In the 2013-14 school year alone, UK students earned 11 more national awards than the previous year, including a prized Truman Scholarship and two Goldwaters.

This week, 85 high school sophomores from across the Commonwealth will begin living and learning on campus for three weeks as part of the GEAR UP Kentucky Summer Academic @ UK.

Geography and Islamic Studies undergraduate Evan Sweet will present the 20th annual Edward T. Breathitt Undergraduate Lectureship in the Humanities on Jan. 30.