Continuing our Momentum in 2025

Dear Colleagues,

It continues to be an exciting time to be a member of the University of Kentucky community — over the last year, we made significant strides in our efforts to advance our Commonwealth, and our momentum has not slowed.

Most especially, you — our faculty and instructors — have played an integral role in UK’s work of improving the lives of all our community members.

You helped us grow enrollment to record levels and graduate more students than ever before — in the fall semester, we enrolled nearly 36,000 students and conferred nearly 2,000 degrees for our December commencement. In 2024, we also welcomed new degrees and programs, such as the Bachelor of Science in Statistics and Data Science and the undergraduate certificate in Arts Emergency Management.

You also served our communities through excellence in research — from using innovative gaming to address opioid misuse among teenagers with the support of a $1.9 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to helping improve health outcomes by addressing food insecurity through the Food as Health Alliance.

You helped heal our community members and earned UK Chandler Hospital recognition as the No. 1 hospital in the state by U.S. News & World Report for the ninth year in a row, as well as a top oncology ranking from Becker’s Hospital Review for Markey Cancer Center. Your groundbreaking work for our patients helps pave the way for even greater breakthroughs in healing and care. 

In the last year, we have grown and accomplished even more. You represent a world-class faculty body driving discoveries to improve the lives of countless individuals and communities around the world.

The momentum of your successes in 2024 carries us into the new spring semester, and I know you will continue inspiring your colleagues, students and communities to do even more in 2025.

Thank you for inspiring us all to do more and be more for Kentucky.

Robert S. DiPaola, M.D. 
Provost