Retiring Kentucky AD Mitch Barnhart won't take new high-paying role at school Retiring Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart won’t take on a new high-paying role at the school after all The Independent UK · Apr 23
Tenured professor sues University of Kentucky for banning him from law school over comments on Israel Exclusive: Ramsi Woodcock, who calls for an ‘end’ to Israel and military intervention against it, says the university violated his first amendment rights The Guardian - US · Nov 13, 2025
Trump's anti-DEI push doesn't stop Black Kentucky grads from holding an off-campus celebration President Donald Trump’s push to eliminate diversity initiatives on college campuses didn’t stop minority students at the University of Kentucky from staging their own celebration The Independent UK · May 8, 2025
US Judge Denies Early Release for Racist Student Who Used N-Word 200 Times in Attack on Black Worker A former senior at the University of Kentucky has been denied early release after she was sentenced to one year for her racial attack on a black student. International Business Times UK · Mar 17, 2025
Universities Restructure Diversity Offices Amid Political Debates University of Kentucky disbands Office for Institutional Diversity to address political concerns while maintaining academic freedom and commitment to diver... Top News · Aug 21, 2024
University of Kentucky to disband diversity office after GOP lawmakers pushed anti-DEI legislation The University of Kentucky's president says the school will disband its Office for Institutional Diversity The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2024
University of Kentucky Senate approves vote of no confidence in President Capilouto The symbolic vote comes after a proposal from Capilouto that would transition the University Senate to one of four groups that would advise the President on decision making. Opponents say that advisory role would greatly reduce the Senate’s direct policy-making power on campus. WEKU · May 6, 2024
Officials break ground on UK's new Cancer and Advanced Ambulatory Care Center A ceremonial groundbreaking in Lexington Thursday marked the start of what amounts to a one-stop-shop method of cancer care at the University of Kentucky. It comes with work beginning on the $781 million Cancer and Advanced Ambulatory Building. WEKU · Apr 25, 2024
UK Board of Trustees pushing school to prepare the state’s workforce The Board discussed recent statewide economic growth and marketing opportunities during their annual retreat WEKU · Oct 23, 2023
UK College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment receives largest gift in school history The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment has received a $100-million gift. WEKU · May 26, 2023
Mark Stoops feels bad about timing of contract extension, but will use it in recruiting Mark Stoops knows the timing was awkward. Tribune News Service · Nov 23, 2022
Mark Stoops signs contract extension with Kentucky that includes raise, increased buyout One day before Kentucky football’s loss to Vanderbilt earlier this month, the school signed head coach Mark Stoops to a contract extension that would keep him as coach through the 2030 season. Tribune News Service · Nov 20, 2022
Ex-student accused in racist attack banned from campus The University of Kentucky has permanently banned a white former student accused of physically assaulting a Black student worker while repeatedly using racial slurs The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2022
Who is Sophia Rosing? University of Kentucky student at the centre of racist attack ‘plans to withdraw from school’ As calls on University of Kentucky to expel Sophia Rosing keep mounting, more details have emerged about her and her role in the university, Andrea Blanco and Johanna Crisholm report The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2022
The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2022 Calls for hate crime charges against Kentucky student arrested for racist attack as she posts $10k bail Sophia Rosing, 22, was seen on video using a racial slur against another student and told the arresting officer she has ’lots of money’ and gets ‘special treatment’, police said
WEKU · Oct 31, 2022 UK student killed in Halloween crowd surge in South Korea UK student killed in Seoul
Tribune News Service · Aug 16, 2022 Mark Story: Can UK prevent Stoops-Calipari from becoming Bear Bryant-Adolph Rupp II? Adolph Rupp is the greatest men’s basketball coach in Southeastern Conference history. Before Nick Saban, Bear Bryant was the greatest football coach the SEC had ever seen.
Tribune News Service · Aug 14, 2022 ‘This program wasn’t born on third base’: Stoops-Calipari feud not settling down yet LEXINGTON, Ky. — So much for the feud between John Calipari and Mark Stoops blowing over quickly.