 million research and development enterprise and a world-class medical center, all on one campus.