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Update (10:20 a.m.): Lexington Police continue to investigate the early morning shooting in the area of Winslow St. and S. Limestone with support from UK Police. Two victims, who were not UK students, were transported to the hospital.

UK Alerts | University of Kentucky URGENT: Shots fired at the intersection of Winslow St. and South Limestone. AVOID THE AREA. More information at www.uky.edu/alerts

Update (2:53 a.m.): The emergency condition has passed. Please continue to avoid the area of South Limestone and Avenue of Champions. UK Police and Lexington Police are on scene investigating. We will provide more information when available.

UK Alerts | University of Kentucky URGENT: Shots fired at the intersection of Winslow St. and South Limestone. AVOID THE AREA. More information at www.uky.edu/alerts

The emergency condition has passed. Please continue to avoid the area of South Limestone and Avenue of Champions. More information at www.uky.edu/alerts

Update (2:53 a.m.): Please continue to avoid the area of South Limestone and Avenue of Champions. UK Police and Lexington Police are on scene investigating. We will provide more information when available.

Update (2:42 a.m.) The emergency condition has passed. Please continue to avoid the area of South Limestone and Avenue of Champions. More information at www.uky.edu/alerts

URGENT: Shots fired at the intersection of Winslow St. and South Limestone. AVOID THE AREA. More information at www.uky.edu/alerts

UK Alerts | University of Kentucky URGENT: Shots fired at the intersection of Winslow St. and South Limestone. AVOID THE AREA. More information at www.uky.edu/alerts

We've waited 246 days to say this ...
It's football time in the Bluegrass! 🏈

If you've ever attended UK, chances are you've had at least one class in White Hall. The beloved classroom building — with punishing stairs (if you know, you know) — is getting a makeover!

The $75 million renovation is scheduled to be completed by the Fall 2026 semester, and will transform the building into a modern, bright learning space.

What are your favorite memories of White Hall? Favorite class you had in the building? Let us know in the comments!

First day of classes in the books ✔️ We're happy to have a campus full of Wildcats once again.

Welcome, Class of 2028! 😺💙

Big Blue Move-In is wrapping up and K Week kicks off tonight! Here’s to a fantastic start to the school year and many great memories ahead. 😸

Let the adventure begin! We're excited to be welcoming thousands of Wildcats to campus this week during Big Blue Move-In.

In the 2023-24 academic year, Wildcats participating in UK Invests earned nearly $1 million!

Want to help your student earn extra money while they focus on their studies and get involved on campus? Encourage them to sign up for UK Invests today.

Learn more and sign up at go.uky.edu/ukinvests.

Wildcat Families → We're excited to welcome your student to campus in the coming week! Get all the Big Blue Move-In information you need including your hall code card, traffic route maps, parking information and more at go.uky.edu/MoveIn.

See you soon!

We are just a few days away from Big Blue Move-In! 📦🎉

Before your Wildcat arrives on campus, make sure they’ve added their WildCard mobile ID to their Apple Wallet or smartphone via the GET app. This digital ID is essential for accessing their residence hall, their room, dining halls, campus events, gyms and more.

For detailed instructions, visit go.uky.edu/wildcardmobile.

We are so proud of all the Wildcats who competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics!

UK set a school record with 24 student-athletes, alumni and coaches in the Paris Olympics who represented nine countries across six sports in the Games. Eleven Wildcats won 13 medals — nine gold, two silver and two bronze. UK was also in the top 11 colleges with the most American athletes in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Read more → go.uky.edu/2024OlympicsRecap

Way to go, Wildcats! 👏

We are SO proud of our medal winning Wildcats 😸


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Congrats, Bam, Devin and Anthony! Proud of you, Wildcats. 👏🥇

Not one, but TWO Wildcats bring home gold for Team USA in the women’s 4x400 relay. 🥇

We’re proud of you, Alexis and Sydney! 💙

8-STRAIGHT OLYMPIC TITLES 👑

The women’s 4x400m relay Olympic run is unmatched.

Another Wildcat Olympic champion! Congrats, Masai! 🥇👏

MASAI’S MOMENT 🇺🇸🥇

Masai Russell is the 100m hurdles Olympic gold medalist!

And silver for Wildcat Daniel Roberts at the ! 🥈👏

GOT IT DONE 👏

Daniel Roberts gets his first Olympic medal in the 110m hurdles!

Another Wildcat grabs gold at the ! 🥇
Congrats, Sydney McLaughlin!

GOLD IN WORLD RECORD TIME🥇

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is an Olympic champion once again!

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Did someone say International Cat Day?! We've got the best of the best with this iconic duo! 😸💙

Good as gold! 🥇 Congratulations to UK College of Medicine student Lee Kiefer on winning the Women’s Foil Individual Gold Medal Bout for Team USA!

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We know them best from their time in blue and white, but over the next couple of weeks, these athletes will be sporting the colors of their respective countries at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris! 🏅🏆

In addition to the athletes pictured, we also want to shout out:
• Lee Kiefer and Gerek Meinhardt (Fencing) — While the married couple was not part of the varsity athletics program at UK, both are current UK College of Medicine students.
• Devynne Charlton (Track & Field) — The Kentucky Track & Field volunteer assistant coach will run the 100-meter hurdles for the Bahamas.
• Julia Vincent (Diving) — An assistant coach for Kentucky Swimming and Diving will represent South Africa in the women’s 3-meter springboard.
• Ted Hautau (Diving) — The Kentucky Swimming and Diving Dive coach will serve as a dive coach for South Africa.
• Ashley Kovacs (Track & Field) — The former Kentucky Track & Field athlete will serve as Team USA’s Track and Field women’s throw coach.

Join us as we cheer on these Wildcats on the court, track and field.

go.uky.edu/OlympicWildcats

Most critical systems across UK HealthCare as well as the campus are online and fully functional following the global CrowdStrike outage.

A special thanks to University of Kentucky Information Technology Services for ensuring that our operations in health care and across the campus could return to normal as soon as possible.

Final update on CrowdStrike outage Campus News Final update on CrowdStrike outage By Jenny Wells-Hosley Friday Adobe Stock | Vin Fan. LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 19, 2024) — University of Kentucky Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration Eric Monday sent the following message to the UK campus on Friday evening. Campus Commu...

University of Kentucky Information Technology Services continues to restore operations to systems across the University of Kentucky, including UK HealthCare, experiencing issues due to the global CrowdStrike outage.

CrowdStrike will not reach out to UK community members to troubleshoot. Please be suspicious of any calls or emails appearing to come from CrowdStrike, as these may be bad actors.

Update on CrowdStrike outage Campus News Update on CrowdStrike outage By Jenny Wells-Hosley Friday Adobe Stock | Vin Fan. LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 19, 2024) — University of Kentucky Information Technology Services issued the following update to the campus community on Friday afternoon. Campus Community, We continue to restore ope...

The University of Kentucky, including UK HealthCare hospitals and clinics, is experiencing some disruptions due to issues with the cybersecurity platform Crowdstrike. The issue is impacting businesses and systems worldwide. Teams throughout the academic health system are continuing to assess the situation and working to minimize the impact to patient care and patient care activities. → go.uky.edu/ITOutage

UK HealthCare's Albert B. Chandler Hospital is the #1 hospital in Kentucky for the 9th year in a row and was recognized in the Bluegrass Region by the 2024-25 Best Hospitals rankings and ratings from U.S. News and World Report.

Additionally, UK HealthCare again ranked in the top 50 for three specialties, improving their ranking in each area: cancer care ( #36), ear, nose & throat ( #37), and OB/GYN ( #21). Six specialties — four more than the previous year’s rankings — also received a “High Performing” designation: Gastroenterology, GI surgery, Geriatrics, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology & Lung Surgery, and Urology.

Read more → go.uky.edu/BestHospital

Pro golfers from ISCO Championship and Kentucky Wildcats student-athletes teed off with patients of UK Kentucky Children's Hospital in the annual Mini Pro-Am tournament this afternoon. ⛳️

Kentucky Children's Hospital is one of the benefiting charities of the ISCO Championship to be held July 11-14 at Keene Trace Golf Club. PGA TOUR events have generated more than $2.65 billion for charity. Since 2018, more than $445,000 has been donated to KCH by the tournament and its charitable arm, Caddie127.

Happy 4th of July, Wildcats! 🇺🇸

The university will be closed today, July 4, in honor of Independence Day.