The University The University A Message from President Eli Capilouto More than 150 years ago, two Kentuckians shared an audacious dream. In the midst of the American Civil War, President Lincoln signed the Morrill Land Grant Act, making it possible for states, for the first time, to offer public higher education to a broader group of people on an unprecedented scale. John Bowman and other Kentuckians seized upon this opportunity to found what we know today as the University of Kentucky. Though located in the Bluegrass, the young Agriculture and Mechanical College of Kentucky University would go on to serve the better interests of the entire Commonwealth. Our founders acted upon a profound idea that a university had the ability to change people’s lives through unmatched higher education, innovative research and discovery, and outreach that uplifts and heals commu- nities and the people it serves. Bowman challenged the Commonwealth to dream of what is possible. What is possible? It is the question that both pushes and informs us in everything that we do. Indeed, today, the University of Kentucky is pioneering new ways to carry out its mission to our students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends, and the people of the Commonwealth we serve. We benefit from a strong faculty core that pioneers what is possible, teaching in more than 200 academic programs across 16 degree-granting colleges, the Graduate School, the Lewis Honors College, and the UK Libraries system. We educate more than 30,000 students who dream what is possible. They learn across a range of disciplines and work with experts as far reaching – but increasingly connected – as history and neuroscience; medicine and computer science. The University is one of only eight in the country with programs in engineering, agriculture, law, and a full complement of health care programs on a single contiguous campus. But that number is more than a statistic reflecting some level of distinctiveness. With students from all 120 Kentucky counties, each of the 50 states, and more than 100 countries worldwide, our campus environment is an incomparable setting to prepare students for a global society and to create incomparable space for faculty to work together, in and among disciplines, toward solutions to seemingly insoluble problems. President Eli Capilouto We discover what is possible, earning $333.8 million in federal, state, and industry research support this past year alone to confront the complex challenges in energy, health care, addiction, the humanities, and the human condition. Together, the University of Kentucky, its students, faculty, staff, and alumni Benefiting from a diverse and high-achieving faculty core, the University is have boldly aspired to both ask and answer a singularly important question: what among a small cadre of public research institutions to receive the top, federal is possible? grants in cancer, translational science, and aging research and care. We answer that question daily, emboldened by the relentless determination and We treat the most complex of illnesses and diseases, enabling us to reimagine collaborative community that define our shared work and underscore what it what is possible in terms of enhancing and extending life. We provide comfort means to be the University for Kentucky. and healing to 40,000 patients annually and more than 1 million through Sincerely, ambulatory services that are linked to clinics around the Commonwealth. We serve every corner of the Commonwealth to achieve what is possible: supporting farmers, small businesses, and families through our historic land- grant mission and Cooperative Extension network. Eli Capilouto We innovate to expand the boundaries of what is possible: leading to burgeoning entrepreneurial work and start-ups that launch new industries and keep our President state’s economy at the leading edge. University of Kentucky 2019-2020 Undergraduate Bulletin 10 The University University of Kentucky – In the last several years, UK has received nearly 100 national rankings for The Commonwealth’s Flagship Institution excellence in academics, research, health care, and economic development. The innovation, creativity, quality teaching, and uplifting service underway at U.S. News and World Report ranks several of UK’s graduate programs among the University of Kentucky touch the lives of people throughout the state, the the nation’s best: the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration is nation, and the world. It is our role as the University for Kentucky that calls us ranked fourth in the category of public finance and budgeting, and the College to ground-breaking research, community outreach, intellectually rigorous of Pharmacy is ranked sixth. The University of Kentucky earned 28 Top 10 education, and technological advances that contribute to the betterment of the rankings and 50 Top 25 rankings over the last several years. Commonwealth while also fostering a cultural quality of life through our The College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Hispanic Studies, Department museums, libraries, and special events. of English, and doctoral program in Clinical Psychology have received top Founded in 1865 as a land-grant institution adjacent to downtown Lexington, UK honors for faculty productivity and scholarly activity. The Institute for the is nestled in the scenic heart of the beautiful Bluegrass Region of Kentucky. Theory and Practice of International Relations named the Patterson School of From its early beginnings, with only 190 students and 10 professors, UK’s Diplomacy and International Commerce among the top 20 master’s degree campus now covers more than 918 acres and is home to more than 30,000 programs in international affairs in the world. In the last few years, the colleges students and approximately 13,900 employees, including more than 2,400 full- of Engineering, Communication and Information, Education, Health Sciences, time faculty, and operates an annual budget of more than $4 billion. UK is one and the Gatton College of Business and Economics have been ranked in the top of eight universities in the United States that has colleges of agriculture, 30 in their respective fields. In addition, a study published in the Southern engineering, medicine, and pharmacy on a single campus, leading to Economic Journal ranked the Gatton College of Business and Economics’ groundbreaking discoveries and unique interdisciplinary collaboration. The Department of Economics 19th among public institutions in the U.S., and state’s flagship University consists of 16 academic and professional, degree- Gatton’s Master’s in Accountancy program has among the highest passage granting colleges where students can choose from more than 200 majors and rates on the CPA exam. The College of Agriculture, Food and Environment – degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The Colleges include the foundation of our land-grant mission – boasts the nation’s third largest Agriculture, Food and Environment; Arts and Sciences; the Gatton College of Cooperative Extension Service, and UK’s College of Law has been ranked a top Business and Economics; Communication and Information; Dentistry; Design; 10 best value law school by National Jurist Magazine. Education; Engineering; Fine Arts; Health Sciences; Law; Medicine; Nursing; With its well-manicured landscape and landmark buildings, UK’s campus also Pharmacy; Public Health; and Social Work. The Lewis Honors College provides offers great facilities that advance the scholarship of its students and the an immersive liberal arts education with the resources of a leading research research endeavors of its faculty. At the heart of the campus is the iconic William university. The Graduate School prepares the next generation of business, T. Young Library, the most visible of several facilities that comprise UK industry, and academic leaders. Supporting and emboldening our scholarly Libraries. The stately architecture features a 93-foot-tall rotunda and a dramatic community is a comprehensive research library system made up of nine five-floor atrium allowing natural light to pour in from skylights. UK Libraries facilities, including the world-class William T. Young Library. is among the world’s leading research libraries with a broad scope of advanced The student body is diverse, representing more than 100 countries, every state technology that offers students, faculty, staff, and Kentucky residents special in the nation, and all 120 Kentucky counties. The University continues to attract access to current information online, in addition to printed resources. the best and brightest from Kentucky and beyond. At 25.6, the average ACT To match the scope, scale, and grandeur of William T. Young Library, the score for first-year students is more than four points above the national average. University of Kentucky engaged in an effort to revitalize student living and Several hundred students participated in the Kentucky Governor’s Scholars learning spaces. UK’s public/private partnership with EdR/Greystar has yielded Program or the Governor’s School for the Arts; and the University enrolled more more than 6,800 modern beds and more than 200 active learning spaces in 14 than 700 National Merit, National Achievement, and National Hispanic Scholars buildings – a more than $450 million investment made by our partners. in the last several years. UK students compete successfully for prestigious scholarships and awards, such as the Fulbright, Astronaut, Truman, Goldwater, • Johnson Hall and Donovan Hall opened in fall 2013; Marshall, Udall, Rhodes and Gates Cambridge. UK has had 14 Truman Scholars • Chellgren Hall, Woodland Glen II, Haggin Hall, Jewell Hall, and Blazer and had its 10th Rhodes Scholar named in 2018-19. Additionally, UK has Hall opened in fall 2014; celebrated 21 Astronaut Scholars, as well as 24 Goldwater Scholars since 1995. For 2018-19, six UK students and alumni were awarded the National Science • Woodland Glen III, IV, & V opened in fall 2015; Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. In the past 10 years, 51 UK students and faculty have been awarded Fulbrights in the last decade.