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Making every opportunity count: Mary Akingbasote’s UK Invests story

Sep 24, 2026

Sometimes the most valuable opportunities are the ones that help you grow in multiple ways at once. For Mary Akingbasote, a second-year doctoral student from Ondo State, Nigeria, UK Invests has provided more than an opportunity to learn about investing.

UK announces record numbers in degrees, certificates awarded and enrollment

Sep 22, 2026

The University of Kentucky in 2025-26 soared past 10,000 degrees and certificates awarded in one academic year for the first time with nearly 11,230.

Alumni Ambassadors for 2026-27 announced

Sep 17, 2026

The University of Kentucky Alumni Association announced the selection of 37 students who will serve as Alumni Ambassadors for the 2026-27 academic year.

DanceBlue announces Chasing After Joy 5K

Sep 17, 2026

DanceBlue is off to the races with its Chasing After Joy 5K. The annual event will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 18, at UK’s Alumni Commons, between Columbia Avenue and Huguelet Drive.

‘Joy Prevails!’ DanceBlue 2026 raises record-breaking $2.4 million

Apr 23, 2026

“Joy Prevails” this weekend at Rupp Arena as University of Kentucky students celebrated this year’s record-breaking DanceBlue fundraising total of $2,463,650.24. With this year’s total, DanceBlue has raised more than $27 million since it began in 2006.

Small steps, big impact: DanceBlue Mini Marathons unite schools across Kentucky

Mar 30, 2026

DanceBlue Mini Marathons, commonly known as “Minis,” are school-led fundraising events that bring the mission of DanceBlue to elementary, middle and high schools across the Commonwealth. Modeled after the University of Kentucky’s 24-hour DanceBlue marathon, these events combine games, dancing and fundraising to support the DanceBlue Hematology/Oncology Clinic at Golisano Children’s at UK.

Sharing love to the world, one letter at a time

Feb 10, 2026

University of Kentucky alum Rosie Paulik and her father, retired professor Buz Ecker, co-founded the Dad Letter Project to connect people with handwritten letters from "volunteer dads" offering encouragement, empathy and love.

Pediatric patients, UK women’s basketball team up for colorful collaboration

Jan 29, 2026

If you happened to catch the game last Saturday, in which the UK women’s basketball team took on the Georgia Bulldogs, you might have noticed the UK coaching staff sporting some particularly vibrant shoes. Those shoes can’t be purchased in any store. Those colorful, custom couture kicks were hand-painted by the world’s top artists — the patients at the DanceBlue Golisano Children's at UK Hematology/Oncology Clinic.

Paging the Janszen family: Two generations, one specialty

Jan 22, 2026

 Jim Janszen, M.D., and Iveta Janszen, M.D., both anesthesiologists at UK HealthCare, encouraged their four children to be whatever they wanted to be when they grew up. They were surprised — and secretly delighted — when their oldest daughter Catherine followed in their footsteps. What was even more surprising was when their other children, Elizabeth, Steven and Philip, joined the family business — all at UK HealthCare.

UK alum brings engineering skills to national racing stage

Jan 15, 2026

Monon Rahman, a 2019 graduate of the University of Kentucky Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering, will make his competitive racing debut this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway, competing as a Legend Car driver in the INEX Winter Heat Series and representing UK on a national motorsports stage.

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