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UK plans to reduce meal plan costs this fall by 5% through Enterprise Services Partnership

By Lindsay Travis

May 22, 2026

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 22, 2026) — When students have reliable access to affordable, healthy food, they are better able to learn, participate and succeed at every stage of life.

University of Kentucky sparks campus-wide innovation with Microsoft 365 Copilot

May 21, 2026, 10:43 AM

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UK unified 150+ fragmented AI projects via the CATS AI framework. Standardizing on Microsoft AI, it reached 70,000+ users, reducing clinical documentation and doubling student productivity through a campus-wide 100% deployment. The university implemented the CATS AI governance framework and standardized on a Microsoft AI portfolio, including Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Dragon Copilot, and GitHub Copilot, all built on a secure Microsoft Azure foundation.

UK x Microsoft: CATS AI in Action Explore creativity, productivity, ethics and responsible AI

Feb 26, 2026, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

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Artificial intelligence (AI) programs, partnerships and possibilities will take center stage during a campus AI showcase on Thursday, Feb. 26. The event — UK x Microsoft: CATS AI in Action — is free and open to all faculty, staff and students as well as community members. It will feature officials from both Microsoft and the University of Kentucky in a day of exploration and discovery at the Gatton Student Center.

UK, LifeSciKY partner to advance Kentucky’s life sciences innovation

Healthcare Access and Innovation

Jan 26, 2026

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The University of Kentucky, through UK Innovate, has a new partnership with LifeSciKY, a nonprofit life sciences incubator, to accelerate innovation, research translation, startup growth and bioeconomy ecosystem development across Kentucky.

Transylvania, UK forge alliance to help advance Kentucky By Jay Blanton

Education and Opportunity Pathways

Jan 26, 2026

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Transylvania is the first educational partner in the Advancing Kentucky Together Network — an initiative UK announced in October at the direction of its Board of Trustees to work with partners to be the institution that does more than any other in the country to advance the health of the state it serves.

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