University of Kentucky launches campus-wide artificial intelligence initiative
By Lilli Dubler, Building Kentucky University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto recently announced the launch of CATS AI, an initiative designed to coordinate and advance artificial intelligence efforts and expertise across the UK campus and throughout the Commonwealth. CATS (Commonwealth AI Transdisciplinary Strategy) AI will serve as a central hub to integrate AI activities across UK’s […]
VIDEO: Historic gift will revolutionize pediatric health care in Kentucky
By Lilli Dubler, Building Kentucky Entrepreneur and philanthropist Tom Golisano recently announced that the University of Kentucky and UK HealthCare will receive a historic $50 million gift that will transform pediatric health care in Kentucky. Golisano of Rochester, New York, is the founder of Paychex, the nation’s largest human resource company for small to medium-sized businesses, and the Golisano […]
VIDEO: A new era of health education is on the horizon with construction of UK’s Rankin Health Education Building
By Lilli Dubler, Building Kentucky As its great steel structure continues to rise toward the sky on the University of Kentucky campus, it is hard to miss the construction — and the excitement — of the Michael D. Rankin MD Health Education Building. Once completed in Spring 2027, the 509,000-square-foot facility located at the intersection […]
Walsh Construction, Goodwill Kentucky, UK launch Pre-Apprenticeship Program
By Lilli Dubler, Building Kentucky The University of Kentucky, in partnership with Walsh Construction and Goodwill Kentucky, launched a new Pre-Apprenticeship Program on Aug. 1. The initiative, tied to the construction of the UK Cancer and Advanced Ambulatory Building, is designed to introduce participants to careers in the skilled trades through an eight-week, hands-on learning […]
University of Kentucky achieves major energy efficiency gains amid campus growth
By Lilli Dubler, Building Kentucky Over the last eight years, the University of Kentucky has realized remarkable success in energy efficiency through its Energy Program in Facilities Management. From fiscal year 2017 to 2025, while the university’s campus grew by 13.6 percent, energy use per square foot has decreased by an impressive 19.2 percent. This […]
UK study suggests maple syrup industry can greatly tap into, expand Kentucky’s economy
By Lilli Dubler, Building Kentucky Kentucky’s forests, traditionally valued for their timber and recreation, could soon become a source of sweet economic opportunity, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. The study, “Economic impacts of maple syrup production potential in Kentucky: Input-output analysis,” published […]
VIDEO: University of Kentucky Facilities Management launches new on-campus composting system
By Lilli Dubler, Building Kentucky The University of Kentucky is turning food waste into a high value soil amendment with its newly launched composting system — an innovative, on-campus facility designed to expand composting operations and support UK’s commitment to becoming a zero-waste campus by 2030. Spearheaded by UK Recycling and UK Sustainability in Facilities […]
Transylvania, UK forge alliance to help advance Kentucky
By Lilli Dubler, Building Kentucky The presidents of Transylvania University and the University of Kentucky recently announced an alliance between the two historic institutions to work together on programs and initiatives that will advance the health and well-being of their students and the Commonwealth. “We exist to serve Kentucky — that has been our mission […]
University of Kentucky researchers develop greener, more sustainable ways to recover metals from electronic waste
By Lilli Dubler, Building Kentucky As electronic waste (e-waste) piles up globally, researchers at the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment and the Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering are pioneering innovative methods to recover valuable metals from discarded devices and industrial waste. E-waste — including smartphones, laptops and spent batteries — contains critical […]
UK receives national recognition for outstanding oncology program
By Lilli Dubler, Building Kentucky The University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital is one of the nation’s top “Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs,” according to Becker’s Hospital Review. The health care industry trade publication recognized the UK Markey Cancer Center, whose clinical programs are integrated with UK’s Chandler Hospital, among oncology […]
Three years since the tornado: UK research center rebuilds stronger, reaffirms role in Kentucky’s agricultural industry
By Lilli Dubler, Building Kentucky On Dec. 11, 2021, an EF-4 tornado devastated western Kentucky. Among the destruction, mere remnants of the University of Kentucky Research and Education Center at Princeton (UKREC) facility were left behind. Decades of infrastructure and millions of dollars in equipment were destroyed overnight, reducing one of the state’s key agricultural assets to […]
UK’s Estate Whiskey Alliance™ organization announces founding members
By Lilli Dubler, Building Kentucky The University of Kentucky’s initiative to highlight the advantages of local sourcing and sustainable production in the spirits industry has established a strong foundation with the announcement of the founding members of the Estate Whiskey Alliance™ (EWA) organization. The EWA global consortium will support research and education in agriculture, manufacturing […]
Fulfilling a need: UK Arts Administration hosts first ever arts emergency management conference
By Lilli Dubler, Building Kentucky In December 2021, unseasonal tornadoes ravaged parts of western Kentucky, cutting a path more than 165 miles long, injuring more than 500 people and causing the death of 57. Seven months later, a historic flood devastated much of eastern Kentucky; 45 people died, hundreds of families were displaced and nearly 9,000 homes […]
UK HealthCare opens the Commonwealth’s first psychiatric emergency unit
By Lilli Dubler, Building Kentucky On Tuesday, July 30, community and state leaders joined UK HealthCare officials to celebrate the opening of a new emergency unit dedicated to treating patients experiencing a mental health crisis. The unit, on the Eastern State Hospital campus in Lexington, is known as EmPATH (Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment and Healing) […]
University of Kentucky advances the state’s agricultural industries with groundbreaking on new Agricultural Research Building
By Lilli Dubler, Building Kentucky The University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (CAFE) was joined by members of the Kentucky General Assembly, UK Board of Trustees and university administration to celebrate the groundbreaking of the $285 million Agricultural Research Building on June 14. Set to be completed in November 2026, the […]